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Culture
How the “Sherlock Holmes” of Biology Solved a Century-old Portrait Mystery Late one summer evening in 2018, Javier Burgos found himself glued to his computer screen, scouring the internet for answers to a century-old art mystery. He stumbled upon a 2013 exhibition in Ravenna, Italy that piqued his interest. As
Culture
The Sand Creek Massacre: The Betrayal That Changed Cheyenne and Arapaho People Forever The Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 has been called one of the deadliest days in Colorado history. On one fateful day, American troops killed more than 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho tribe members, almost wiping out their entire
Culture
The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park: An Immersive and Candid Look at Slavery The Freedom Monument Sculpture Park is a new landmark that is expected to open in 2024 on a 70,000 square metre site in Montgomery, Alabama. The park has been built on the banks of the Alabama River,
Culture
Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia Basilica: The Tale of an Unfinished Masterpiece Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia Basilica is finally nearing its completion, with five of its six central towers now fully-built as of last week. The tallest one, representing Jesus, is yet to be finished. Designed by Antoni Gaudi, a Catalan
Culture
Smithsonian Purchases Collection About Enslaved Poet, Phillis Wheatley In 1761, Phillis Wheatley arrived in Boston from Senegal/Gambia, West Africa as a seven-year-old child captive and was sold to a prominent family, known as the Wheatleys, who taught her how to read and write. Yearning for knowledge of the world
Culture
Prominent Authors Sue OpenAI for Copyright Infringement The future of the writing industry hangs in uncertainty as artificial intelligence becomes widely accessible to the public. With a simple click of a button, chatbots can generate three-thousand-word texts in mere seconds, making it easy for anyone to exploit this system. In
Politics
The influx of images and footage from Israel and Gaza streaming on to our phones serve not only to document the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas but also plays a significant role in shaping its narrative. Horrific and disturbing images of slaughter, genocide and violence have flooded the Internet,