Christo and Jeanne-Claude shared a birthday: June 13, 1935. The couple were collaborators to such a degree that we know them by their first names, paired together like a multisyllabic stage name. Starting this month, the late artists are being recognized in two ways for what would be their 90th birthday: A meticulous retrospective is […]
If I could time-travel back to any gaming moment, it would be the release of Halo 2 back on November 9, 2004. I have never in my entire life, both personally and professionally, experienced such hype and anticipation in the run-up to a major game release – and then somehow also seen that game actually […]
Members of the group Desaparecidos observe All Souls’ Day with flowers and candles for the victims of enforced disappearances at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City on Saturday, November 2, 2024. The post Remembering the disappeared appeared first on Manila Standard. Source link
As Day of the Dead nears, altars around the country bear photos of beloved former pets next to mementos of dearly departed family members. And while including animals in Día de Muertos celebrations is not new, more and more people in Mexico now also appear to be using mortuary services like cremation for dead pets. […]
The seventh day of April, 1968. One of the worst days of my life, and even after all this time the sadness remains. That day my hero, Jim Clark, died in a Formula 2 accident on the Hockenheim circuit in Germany, when a rear tyre deflated and sent him into the trees at far too […]
And the Supreme Court has so far agreed to hear 40 cases this term, and, unlike the past few years, neither abortion or affirmative action are on the docket. Source link
Non-living hydrogels can play the video game Pong and improve their gameplay with more experience, researchers report August 23 in the Cell Press journal Cell Reports Physical Science. The researchers hooked hydrogels up to a virtual game environment and then applied a feedback loop between the hydrogel’s paddle — encoded by the distribution of charged […]
Greg, Jimmy and Felix pay tribute to Graham Thorpe, one of England’s greatest ever cricketers, after the sad news of his death at the age of 55. Show more Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of mental health, depression and suicide. Greg, Jimmy and Felix pay tribute to Graham Thorpe, one of England’s greatest ever […]