In September next year, astronauts will be strapped into the Orion spacecraft and rocketed around the Moon in the first human moon visit in more than 50 years. Stuart George, lead author and a member of the NASA Space Radiation Analysis Group, says the results suggest that radiation exposure won't be dangerously high for short Moon missions, but problems may …
In 1986, Andrew Wyeth was the most famous painter in America. This collection, called “The Helga Pictures,” had been completed over 15 years and hidden from his wife, until they were revealed and wound up on the covers of both Time magazine and Newsweek. Some of the voices you’ll hear in this episode include Doug McGill, former New York Times …
Mud and other debris have been left in place inside a 149-year-old piano that was salvaged from a mudslide and is now on display at a Malibu art gallery. Kyril Kasimoff, bottom, and Dirk Braun pose with the storm-battered, 149-year-old Blüthner piano that was recovered from a mudslide and is now on display at Braun’s art gallery in Malibu. It’s …
Like a private eye sizing up the details of a dicey new case, Joe Ide took the call from the Raymond Chandler Estate with a healthy amount of hesitation. “And then I got frightened.” Ide, the author of the neo-noir series “IQ,” was being asked to write an original novel using Chandler’s iconic detective, Philip Marlowe. But unlike Chandler’s Marlowe, …
A man was booked for allegedly living with the corpse of his mother to use her retirement fund for six years in Italy, the country's police said on Wednesday. Authorities concerned tried to contact 86-year-old Helga Maria Hengbarth, who apparently didn’t collect her health insurance card for years, even during the Covid-19 pandemic, as per media reports. As a part …
Australian shoppers have voted for their favourite supermarket sliced breads of 2020 - including white, wholemeal and multigrain. Australia's iconic brand Tip Top finished runner up after scoring a five-star review for variety, four stars for taste, texture, freshness and overall satisfaction but fell short in value for money with three stars. Buttercup came out on top, followed by Tip …