Carl Sagan Explains How Eratosthenes Knew the Earth Was Curved Over 2,200 Years Ago March 2, 2017 In this excerpt from episode 1 of Carl Sagan’s ‘Cosmos’, he explains how the Greek scholar, Eratosthenes, knew the Earth...
GLAAD celebrates triumphs of black transgender trailblazers in new video February 23, 2017 Black transgender activists are getting some much-deserved recognition this month. To mark Black History Month, LGBTQ media advocacy...
Behind the Scenes With Elon Musk When SpaceX Made its Historic Rocket Landing December 22, 2016 Earlier this year, SpaceX successfully launched and landed their Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral for the first time in history. National...
Witness the devastation of Aleppo in this 360-degree video December 6, 2016 One of the biggest and most horrific stories of 2016 has been the ongoing destruction in the Syrian city of Aleppo and a new 360-degree video gives...
Calling All Car Lovers…This One’s For You! October 2, 2016 Calling all car lovers! If you love cars then you're in for a real treat. Cars are part of history as we know it. The very first car was...
Nirvana Playing ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ in Small Club Two Days After Nevermind Released September 9, 2016 On September 24, 1991, Nirvana released their second studio album, Nevermind. The album would go on to sell 24 million copies and launch...
This Battery Has Been Running for 167 Years and No One’s Quite Sure How August 26, 2016 In a laboratory at Oxford University the Oxford Electric Bell has been constantly ringing since 1840 and no one’s quite sure how....
Once a Year the Entire City of Warsaw Stands For a Minute of Silence August 3, 2016 Every year on August 1st at 5pm, the people of Warsaw pay homage to the fallen heroes that fought for freedom in 1944 during the Warsaw...
Remarkably Crisp (and Super Random) HD Footage of New York City in 1993 April 27, 2016 In 2002, D-Theater launched in the US and dealers needed a demo tape to show off the HD footage. According to Techmoan, JVC reused...
Chickie Donohue and the Greatest Beer Run of All Time April 27, 2016 At the height of the Vietnam War, one man snuck back into the war zone to find his 3 closest friends and buy them a beer. 47 years...
