Sidney Crosby and Shea Webber talk about their opposition to Russia's anti-gay laws at the Team Canada Olympic press conference on Sunday, August 25, 2013 in Calgary: "For me growing up in Canada, my view has always been that way," Crosby said during a news conference Sunday to kick off Canada's Oly...

Ludwig von Hofmann was a German painter, graphic artist and designer. He worked in a combination of the Art Nouveau and Symbolist styles. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Born: August 17, 1861, Darmstadt, Germany
Died: August 23, 1945, Pil...

Erez (Omer Perelman Striks, Best Actor Award winner at the 2021 Jerusalem Film Festival), a rising star in the Israeli swimming scene, arrives at a godforsaken training camp at a boarding school, where the one to win the competition gets a ticket to the Olympics. There he meets the beautiful and tal

A new biopic on four-time gold medal Olympian and gay athlete Greg Louganis called Back on Board is airing on HBO in August, with a new introspective on Louganis’ time in the Olympics, the homophobia he dealt with from fellow teammates, his HIV disclosure controversy and mentoring the next generatio

The Book ""National Security Mom: Why 'Going Soft' Will Make America Strong" written by Gina M. Bennett, mom of five and 20-year counterterrorism analyst for the U.S. Intelligence Community, tells her story as a secret agent who's husband and five children were nor aware of her double life as a CIA ...

Iron Dome is a mobile air defense system in development by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems designed to intercept short-range rockets and artillery shells. The system was created as a defensive countermeasure to the rocket threat against Israel's civilian population on its northern and southern bord...

The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) successfully completed a series of tests of the David's Sling Weapon System designated DST-4. David's Sling is an Israel Defense Forces military system being jointly developed by the Israeli defense contractor R...

Anthony Howe has been sculpting kinetic structures for nearly 30 years. In 1996, he filled his own sculpture park with metallic pieces that dance in the wind. His work has even appeared at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the holiday display for Barneys in NYC!

A new technological invention is being developed in Israel as part of the most impresive defense systems in the military. It involves a self constructed anti tank weapons camouflaged in the field after being dropped by air cargo planes as part of an unmanned anti tank defense system. Sci Fi or Re...

Ukraine pulled this victory off by taking advantage of a surprising weakness in the Russian army. Russia still controls a large amount of territory in southern Ukraine, including two major cities. But Ukraine’s victory outside of Kharkiv signals a new chapter in the war — one where, remarkably, Ukra