AvatarStephanie SkenyonFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo25 Classic Noir Films Everyone Should Watchwealthofgeeks.com - Jake ValentineFilm noir, which translates to “black movies,” explores the shades of gray in the lives of cops, criminals, and everyone in between. These films find …
AvatarStephanie SkenyonAvatarAvatarNASA scientist viewed first Voyager images. What he saw gave him chills.verified_publisherMashable - Mark KaufmanThe deep space mission that changed everything. In 1979, Alan Cummings, a scientist working on NASA's unprecedented Voyager mission, entered a Caltech room in Pasadena, California, and saw an unusual, alien world projected on a screen. The brand-new image, just beamed back from space, revealed a …
AvatarStephanie SkenyonPaul Alexander, forced into an iron lung by polio in 1952, dies at 78verified_publisherNPR - Bill ChappellPolio struck Paul Alexander in 1952, when he was just 6 years old. Within days, the disease robbed him of the use of his body. But he fought through the illness, using an iron lung for more than 70 years — and inspiring people with his determination to live a full life. He painted, wrote a book and …
AvatarStephanie SkenyonAvatarAvatarPaul Alexander, 78-year-old Dallas man who lived in an iron lung for most of his life, diesverified_publisherCBS News - By Julia Falcon, J.D. Miles, Amelia MugaveroDALLAS – Paul Alexander, a North Texas man who lived in an iron lung for most of his life, has died. According to his obituary, he died on March 11. …
AvatarStephanie SkenyonFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo20 Open Access Books about the Middle Ages you can Read for Free - Medievalists.netmedievalists.net - Medievalists.netHere are twenty recently published books that medievalists will enjoy and are free to download and read. The Green Middle Ages: The Depiction and Use …
AvatarStephanie SkenyonFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Ten Earliest Depictions of Jesus: How Art Visualized Jesus in the First Centuries After His Deathopenculture.com - Colin MarshallJesus Christ: as soon as you hear those words, assuming they’re not being used exclamatorily, you see a face. In almost all cases, that face is …
AvatarStephanie SkenyonFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo10 Best Movies Set in Ancient China, Rankedmovieweb.com - By Grace AmadiFrom Hero to Curse of the Golden Flower, these are some of the best movies set in Ancient China. The beginning of Ancient Chinese cinema dates back to …
AvatarStephanie SkenyonFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Louvre Seeks Donations to Stop an American Museum From Acquiring a French Masterpieceartnet.com - by Adam SchraderIt is two-thirds the way to its goal, thanks to the world's richest man. The Louvre Museum in Paris is seeking donations to finish its fundraising …
AvatarStephanie SkenyonFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo15th c. wood road found in Belgiumthehistoryblog.com - livius drususThe wooden foundations of a 15th century road have been unearthed in Lier, a city on the outskirts of Antwerp, Belgium. The wood road emerged from …
AvatarStephanie SkenyonAvatarAvatarShe’s been at CA aquarium since before WWII. Now she’s world’s oldest aquarium fishYahoo News - Daniella SeguraAbout a year before the onset of World War II, an Australian lungfish was brought to a California aquarium — a place she has called home for nearly …
AvatarStephanie SkenyonAvatarAvatarThe World’s Oldest Cat Door Has Been Letting Working Cats Enter the Cathedral Since the 14th Centuryverified_publisherMy Modern Met - Madeleine MuzdakisIn medieval days, cathedrals would have been overrun with mice and rats without a feline prowling the premises. To keep vermin in check, the magnificent Exeter Cathedral—known formally as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter—has employed cats for centuries. In fact, they even added a cat …
AvatarStephanie SkenyonFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Glory of Mycenae Where Early Greek Civilization Flourishedgreekreporter.com - Patricia ClausThe UNESCO site of Mycenae is one of the most important archaeological sites in Greece. This is the area where an early Greek civilization, called …