Despite all this multibillion-dollar bungling, the White House continues to complain about the cost of USDA programs like ...

On my desk are several action figures, ranging from the heroic (Superman) to the historic (Alexander the Great) to even the academic (Freud). But as long as I’ve owned them, these action figures have ...

First off, I highly recommend the movie. Great story, fine acting - Big Bang's Sheldon as you've never seen him before - and a fascinating dollop of computer history. The 7090 was one of IBM's first ...

When George Lucas negotiated his deal to write and direct 1977’s Star Wars for 20th Century Fox, he offered to take a smaller upfront fee in exchange for the merchandising rights. The studio didn’t ...

She was the one. Or so many thought. So many whispered. State Sen. Vivian Figures has served the public in some capacity for almost four decades. In 1997 she became only the second Black woman to be ...

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Before IBM mainframes took over NASA’s number-crunching duties, the organization’s “computers” wore skirts. While an all-male team of engineers performed the calculations for potential space travel, ...

The untold story of the three African-American, female mathematicians who helped win the Space Race even as they dealt with sexism and racism from their colleagues. By Kara Haar Based on a true story, ...

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Shomari Figures, the son of a prominent Democratic political family in South Alabama and an aide in the Justice Department during the Biden and Obama administrations, on Tuesday became only the fourth ...

On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn blasted off into space and became the first American to orbit Earth. Behind the scenes, thousands of engineers and mathematicians worked tirelessly to make NASA's ...