Qamar The Vintage News Jul 15, 2018 Steve Palace Isaac Newton was a 17thcentury colossus, whose writings were a driving force behind the way we think about the world today. His work was influential on the Enlightenment, or “Age of Reason,” which took humankind away from magic and towards rationality and scientific principle. Based on this, it’s … Read more
The Vintage News Jul 16, 2018 Katie Vernon In 2000, a team of scientists, led by Ethiopian paleoanthropologist Zeresenay Alemseged, discovered the skull and bones of a toddler ape-girl from 3.3 million years ago. The fossil was named Selam, meaning “peace” in Ethiopian. Selam belongs to the same species as Lucy, Australopithecus afarensis, and was unearthed just a … Read more
By: Paulo Coelho Warriors of light always keep a certain gleam in their eyes. They are of this world, they are part of the lives of other people and they set out on their journey with no saddlebags and no sandals. They are often cowardly. They do not always make the right decisions. They suffer … Read more
The Vintage News Jul 31, 2018 Barbara Stepko Bette Cooper as ‘Miss America’ Don’t be deceived by the wholesome, apple pie image: The Miss America Pageant has seen its share of controversy and intrigue in its 90-some year history. But perhaps the biggest scandal happened in 1937, when a newly-crowned winner disappeared into the dead of … Read more
The Vintage News Jul 31, 2018 Nancy Bilyeau Time Bandits – Special Screening at BFI Southbank. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images) Apple plans to turn Terry Gilliam’s 1981 fantasy film Time Bandits into a television series, according to a story reported on Deadline. The cult film follows an 11-year-old boy named Kevin as he’s chased by the “Supreme … Read more
War History Online Mar 28, 2018 Shahan Russell In 1600, two Dutch ships terrorized the Philippines. They then went on to become the fourth group of Europeans to circumnavigate the world. This is recorded in “Events of the Philippine Islands,” published in Mexico in 1609. Praised by historians, it describes the Philippines in not only the … Read more
War History Online Mar 28, 2018 George Winston Representation of the Nazi bell. By WeskerX – CC BY-SA 3.0 The ‘Nazi Bell’ was a supposed technology, crafted by the Third Reich, to enable interstellar travel to the Moon and other planets. A popular conspiracy theory believes that the technology utilized an incomprehensible, anti-gravity system to achieve … Read more
