In this photographic video essay we present a series of unique photos from the first international women to enter a medical college in Philadelphia in the 19th Century to major stars such as Marilyn Monroe in the opening of the TIME-LIFE building in New York in the 1950's and John Lennon and Yoko On...

At high water in the afternoon of Sunday 3 June 2012, up to a thousand boats muster on the River Thames in preparation for Her Majesty The Queen to lead the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant. It will be one of the largest flotillas ever assembled on the river. Rowed boats and working boats and pleasure...

Yom Ha'atzmaut (Hebrew: יום העצמאות‎ Yōm hā-ʿAṣmāʾūṯ lit. "Independence Day") is the national day of Israel, commemorating the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. It is celebrated on 5th of Iyar according to the Hebrew calendar. Yom Ha'atzmaut is preceded by Yom Hazikaron, the Israeli Fal

Dante and Virgil in Hell (1850) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau is housed at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, France. Dante and Virgil in Hell (1850) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau was inspired by the poem, The Divine Comedy (c. 1308 – 1321) by the Italian Dante Alighieri, specifically from the part titled

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It can lose its tail and have a new one 24 hours later. Magic? No, it's just the great self-regenerating potential of the zebra fish. Christian Jopling, a researcher at the Barcelona Centre for Regenerative Medicine, explains how studies on these fish can help us to discover how to regenerate human ...

Late 1800s: The etymology of the phrase "drag queen" is debatable, but many scholars believe that the phrase was coined in the 1800s as a reference to the hoop skirt. As seen in this photo, hoop skirts would "drag" along the ground. The term "queen" was used as a derogatory slur towards homosexuals...

Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein, October 19, 1937) is a German-American artist known for using bright colours in his work. Works by Max are associated with the visual arts and culture of the 1960s, particularly psychedelic art and pop art. Max, the son of German Jews, fled Berlin in 1938, sett

When she is nominated for the coveted “Catholic Woman of the Year” award, Eileen Cleary (Turner) jumps through hoops in order to win, at the expense of her own family. Though her personal efforts earned the nomination, the prospect of a family screening and home visit leave Cleary scrambling to upho

Jeremiah Lloyd Harmon delivers an incredible performance with Disney's Candle on the Water achieving a slot among the top 8 contestants on American Idol.