Retroscope - In admiration

“ You must be the writer?!” The tall man greeted me sitting in the large drawing room .

His unexpected, if direct greeting, knocked me down that night w...

Chernobyl's New and Improved Sarcophagus Will Contain The Disaster's Radioactivity For A Century

Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, engineers are giving the epicenter of the long-defunct facility a facelift. With financial assistance from more than 40 n...

J.J. Abrams To Open Film Festival Empowering Female Filmmakers

J.J. Abrams is set to open the Archer School for Girls’ 5th Annual Archer Film Festival empowering female filmmakers next week.Celebrities and entertainment industry ...

The Next Great Elimination Story: Malaria

Editor’s note: In commemoration of World Malaria Day, April 25, PATH will be sharing stories over the next five weeks from the front lines of the malaria elimination ...

Fictional Characters Who Spark Our Sexual Awakenings

One day, you’re picking up Little Women for the first time, expecting a warm story about sisterhood; the next, you’re cursing the gods (“or whatever&rdquo...

Global Health Funding Becoming Scarce: Study

People wasting away from AIDS or succumbing to malaria may become an increasingly common sight within the next 25 years, as funding for universal health care shrivels up. Read More

For Google's Cloud, 18 Minutes Of Downtime Is An Eternity

On Monday night, Google's Compute Engine went dark for 18 minutes. The Engine itself was whirring away just fine, but incoming internet traffic to its servers was misrouted...

New ‘Starshot’ Mission Aims To Send Tiny Spaceships To The Nearest Star System

“55 years ago today, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space,” said Milner, who is named after Gagarin and was born the same year as his historic flight, i...

If These Rumours Are True, The 2016 Cannes Film Festival Could Be Great

Steven Spielberg, George Clooney and Jodie Foster are tipped to be among those who will walk the red carpet at Cannes next month when the line up for the world’s top ...