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Photo: Unknown/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0. Was the real Lone Ranger African American? Most likely, yes – and his name was Bass Reeves. By Melissa Sartore – Bass Reeves was born into slavery in 1838 in Arkansas but later became one of the most successful and …
By Loz Blain – The Speeder will have VTOL capability. Jetpack Aviation. With his crazy jetpack performance business growing and thriving, Australian innovator David Mayman is hoping to fry some bigger fish in the form of a …
New species said to have been four times heavier than emperor penguin. Patrick Barkham @patrick_barkham – An illustration shows the approximate height of a giant penguin next to a woman. Photograph: Canterbury Museum/AP. A giant penguin that stood as tall as a person …
By Rich Haridy – Highlight from the top 50 in Amateur Landscape / Nature category of the 2019 Pano Awards. Zhayynn James. An incredible aerial shot of Iceland’s “braided rivers” has taken first place in the annual Pano Awards, a photography competition dedicated to …
Scientists are finally starting to understand the centuries-old mystery of “ballooning.” By Ed Yong – A ballooning spider. Michael Hutchinson. On October 31, 1832, a young naturalist named Charles Darwin walked onto the deck of the HMS Beagle and realized that …
By Genevieve Carlton – On September 29, 1929, the USSR had its last Sunday for 11 years. In an effort to boost productivity and eliminate religion, Josef Stalin instituted a new Soviet calendar, known as the Soviet Eternal Calendar. Under the Soviet Union’s …
By Loz Blain – Pirelli wants to get your tires talking to your car, other cars, and V2X infrastructure. Pirelli. The Internet of Things age is dawning, as ultra-fast 5G connectivity opens up communications between everything from your toaster to your pacemaker, …
Rural depopulation has hit the Spanish region of Galicia hard. Now some of its thousands of abandoned villages are being marketed for sale. By Esther Costa – Rosy Costoya is a vet, an entrepreneur and, she says, a little bit meiga. In the …
A recent computer analysis found that millions of possible chemical compounds could be used to store genetic information. This begs the question — why DNA? By Matt Davis – Shutterstock The central dogma of biology states that genetic information flows from DNA (Deoxyribonucleic …
Dubbed “America’s Cowboy Philosopher,” Rogers was a vaudeville, newspaper, radio and movie star By Sarah Wells – In today’s media landscape, we’re used to seeing Jacks and Janes of all trades — celebrities writing memoirs, starring in movies or expressing their 2 a.m. thoughts …
