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The Real Story Behind the Star-Spangled Banner, the Flag That Inspired the National Anthem
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoOn a rainy September 13, 1814, British warships sent a downpour of shells and rockets onto Fort...
Art Bites: Gentileschi and Galileo Were Pen Pals | Artnet News
Artnet News· 1 day agoThe pair wrote back and forth, and in one famous letter in 1635, the artist asked the astronomer to...
England stars outplayed at table cricket final
BBC via Yahoo Canada Sports· 6 days agoThe tournament, which took...in the Nursery Pavilion, was played on table tennis tables and designed to allow young people with a range of disabilities...
Surprising Vortex Uncovered – Supercomputers Reveal Hidden Secrets of Solar Technology
SciTechDaily· 11 hours agoSimulations on the TACC Frontera and Lonestar6 supercomputers uncover topological vortices in...
Albania's world-renowned novelist Ismail Kadare dies at 88
National Post· 4 days agoAlbanian novelist and poet Ismail Kadare, whose irreverent works from inside communist Albania...
Researchers find that gratitude is a useful emotional tool in reducing desire to smoke
Medical Xpress· 3 days agoSmoking continues to rank as the foremost preventable cause of premature death. In a paper published...
In the Eye of the Storm: Discover Ukrainian Modernism at London's RoyalAcademy of Arts
Euronews via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoAs Ukrainian contemporary culture today battles an existential threat, a London exhibition explores...
As climate change makes extremes more extreme, rainfall is no different
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoThe worst-case scenario precipitation estimates – which set the greatest depth of precipitation...
A Third of Indonesia’s Deforested Land Is Left Idle
Technology Networks· 3 days agoRenowned for its biodiversity and rainforests, Indonesia has undergone significant changes over the past three decades. Since 1990, the country has lost...
Where to Stream American-Themed Movies on the 4th of July
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoLooking to escape the heat and live out some quality Americana moments on film this 4th of July?...