Author: Ms. R.

The most explosive volcanic eruptions are striking not just for their vivid pyrotechnic displays, or for the huge clouds of ash they spew into the air. Often, the aftermath is just as jarring—the miles upon miles of ash that blanket the earth, extinguishing the life that grew there and suppressing any that was to come. But nothing is forever. Take Mount St. Helens, whose gargantuan eruption 40 years ago—the deadliest in U.S. history—completely destroyed the top of the mountain…….

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You don’t exactly think of quaint Canadian fishing towns as a theater of war. But Fort Péninsule (Peninsula Fort),  strategically at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River, played a critical role in the defense of Allied shipping convoys and winning the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II.  As early as 1941, German U-Boats had been spotted off the coast of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. It was just a matter of time before they found their way……

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Bars, parks, and schools are closed until further notice, but one British museum is making sure that we remember what it means to be young. With millions stuck at home, within close reach of old photo albums, the United Kingdom’s Museum of Youth Culture (MOYC) has issued a call for submissions: The museum wants your childhood, adolescent, and teenage photos—in all their adorable, rebellious, or just plain awkward glory. The submissions will join the museum’s growing archive of looks,……

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Bees have long been an important part of the Earth’s ecosystem. Many ancient cultures recognized the contributions of these humble insects, and cultivated them. The Bee Museum of Rhodes in Greece honors the long and storied relationship between humans and bees around the world. There’s a handful of apiculture museums across the world, but the Bee Museum in Rhodes is a unique one. Decorated with honeycomb-shaped ceilings, the museum is bathed in honey-colored lighting, sure to make Winnie-the-Pooh hungry…….

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Based on the mutiny of the battleship Potemkin of 1905, the Soviet silent film Battleship Potemkin was directed by Sergei Eisenstein and released in 1925. It stands as a milestone in the history of cinema, its montage editing techniques ahead of its time. In 2012, the British Film Institute named it the 11th greatest film of all time, and it has been named as the favorite of Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, and Michael Mann, to name a few. One……

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