Sarina Wiegman told us that we had made her squad for the European championships this summer by giving us a golden ticket that read: “Congratulations! You’re going to the Euros!” It was a golden ticket for a golden summer with an incredible human and an incredible woman. Sarina played ...
More than 100 years before the first explorer set his foot on the North Pole, the early exploration of the North and the South Pole started to be realized with the efforts of the many influential explorers. One of the most famous one of them was John Franklin. ...
Foundation Medicine--a 2012 Fierce 15 company--found out just how influential Gates' Midas touch can be recently, basking in the media limelight after Gates helped extend its Series B. Foundation--which developed a test that identifies a lengthy roster of genetic mutations that can drive cancer-...
Darren Walker’s influence on the art world has been nothing short of transformative, as he worked through the $16 billion Ford Foundation for 12 years to support underrepresented artists and reshape museum collections across the country. But he’s not one to rest on his laurels, as tempting ...
Vasco da Gama was the first person to ever successfully sail from Europe toIndia, leaving Calicut on 29 August 1498. The explorer was commissioned by the king ofPortugalto find a maritime route to the East, and the success of his journey proved highly influential in the years that followed....
It's easy to say the world wouldn't be where it is today without the significant events that transpired throughout the 20th century. These important historical events, such as World War II, Sputnik, and the invention of the internet, truly shaped our world and paved the way for the 21st...
It was the most influential city in Mesopotamia from approximately 4100-3000 BCE, when it was the largest urban center in the region and a hub of trade and administration. It is thought to be the place, or at least one of the places in southern Mesopotamia, where written language was inve...
While features such as Tasman Bay and the Matiri and Tasman mountain ranges are certainly stunning, the real highlight is the Abel Tasman National Park, which is named after the famous European explorer. Despite being the smallest national park in the country, it is home to lots of beautiful...
OBJECTIVE. Identify and analyze the literature most cited and influential in the field of ED using two separate metrics: Web of Science (WoS) citations and Altmetric Attention Scores (AAS), a novel metric that captures online attention received by academic works. METHODS. A comprehensive ...
1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and team become the first people to reach the South Pole - Dec 141954: Tolkien publishes the Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of The Lord of the Rings - July 21(this last one I couldn't find in Wendell's list, so either he missed it, ...