The world's oldest living person was alive when the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk and when the first helicopter flew on Mars.
Alex Knapp
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Alex Knapp
@TheAlexKnapp
Senior editor at Forbes for health & science. Email: aknapp at forbes dot com. See also: journa.host/@thealexknapp My motto: "Lavate manus!"
- I just watched the pilot of Star Trek: Prodigy, and I'd metatextually describe it as a bunch of kids rescuing themselves from the everyday horror of the Star Wars universe by finding a Federation starship. It's great.
- My latest: I talked to Abel Avellan, whose company AST SpaceMobile aims to use satellites to let you use your cell phone wherever you are--and to connect the over 2 billion people across the world who don't have regular internet access.
- "Every time someone steps up and says who they are, the world becomes a better, more interesting place.” Beautiful 100th episode, @Brooklyn99FOX, and a wonderful moment between Andre Braugher and @iamstephbeatz. (And a great line by @thejustinnoble & @carlyhallam!)
- "Body camera footage seen Tuesday during trial captured the moments immediately after Sahouri's arrest and showed Sahouri, visibly shaken from the pepper spray, repeatedly telling officers that she was on assignment as a reporter."
- A Captain America story where Steve's always been in Hydra is like a Batman story where 8 year old Bruce hired Joe Chill to kill his parents
- Replying to @xsyntryk1 and @derayThat was Hester Ford, who was at the time of her passing the oldest living American. But the oldest living person is Kane Tanaka, born January 1903. (Wright brothers flew December 1903).
- Afghanistan's All-Girl Robotics Team Wins A Second Major Award At Robotex forbes.com/sites/kionasmi…
- The one night of peace in the past week in Ferguson was the one night the police were not wearing riot gear and armed with gas.
- Replying to @KarnythiaTimes like this I always like to shake my head at those gatekeepers and be like, "You say you like Die Hard but you've never read 'Nothing Lasts Forever'? Fake fan!" (Lots of great movies are better than the books.... as anyone who's read Jaws or The Godfather can attest.)
- Every Phillip Seymour Hoffman/Jesus Christ Superstar scene in Along Came Polly.
- No we are not.
- I don’t know why it took me so long to finally watch @IntotheBadlands but I’m glad I am now. It’s awesome.
