Intense, provocative, disturbing, and captivating, the legendary artist led a life of restless brilliance.
How old is Yasmeen Nicole, the mother-to-be? Lil Yas was born on 4 February 2003, which would mean that she is currently 18-years-old. Two days before her birthday this year, Yasmeen Nicole shared pictures of herself as a baby which were taken in 2004. T...
TheWayback Machineis a project from the Internet Archive. The Internet Archive is, as you might have guessed, an attempt to archive literally everything on the web—including old versions of websites. The Wayback Machine was designed to capture “snapshots” ofentirewebsites at regular intervals...
Is our obsession with efficiency actually making us less efficient? In this revelatory talk, writer and historian Edward Tenner discusses the promises and dangers of our drive to get things done as quickly as possible -- and suggests seven ways we can use "inspired inefficiency" to be more pro...
Its similarities to chess — the 8 x 8 board, a row of foot soldiers protecting the major pieces, the king as the ultimate prize — convinced chess historian H.J.R. Murray that modern chess is "a direct descendent" of chaturanga, played in India since at least the sixth century C.E....
A knowledge of history opens doors—and eyes. One of the primary reasons to study history is because it shifts humankind away from ignorance. Knowing history and learning from humanity’s past mistakes can help move us in the right direction for the future. We can solve age-ol...
What is your name? How old are you, and what is your birth date? Where were you born? Are you married, and for how long? When and where were you married? What are your parents' names? Where did you live when you were a child? Did you move around a lot as a child? Where? Wh...
John Reilly, a historian with the U.S. Naval Historical Foundation, told National Geographic News in 2003 that because the Triangle has a lot of traffic, it's only to be expected that some ships and planes would go down there. He compared it to "saying that there are an awful lot of...
Marine Sulphur Queen, a 19-year-old, 7,200-ton (6,532 metric tons) oil tanker was bound for Norfolk, Virginia from Beaumont, Texas carrying 15,000 tons of molten sulfur in heated tanks. But it never reached its destination. Unlike some of the other vanished craft in the Bermuda ...
We are entering a new era of data centricity – where every decision, process and interface will be driven by data. This transformation is being built on a new technology infrastructure of cloud, AI, Internet of Things and other technologies that build a pervasive data fabric across the enterpr...