Just back from a family holiday in England, Suzanne Cohen was still unpacking – when she heard an earth-shattering boom. Then came the screeching sirens. She ran downstairs. “It seemed like every cop and fire truck in New York was there,” she told The Post. Her family of five lived near the Ann Street garage, … Read more
Kareem Rahma just wanted a piece of the pie, but he got burned in the process. In 2018, the New York City comedian wanted to cash in on the success of Instagrammable food-inspired museums in the Big Apple with the Immersive Pizza Museum, but his pie-in-the-sky idea resulted in “ his biggest financial failure”. which … Read more
A sea turtle has returned to the ocean off the coast of Florida after recovering from several serious injuries. Bubba is a 375-pound sea turtle that was found by biologists with Inwater Research in St. Lucie County, Florida, on April 10. Biologists noticed that the large animal had injuries to both front flippers, so they … Read more
Fifty years ago, while sitting in his mother’s apartment in Budapest, Hungary, the young professor, ErnÅ’ Rubik, finally completed the prototype of the “Magic Cube”. A teacher in the Department of Interior Design, Rubik was fascinated by geometry, but his attempts to create a solid, 3D structure with movable and interchangeable layers had frustrated him. … Read more
They are raising the dead digitally. Scientists put the “animation” in “resurrection” after virtually reconstructing the face of a mysterious mummy that lived 1,500 years ago, as detailed in the journal Anthropologie – International Journal of Human Diversity and Evolution. Known as the Gilded Lady because of her golden covering, the mummy belonged to a … Read more
A seventh person has been essentially cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant nearly a decade ago, doctors announced Thursday. The unidentified 60-year-old German man was suffering from acute myeloid leukemia when he underwent the risky procedure to replace his unhealthy bone marrow in October 2015. He stopped taking anti-retroviral drugs – which … Read more
They were educated. American college students have little basic knowledge of U.S. history, lawmaking and government, according to a new poll of no-nonsense civics questions. “Students today are woefully underprepared for participation in our democratic republic, as these results show,” said Bradley Jackson of the American Council of Administrators and Alumni, who administered the 35-question … Read more
We are shocked. Earthquake activity as damaging as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius bears some of the blame for the total destruction of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in AD 79, a new study suggests. The significant seismic upheaval—which is consistent with the found writings describing the rocking terrain by the Roman high-ranking Pliny … Read more