Monthly Archive: November 2021
Lance Oditt / Friends of Pando, Author provided – By Richard Elton Walton, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Biology, Newcastle University Updated 2021 Nov 24 – In the Wasatch Mountains of the western US on the slopes above a spring-fed lake, there dwells a …
Only about 1 in 5 computer scientists are women. Rachel Murray/Getty Images for MGA Entertainment – By Allison Master, Assistant Professor of Education, University of Houston and Andrew N. Meltzoff, Professor of Psychology, University of Washington and Sapna Cheryan, Professor of Psychology, University …
The ABC News correspondent offers a sobering glimpse of a man unfit to govern and the chaos wreaked by an ego unable to grasp its own ineptitude. Donald Trump: ‘An existential fraud who admits his unease by referring to himself in the third …
America’s iconic orange cracker turns 100. Cheez-It’s 11-month shelf life is impressive, but so is the company’s history. Photo by mikemarschke/Getty Images – By Leo DeLuca Smithsonian Magazine – Dayton’s historic Edgemont neighborhood is cocooned inside a crook in the Great Miami River, …
This activity provides an interactive tour of the Santa Fe Trail. Santa Fe Trail – ronaldkilwesternart.com/works Listen The Dustlands The Santa Fe Trail was an historic trail from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico used in the 1800’s for trade and military …
Zeva’s one-person eVTOL aircraft: a tail-sitting flying saucer design with some interesting advantages. Zeva Aero View 8 Images – By Loz Blain 2021 Nov 23 – Zeva is deadly serious about bringing this tail-sitting eVTOL flying saucer to market as a one-person air taxi, …
Digital art is a billion-dollar business, with everyone from Paris Hilton to Damien Hirst trading in ‘non-fungible tokens’. But are NFTs just a get-rich-quick scheme masquerading as culture? A motley crew of celebrities have tried selling digital art, including Snoop Dogg, Lindsay Lohan …
Not everyone is a fan of Turkey Day. E4C via Getty Images – By Jack Lynch, Professor of English, Rutgers University – Newark 2021 Nov 22 – “Meleagris Gallopavo Day” is a bit of a mouthful. Which may be why this Thanksgiving, most …
Runner Up – Project. From a series titled ‘The Drakensberg’, profiling the Drakensberg mountains in Southern Africa. Carl Smorenburg View 25 Images – By Rich Haridy 2021 Nov 18 – A new photo contest has been founded with the goal of celebrating images with …
In the 19th century, there was a campaign to link the Thanksgiving holiday to the Pilgrims. Bettman/Getty Images – By Peter C. Mancall, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences 2021 Nov 22 – This …
