Andrew Marr explores how Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection has taken on a life beyond the world of science. In the first episode of the three-part series, argues that Darwin’s theory has transformed our understanding of what it means to be human. Over the past 150 years, Darwin’s ideas have questioned the need … Read more
It’s no secret that the Southeastern US has some of the best rock climbing in the country. Grassroots organizations like the Southeastern Climbers Coalition and the Carolina Climbers Coalition are gaining and preserving access to this treasure in a unique way – by buying it. the annual Triple Crown Bouldering Competition – the largest outdoor … Read more
This is a French documentary from 1955. It is directed by Alain Resnais ten years after the Nazi concentration camps were disbanded. The documentary itself is composed of footage from Auschwitz and Majdanek concentration camps accompanied with the description of the experiences of the people that were detained in these camps. Resnais collaborated on this … Read more
You can’t have weapons without ammo. What really is killing people is actually ammunition. Weapons and ammo go well, like guns and ammo. Time to lock and load and learn some things about the thing that is killing us all. If you thought you know everything about bullets, stop right there. You probably don’t. For … Read more
More than 20 years ago, Photoshop changed our world. Every now and then, there comes a software that completely changes the way we do things. Microsoft did it with Office, Adobe did it with Acrobat, and Photoshop is in the same category. And as with almost every other software, the beginning was more of a … Read more
Crazy true story about cannibal Armins Meiwes and his willing victim, who was a masochist. Both men were well respected middle aged computer engineers.
As Albert Einstein was on his deathbed, he asked only for his glasses, his writing implements and his latest equations. He knew he was dying, but he continued his work. In the last hours of his life, while fading in and out of consciousness, he was working on what he hoped would be his most … Read more
If I didn’t have skateboarding, I wonder where I would have been in the moments I needed the most. Would I have gone in the dark paths as my family? Or not? With these words, Nick Paulson starts his story about skateboarding, an activity that helped and saved his life. Nick lived in a neighborhood where … Read more
The slaughter of Nanking, commonly known as the Rape of Nanking, was an infamous genocidal war crime committed by the Japanese army in Nanjing, then capital of the Republic of China, after it fell to Imperial Japanese Army on December 13, 1937. The duration of the slaughter is not clearly defined, although the violence lasted … Read more
The M60 machine gun is one of the most popular and famous guns in weapons history. Officially introduced in 1957, the gun is also known as the United States Machine Gun. There are several types of ammunition approved for the M60, some of which include armor-piercing rounds, ball, and tracer. The nomenclature M60 describes the … Read more