Mammals first appeared on Earth over 200 million years ago, scuttling around alongside the dinosaurs as little mouse-sized creatures. But after the Huge bones from southeastern France were once thought to belong to the giant Teutons. (Image credit: Universal History Archive via Getty Images) But in 1613 the famous anatomist Riolan attacked the prevailing interpretation,…
The storefront where Harvey Milk sold film and strategized his historic run for San Francisco supervisor has found a fitting second act. Today it’s home to Queer Arts Featured, better known as Queer AF: part gallery, part boutique, and part community gathering space for queer artists who are tired of waiting for someone else’s invitation….
Several monorail systems were built in Malaysia in the 2000s, and while quite a few no longer exist, the one in Kuala Lumpur still runs and is popular. In 2008 in Melaka, the decision was made to build a monorail system as part of a development called ‘The Shore’, which was a residential, shopping, and…
Oslo city hall (Rådhuset) is one of the countries most visited tourist sites, famous for hosting the annual Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. However, few make it to the richly decorated second floor. In 1937-8, Artist Willi Midelfart was commissioned to create Det gror, a monumental fresco for the city hall’s banquet hall in the second…
The Bay Area’s regional parks are one of the many jewels that make the Bay the gem that it is, but few are aware of the ruins of a once-grand sanitarium nestled right within the hills of Wildcat Canyon Regional Park. The remnants of the estate are all that remain of a place that once…
Deep within the rugged heights of De Gi in Phu Cat lies one of the most obscure and isolated ancient architectural puzzles in Vietnam. Hon Chuong Tower is a tiny, solitary Cham ruin standing defiantly atop a massive rocky outcrop at an altitude of 779 meters. Both its exact chronology and original purpose remain shrouded…
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If you’ve been through a wildfire, you may never forget the torrid heat, the acrid smell of smoke and the threatening sight of flames closing in. On January 7, 2025, the Goodyear family joined 200,000 other Angelenos in grabbing emergency items and fleeing from raging wildfires that would devastate 37,000 acres and kill at least…
Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at [email protected] and we just might feature it here. Rat tales With the rat population growing in Washington, D.C., a group of residents is working to educate their neighbors about ways to prevent infestations without using…
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. During her first semester at Chicago’s Malcolm X College, Nikya Harrell had had enough. It was winter, and she was cold. She was bouncing to and from family members’ houses and sometimes could only afford one meal a week. Harrell came…
