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First “Photograph” | 1826
First Nude Photographs | 1839
First Underwater Photograph | 1856
First Aerial Photograph | 1858
First Colour Photograph | 1861
First Image from Space | 1946
On October 24, 1946, not long after the end of World War II and years before the Sputnik satellite opened the space age, a group of soldiers [...]
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10. Barringer Crater, Arizona, US
9. Bosumtwi, Ghana
8. Deep Bay, Canada
7. Aorounga impact crater, Chad
6. Gosses Bluff, Australia
5. Mistastin Lake, Canada
4. Clearwater lakes, Canada
3. Kara-Kul, Tajikistan
2. Manicouagan, Canada
1. Chicxulub, Mexico
Buried underneath the Yucatn Peninsula in Mexico, near the Chicxulub village (which means “the tail of the devil” in Mayan), [...]
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Circumhorizontal Arc
Brocken Spectre
Circumzenithal Arc
Fog Bow
Glory
22 Halo
Iridescent Clouds
Moonbow
Parhelic Circle
Rainbows
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An Emperors’ Art: Small, Refined, Jewel Toned
WASHINGTON — Muraqqa is the Persian term for a patched garment traditionally worn by Sufi mystics as a sign of poverty and humility. Yet it is also the word for a gilded and lavishly calligraphed album. This type of muraqqa, a luxury object from [...]
What’s on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe? from the book “Hungry Planet”
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What the World Eats
Poland: The Sobczynscy family of
Konstancin-JeziornaFood expenditure for
one week: 582.48 Zlotys or $151.27Family recipe: Pig’s knuckles with carrots,
celery and parsnips
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Egypt: The Ahmed family of
CairoFood expenditure for one
week: 387.85 Egyptian Pounds [...]
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What the World Eats
What’s on family dinner tables in fifteen different homes around the globe?
from the book “Hungry Planet”
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Ecuador: The Ayme family of TingoFood expenditure for one week: $31.55Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage
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Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira
CityFood expenditure for one
week: 37,699 Yen or [...]
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The Difference Engine
9
ENIAC
8
IBM System/360
7
Datapoint 2200
6
Xerox PARC Alto
5
TRS-80
4
Apple II
3
IBM PC
2
Apple Macintosh
1
IBM Roadrunner
The title of fastest supercomputer has become hard to retain for long, but the current champ is also notable for being the first machine with sustained throughput exceeding a petaflop — more than a quadrillion floating point operations per second. Physically, [...]
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Distaff
Deep Antiquity
Warp-Weighted Loom
7000 BCE
Woven Cloth
7000 BCE
String Skirt
6000 BCE
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A person who spins needs two things, in addition to time: the raw material (wool, flax, cotton)
that is to be spun, and a spindle or wheel with which to spin it.
Throughout history, most spinners have also used a simple device [...]
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Arched walkway
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Statue of monk in a courtyard of Abbey House
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