Who was it that came before the Romans? About 3,000 years ago a mysterious people flourished in ancient Italy, they were rich, eloquent, sophisticated. They indulged themselves, feasting and drinking fine wines, amused themselves with sports and games, and spent their money on fabulous jewelry and works of art, they were called The Etruscans.Their world seemed to be a paradise but it was
Brandon Tenna was a transgender man from Lincoln, Nebraska in the United States, who was the victim of a violent hate crime in 1993 and was later murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska, alongside Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert in what became known as "The Humboldt Murders". Brandon's life and death became the subject of the Academy Award-winning 1999 film called Boys Don't Cry, which was in part based o
It is the frontline of the worlds most dangerous battle, a battle which involves the entire Earth. As the Amazon Rain Forest faces a crucial tipping point amidst the increase of illegal logging activities, deforestation rates have nearly doubled, there are nearly three football fields worth of forestation being cut down every minute.This being said it is the Brazilian indigenous people who are
Technologies such as the internet have no doubt had a overwhelmingly positive impact on mankind, allowing us to communicate and share information far quick than we ever could have imagined which in turn has drastically accelerated our advancement in many fields such as science, healthcare, industry, etc.There is however a darker side to the internet, one which see's tech giants such as Google,
Six thousand years before the present the colossal city of Uruk by far the largest in the worlds dominated the southern Mesopotamian plains of modern day Iraq. With a population of at least 50,000 people Uruk wouldn't be surpassed in size or in numbers for an astonishing 3,000 years to come. Until well into the Classical Age the legendary homeland of Gilgamesh was surrounded by a colossal mud bric
In 1999 students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold would embark on a massacre that would make history and the name of one Colorado high school synonymous with tragedy. The Columbine High School shooting saw these two individuals ill 12 of their fellow students and a teachers before committing suicide.As the clock ticked the body count rose and with it the question, why had these two y
The man is described by some as the most important figure in counter culture art and the chances are you have never heard of him. Most of his work no longer exists and was painted illegally in the first place. King Robbo is a wanted man and protects his identity for fear of arrest.Considered a myth and a legend somewhat like the outlaw Jessie James he his without a doubt one of the pioneers of
Filmmaker Will Parker sets out in search of the "Perfect Gangster", he meets up with several ex-mobster from New York, but there is one in particular that stands out to him. His name is John Alite, an ex-Gambino Associate who has just recently been released from prison, since his release Alite has become somewhat of a media sensation as he has a no holds barred approach to retelling his mob t
The Earth is not alone, in the last few years scientists have found that are planet is just one of billions out there in the Milky Way galaxy and thanks to the help of the Kepler Telescope is has become quite clear that there may very well be more planets than there are stars.Scientists are now scouring these planets for evidence of atmospheres, liquid water and life itself. Using scientific m