War History Online Feb 13, 2018 George Winston The only thing remaining from RAF Findo Gask in Scotland is the airfield’s control tower, but that is now nearly unrecognizable from its original form. About three years ago, the tower began its transformation to a four-story, single-family home. It is now on the market for £1.25 million. … Read more
The Vintage News Apr 4, 2018 Boban Docevski Some 4.6 billion years ago, the solar system was completely different. It was chaotic and volatile. Many of the planets that we know today were still forming via the process known as “accretion,” which involved the accumulation of smaller particles of matter into one bigger object with its own … Read more
The Vintage News May 9, 2018 Martin Chalakoski In August 2017 a group of angry protesters and human-rights activists gathered around the statue of Dr. J. Marion Sims in Central Park in New York City. Fired up, enraged, dressed in white hospital gowns sprayed with red (as in blood) to signify women’s pain and suffering during … Read more
The Vintage News Apr 2, 2018 E.L. Hamilton It is perhaps the most coveted Space Flight Awareness award, and it’s hard to win. Less than 1 percent of the aerospace program workforce receives it annually, according to NASA, and the criteria of significant contributions is long. What is this prestigious award? A Snoopy lapel pin. Yes, … Read more
The Vintage News Jun 20, 2018 Alex .A It’s hard to grasp now how much the introduction of railroads and railway services during the late 18th century and early 19th century forever changed the way we commute, travel, and transport our stock and goods. It was a grand leap of faith into a new future, similarly … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 11, 2018 Domagoj Valjak The South African-born billionaire businessman and engineer Elon Musk is one of the world’s leading innovators in space travel. His company SpaceX works on the creation of low-cost and energy-efficient spacecraft. It’s possible that those spacecrafts will bring the first humans to Mars in the following decade. If SpaceX … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News May 2, 2018 Mark Shiffer In the summer of 536, a strange cloud appeared in the skies over much of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. Sometimes referred to as “a veil of dust,” something plunged the Mediterranean region and many other areas of the world into gloomy years of cold … Read more
