Flettner Rotor: Sailing Ships Without Sails

Feb 16, 2021

In 1926, a 2,000-ton steel-hulled schooner named Buckau made an extraordinary crossing across the Atlantic. Although the Buckau was techni...

Citizens! During Shelling This Side of The Street is The Most Dangerous

Feb 15, 2021

The city of Saint Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in Russia and in eastern Europe, with a great ensemble of historic building...

The Curious Tale of The Laocoön And His Sons’ Missing Arm

Feb 12, 2021

The story of Laocoön, the Trojan priest who was attacked and killed along with his two sons by giant serpents for attempting to expose the r...

The Largest War Memorial in The World is a 243 Kilometer Highway

Feb 11, 2021

When the First World War ended, the soldiers who had participated in it and were lucky enough to survive, returned to their homes. As in all...

When Israel Erased Color From Television Broadcasts

Feb 10, 2021

The first television broadcast in Israel was black and white, but unlike most nations, it wasn’t due to the lack of technology to broadcast ...

London’s Protected Views

Feb 8, 2021

Many prominent landmarks in London, such as St Paul's Cathedral, the Monument to the Great Fire of London , the Tower of London, The Pal...

Giuseppe Ferlini: The Pyramid Destroyer

Feb 5, 2021

If there is something that characterizes archeology, it is the care, the almost exquisite touch that is given to the sites and that makes a ...

William Walker: The Man Who Saved Winchester Cathedral

Feb 4, 2021

More than a century ago, Winchester Cathedral, which is one of the largest cathedrals in Europe and the longest of all Gothic cathedrals, wa...

How Astronomer Percival Lowell Mistook His Own Eye For Spokes on Venus

Feb 2, 2021

Percival Lowell, the American astronomer whose name bears an observatory in Arizona, made several very significant observations of the plane...

The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab

Feb 1, 2021

The 1950s were exciting times. There was much enthusiasm and optimism around the use of atomic energy, which was seen as the solution to all...