Mini Space Elevator, Cool

from Phys.org Going up! Japan to test mini ‘space elevator’ A Japanese team working to develop a “space elevator” will conduct a first trial this month, blasting off a miniature version on satellites to test the technology. The test equipment,...

200 Years of Knowledge Up In Flames

from BBC Brazil museum fire: Funding cuts blamed as icon is gutted  Officials in Brazil have blamed lack of funding for a huge fire that has ravaged the country’s National Museum. One of the largest anthropology and natural history collections in the Americas...

The World’s First Movie Poster

from artnet Sotheby’s Is Selling the World’s First Movie Poster, Which Promoted a Premiere Only 30 People Attended The poster is an important piece of cinematic history. by Sarah Cascone Henri Brispot, Cinématographe Lumière (1896). This poster was created for the...