In Photos: Burying the Hatchet at the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion
Photo Credit: HUM Images / Universal Images Group / Getty ImagesThe 1913 Gettysburg Reunion was an event held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its namesake battle….
Meet Mr. Mumler, the Man Who “Captured” Lincoln’s Ghost on Camera
When America’s first aerial cameraman met an infamous spirit photographer, the chemistry was explosive Despite the best efforts of many investigators, no one was able to solve…
Three Sailors Were Trapped Inside a Battleship Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor
Photo Credit: U.S. Navy, Office of Public Relations / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain (Colorized)On December 7, 1941, the Japanese launched a devastating attack on US naval…
The Pentagon has tried twice this year to mothball one of its aircraft carriers, but it keeps getting shut down
The Pentagon has tried twice this year to mothball one of its aircraft carriers, but it keeps getting shut down An icon in the shape of an…
D-Day Battle for Easy Red and Fox Green Beaches
D-Day Battle for Easy Red & Fox Green BeachesAmid bullets and shells, blood and death, the men of the 1st Infantry Division helped turn the tide of…
USS Iowa – The most terrifying battleship of the US Navy
USS Iowa is a large battleship of the US Navy, equipped with up to 9 406 mm caliber guns installed in the ship’s 3 main turrets, which…
This rare blue diamond is practically a miracle of nature
It’s also helping geologists better understand plate tectonics. Unearthed in the largest mine in Botswana, the Okavango Blue Diamond is on display to the public for the…
Octopuses rewrite their own RNA to survive freezing temperatures
A new study dives deeper into the amazing adaptations of the cephalopod brain. The California two-spot octopus (Bimaculoides) is the first octopus species to have its genome…
The Indestructible Warbird: The Tale of the B-25 Mitchell
“Patches” Amidst the chaos of World War II’s skies, the B-25 Mitchell, particularly the bomber known as “Patches,” epitomized resilience. This aircraft, marked by 400 bright yellow…
Paul Newman: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man review – a screen idol full of self-loathing
A painfully revealing memoir, taken from transcripts of reminiscences Newman recorded in the 1980s, lays bare a candid, complicated star Movie stars, bemused by their own magnified…