We’re In A “Golden Age” Of Near-Future Space Exploration But It’s Not Star Trek – Yet

September 8 is Star Trek Day , the 57th day of remembrance of the first program of the groundbreaking original television series . IFLScience lately attendedDestination Trekin the UK to speak withChris Lee , the first Chief Scientist at the UK Space Agency . The challenge we put to him is how he project the close future of infinite geographic expedition , and if we are getting any closer toStar Trek ....

May 17, 2025 · 6 min · 1244 words · Steven Kim

What Brooklyn Looked Like Before The Hipster Invasion

This was Brooklyn before it became a haven for luxury condos and artisanal pickle shops. During the forties and fifties , Brooklyn was home to manufacture and industry that keep its thriftiness fly high . But the blessing of World War II was short - lived and shortly after , companies leave New York for chintzy cities while Brooklynites fled for safe neighbourhood and the city fell into an economic slump that would last for decades ....

May 17, 2025 · 8 min · 1591 words · Andrew Fletcher

WWI Centennial: Nivelle Offensive Fails, Lenin Arrives In Petrograd

Erik Sass is covering the events of the war incisively 100 twelvemonth after they happen . This is the 274th instalment in the series . 20 January 2025: Nivelle Offensive Fails, Lenin Arrives In Petrograd The French General Robert Nivelle have a meteorological rise and fall in 1916 and 1917 , soar from his original placement leading the Third Army Corps to command of the Second Army , then commander of all the Gallic army in northern France , before douse to disgrace and shame – all in a footling over a year ....

May 17, 2025 · 16 min · 3388 words · Michael Curry

“The World of Tim Burton” Exhibit Makes Its Final Stop in London

In the 1980s and ’ 90s , Tim Burton succeed over audiences with his trenchant visual panache and blending of drollery and repulsion . The American director is behind numerous mainstream and cult classics , fromBeetlejuice(1988 ) toEd Wood(1994)—and now , fans in London can see his career in a new light . allot toSmithsonianmagazine , an exposition called “ The World of Tim Burton ” has made its last stop in London after a decade of touring ....

May 17, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Stacy Chapman

11 Colleges That Changed Their Mascots

With college football time of year get going up , we thought it might be interesting to take a look back at a few colleges who have changed their nicknames or mascots . Here are a few squads that have changed mascots , either because of controversy or the emergence of a good choice . 1 . Dartmouth CollegeThe Ivy League shoal abandoned its unofficial Amerind mascot in the seventies in favor of give way by the longtime soubriquet " the Big Green ....

May 16, 2025 · 5 min · 986 words · Rebekah Santos

36 Facts About Dolmas

Dolmas , also known as stuffed grape leave , are a beloved lulu in many Mediterranean and Middle Eastern culinary art . These tasty bit are typically filled with a admixture of Elmer Reizenstein , herbs , and sometimes nitty-gritty , then rolled up in grape leaves . But what makesdolmasso special?Dolmasare not just a dainty for the taste bud ; they carrya rich historyand cultural significance . From their ancestry in ancient Persia to their variations across dissimilar country , dolmashave astoryto William Tell ....

May 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1170 words · Mary Galloway

Antimatter Is Both a Particle and a Wave, New Experiment Confirms

When you purchase through links on our internet site , we may earn an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it works . Antimatterisn’t just made of antiparticles , it ’s also made of waves . Now we live that this harbor truthful even at the level of a individual antimatter particle . Physicists have known for a long time that just about everything — light and other form of vigour , but also every molecule in your body — exists as both mote and waves , a concept known as mote - wafture wave-particle duality ....

May 16, 2025 · 4 min · 695 words · George Barnes

Astronomers Find Star Shooting 100,000,000 Amazon Rivers of Water at 120,000 MPH

Just in time for summertime , sky - looking researchers have found a star soaquatically - powerfulthat ’s literally spray the universe of discourse . The water supply - photograph star would have been better a cosmic hot bathing tub for wintertime , however , as its flow are 180,000 stage Fahrenheit . So that ’s passing hot pee be active super quickly — and there ’s a astronomic shit - ton of it ....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Katrina Lamb

Bluedot BSP-S20K Speaker Is Flat… Let’s Hope The Sound Isn’t

At just 19 millimetre thick , theBluedot BSP - S20Kspeakercan be folded flat and taken wherever the company is . But then again , with a 2×2 - W output is n’t just going to be much of a party . The $ 57 NXT speaker system , probably well suited to sit on your desk , can be power by three AAA battery ( which can keep it run for up to five hours ) or plugged into a force source ....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 118 words · Aaron Wood

CIA-Style Hide and Seek: Exploding Notebooks, Suicide Needles, Rectal Tool Kits and More

The freakiest thing about record CIA gadget lore is that it ’s all real . The nerds working for the office ’s Office of Technical Services were always devising and building gadgets to get people out of — or into — difficult situations . Here ’s a rundown of gaga stuff and nonsense from the Spytech book , not necessarily stuff you ’d carry all at the same time , but stuff that , to paraphraseDr ....

May 16, 2025 · 4 min · 703 words · Terri Smith

Creative’s Zen Krystal MP3 Materializes Out of Nowhere

It kind of looks like aZen Stone , and it is certainly a far cry from theZen X - Fi , but this little MP3 player has been discovered concealing on Creative ’s Hong Kong web site . manifestly , the 4 GB Zen Krystal is designed to be a sports histrion with a pedometer that functions similarly to theNike+line . It also include games like “ Hurdle Race , Catch & Dodge and Dice Roll ” as well as a Blue 0....

May 16, 2025 · 1 min · 157 words · Nancy Graves

Dell XPS 15 review: A powerful, but pricey laptop option for programmers

Live Science Verdict The Dell XPS 15 is a strong , good - front laptop with a bully keyboard , load of processing index and vibrant screen door option , but it ’s not cheap , and it ’s hindered in a fistful of virtual country . Stunning , full-bodied design Powerful processors and plenty of customization Bold , high - resolution displays and an OLED option telling keyboard...

May 16, 2025 · 12 min · 2458 words · Kimberly Horton

Dinosaurs Were Probably Warm-Blooded, Incredibly Athletic, and Always Hungry

Just one more reason to revere Jurassic Park : a new study has found that , unlike modern - day reptile , dinosaur were probable warm - blooded . It ’s a trait that suggests dinosaurs were far from lumbering reptiles , and were in reality quite the prehistoric jock . The sketch , published inPLoS ONE , looks at whether dinosaur were poikilothermic ( insensate - blooded ) , like modern - day reptile , or endothermic ( fond - blooded ) like hiss and mammal ....

May 16, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Jessica Collins