Dec 6, 2022 · According to a group of film critics, the greatest movie ever made is Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles.The 1975 film tops the 2022 results of British magazine Sight and Sound ...

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Many harmonica histories begin around 1100 B.C. with the sheng, a Chinese instrument featuring a bundle of bamboo tubes attached to a curving pipe.The instrument contains a free reed, a strip of ...

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Dec 16, 2024 · Another year is coming to a close, and, just like last year, scientists have made an amazing number of dinosaur discoveries.Experts have continued to name new species and reveal previously unknown ...

Aug 2, 2024 · A woman stands behind a model of a Neanderthal at the Natural History Museum in London. Contrary to the narrative that early humans left Africa roughly 50,000 years ago, a new study finds our ...

Complaining about the young is a longstanding prerogative of the old; just as baby boomers and Gen X’ers today lament the shortcomings of millennials and Gen Z, parents in the 1920s looked ...

Oct 31, 2024 · George Washington’s Farewell to the Nation Marked the Birth of American Democracy. In 1796, the first president voluntarily left office, cementing the significance of a lofty ideal for his young ...

Dec 31, 2019 · Scientists have been predicating the effects of burning coal and fossil fuels on the temperature of the planet for over 100 years. A 1912 issue of Popular Mechanics contains an article titled ...

Oct 1, 2024 · Nelson’s mention of “changing circumstances” likely refers to the fact that NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov should have been accompanied by astronauts Zena ...