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Rey Ascends to Jedi in the Final Film of the Sequel Trilogy ‘Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker’
In the very brief teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, a determined Rey (Daisy Ridley) tries to outrun an…
A Meditative Aquatic Opera Featuring a Musician Gracefully Playing a Rectangular Cello Underwater
While he was artist-in-residence at Middlebury College in 2017, choreographer Gabriel Forestieri created “Breathe”, a highly meditative, graceful multi-disciplinary aquatic installation. The performance featured amongst…
Proud Mexican-American Women in Brooklyn Who Make a Widely Distributed Homemade Mole Sauce
Great Big Story went to Brooklyn in order to visit with the Mole Poblano Asunción Corp., a shop in Brooklyn, New York where three generations…
A Whimsical Audio Cassette Tape Wireless Speaker
British product concept designer Nick Forrester created for SUCK UK a wonderfully whimsical portable, pocket-sized speaker that looks like a retro audio cassette tape and…
A Gorgeous Orange British Longhair Cat Takes Her First Tentative Steps Out Into the Backyard
A gorgeous British longhair cat sat at the back door for a few seconds before taking her first tentative steps into the wilds of her backyard.
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Successfully Lands All Three Boosters at the Same Time on First Operational Mission
On April 11, 2019, the incredibly powerful SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket (previously) was officially launched on its first operational mission since “Starman” was sent into…
How Leonardo da Vinci Created a Bird’s Eye Satellite Style Image of Imola, Italy From the Ground in 1502
In a delineating episode of Vox Almanac, correspondent Phil Edwards explains why and how the great Leonardo da Vinci created bird’s eye satellite-style image of…
How a Porcupine’s Razor Sharp Quills Are Helping Doctors Create Surgical Staples That Ward Off Infection
An aciculated episode of the KQED series Deep Look (previously) explains how the incredibly sharp quills from a North American porcupine‘s rear area can be…
16 Guitars Battle for the Iron Throne in an Electrifying Cover of the Game of Thrones Theme
In honor of the Sunday, April 14, 2019 premiere of the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, musician Cooper Carter (previously) performed an…
Laura Linney Returns to Barbary Lane 20 Years Later in Netflix Sequel to the 1993 Mini-Series ‘Tales of the City’
Netflix is bringing back Tales of the City, the classic San Francisco story based on the series of books by novelist Armistead Maupin which was…