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| | | | | Patricia Pomerleau | Apr 09, 2014 |
| | BOATLIFT - An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience | | Tom Hanks narrates the epic story of the 9/11 boatlift that evacuated half a million people from the stricken piers and seawalls of Lower Manhattan. Produced... | |  |
| |  | | | 13 Gorgeous Travel Posters From 1930s Japan | | These extremely rare, previously unseen travel posters make me want to travel back in time and visit a Japan of another era. These beautiful graphics were recently rediscovered, and they'll auctioned off at the Vintage Movie Posters Signature Auction this month. | | |
| |  | | | 40 Must-See Photos From The Past | Bored Panda | | These 40 photographs all tell stories about the historical figures or events that they represent. Once taken simply to document their present, they now help us witness the past. From historical landmarks and famous people to the basic daily routines of the past, these pictures portray the past in a way that we can empathize with and understand more intimately. | | |
| |  | | Patricia Pomerleau | Mar 25, 2014 |
| | What's on the opposite side of the Earth? Find the "antipode" of current location - Wolfram|Alpha | | The answer to antipode of current location... Enter what you want to calculate or know about in science, nutrition, history, geography, engineering, mathematics, linguistics, sports, finance, music... | | |
| |  | | Patricia Pomerleau | Mar 10, 2014 |
| | Concept Cars | | Enjoy the photos and descriptions of the weird and wonderful concept cars of the Geneva auto show | | |
| |  | | Patricia Pomerleau | Mar 07, 2014 |
| | 10 Science Myths That Won’t Go Away | TIME.com | | They're everywhere, they're maddening—and they just ain't so. Here, in no particular order, is the incomplete, and by no means definitive, often painful list of the most common scientific misconceptions out there | | |
| |  | | Patricia Pomerleau | Mar 07, 2014 |
| | Getty Muserum Virtual Library | | In the Getty Virtual Library, visitors can readand download books in the fields of art, photography, archaeology, architecture, conservation, and the humanities for both general and specialized audiences. | | |
| |  | | Patricia Pomerleau | Mar 05, 2014 |
| | Gladiator School Dating to 2nd Century A.D. Discovered in Austria - Scientific American | An ancient Roman gladiator school has been discovered in Austria, complete with cell blocks, a training arena and a bath complex, archaeologists say.
The buried remains of the school — at the site of Carnuntum, near Vienna — were detected not through excavations but through remote-sensing techniques. Based on these findings, researchers reconstructed the gladiator center in virtual 3D models. | | |
| |  | | Patricia Pomerleau | Feb 27, 2014 |
| | The Most Spectacular Pyramids Around the World : | | If you haven’t yet had the jaw-dropping experience of seeing a pyramid up close, we have pulled together a collection from around the world for your gazing pleasure. | | |
| |  | | Patricia Pomerleau | Feb 25, 2014 |
| | Happiest States: Gallup- Ranks U.S. States | | For the sixth year in a row, Gallup and Healthways have released their well-being index, which quantifies just how happy each state is based on a series of criteria including "physical and emotional health, healthy behaviors, work environment, social and community factors, financial security, and ac... | | |
| |  | | | GRIN | | Browse through images from selective areas of interest. You can see description of what the subject categories include, a full listing of sub-categories, or just navigate down from the list below. | | |
| |  | | Patricia Pomerleau | Jan 31, 2014 |
| | Robert E. Williams Photographs, 1872-1898 | Robert E. Williams was an African-American photographerwho had his own studio in Augusta, Georgia from 1888 to 1908. During thisperiod Williams took thousands of photos documenting domestic life, dwellings,baptism rituals, harvesting and transporting cotton, vehicles andtransportation, and family life. The staff members at the University of Georgiahave curated this collection of 84 images from Williams' work to provideinsights into his art as well as the area's history. Visitors can look throughthe images at their leisure or use the search function as well. The site isrounded out by a wonderful section about the archival collection.
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| |  | | Patricia Pomerleau | Jan 23, 2014 |
| | No Instagram filters necessary: Photographer puts all other selfies to shame with stunning images of himself in the frozen wilde | | These beautiful long-exposure photographs offer a novel twist on the too-often shamelessly narcissistic trend for 'selfie' pictures which is sweeping the internet.Paul Zizka, 34, has put his own slant on the celebrity-led photographic genre, made popular by photo-sharing website Instagram, by including his silhouette in these dramatic shots of the Canadian wilderness.Rather that a vainglorious attempt to propel himself to 15 minutes of internet fame, his inclusion of himself in the shots is an attempt to show the relationship between a mere man and the awesome natural world surrounding him. [More] | | |
| | | | | | 14 Infamous Computer Virus Snippets That Trace a History of Havoc! | | Computer viruses are almost as old as personal computers themselves, and their evolution was only hastened by the birth of Internet. And within each code is a story about its author, about the time it was written, and about the state of computing when it terrorized our hard drives. | | |
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