Written by In 1963, the journey along Route 66 was punctuated by neon signs: Shell, Mobil, Texaco, Standard… The rise of the motorcar had been insatiable since the ’20s, and with it, gas stations had become ubiquitous. Driving to his parents’ house in Oklahoma, pop artist Ed Ruscha photographed each stop along the way. The resulting book, Twentysix Gasoline Stations, […]
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2024 Sale is now in its third week, and the e-commerce platform’s biggest sale event of the year is in full swing with discounts on several products, including consumer electronics. Whether you’re looking to purchase a smartphone or other electronics products, the ongoing sale is one of the best times to maximise […]
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The planet Saturn photographed with an amateur telescope Grey Zone / Alamy Stock Photo When I was a teen, I joined an urban astronomy club at my school. It wasn’t popular: most nights, it was just me and a physics teacher standing on a Chicago street corner haranguing passersby to look through our telescope. In […]
You regularly hear tales of audiophile life being exorbitantly expensive, but it doesn’t have to be. For $60, you can get a well-manufactured, well-equipped DAC/Amp in the Fosi Audio DS2 2024 and have plenty of money to spend on a quality headphone or IEM purchase. Fosi Audio DS2: Price and availability (Image credit: Tshaka Armstrong) […]
ALISON BEARD: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Alison Beard. In the political world, success often depends on being an inspirational public speaker, and we all know a good speech when we hear one. JOHN F KENNEDY: Two thousand years ago, the proudest boast was “civis Romanus sum.” Today, in the […]
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Keystone Features/Getty Images Keystone Features/Getty Images What is school for? Over a hundred years ago, a man named Harold Rugg published a series of textbooks that encouraged students to confront the thorniest parts of U.S. history: to identify problems, and try and solve them. And it was just as controversial as the fights we’re seeing […]
We just wrapped up the third year of our Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition class –part of Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. Joe Felter, Mike Brown and I teach the class to: Give our students an appreciation of the challenges and opportunities for the United States in its enduring strategic competition […]
Editor’s Note: Monthly Ticket is a CNN Travel series that spotlights some of the most fascinating topics in the travel world. In September, we’re celebrating superlatives as we look at some of the world’s biggest, tallest and most expensive attractions and destinations. CNN — Having lived in Beijing for almost 12 years, I’ve had plenty […]