history
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Sexy Bill Gates And 11 Other Historic Tech Photos
As a lover of history, I’m enamoured by photos of the past. Important moments that have been preserved through light and lenses. Some are joyous. Some mournful. I often trawl historic images on Instagram, because my nerdom knows no bounds. So I thought I would share some incredible photographs that have captured moments in tech…
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Read This Scathing 1988 Viewer Reaction To Doctor Who And Try Not To Feel Sad For Sylvester McCoy
Sylvester McCoy’s era on Doctor Who has always gotten a bit of a bad rap. After all, it’s the period of the show that eventually saw Doctor Who go on hiatus for decades. With the gift of hindsight, it’s easy to see the good and fascinating things this era of the show did, but apparently…
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Pioneering Psychologist Hans Asperger Was A Nazi Sympathizer Who Sent Children To Be Killed, New Evidence Suggests
The term “Asperger’s syndrome” will never be heard the same way again, owing to new research showing that Hans Asperger – the Austrian pediatrician for whom the disorder was named – was an active participant in the Nazi eugenics program, recommending that patients deemed “not fit for life” be sent to a notorious children’s “euthanasia”…
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Antarctic Expedition To Find Ernest Shackleton’s Lost Ship Set For Next Year
Early next year, an international team of explorers will investigate the area in-and-around the massive iceberg that split away from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017. As an added bonus, the researchers will also attempt to locate the wreck of the Endurance, which sunk in 1915 as part of the ill-fated Shackleton expedition.