On this day (December 26) in 1941, Rosan Gallimore was born in Puryear, Tennessee. As a child, Gallimore’s respect for snakes earned her the nickname Rattlesnake Annie. Decades later, countless music ...

Our families escaped socialism in Europe for freedom in the United States to live the American Dream. Nevertheless, socialist New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mandani’s agenda echoes the very ...

Iron-on patches can repair clothing or add personal flair to backpacks and hats. And now they could power wearable tech, too. Researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have combined ...

This ironed-on circuit creates a “VT” pattern that lights up LEDs, even when bent into different shapes (as shown in the middle and right images). Iron-on patches can repair clothing or add personal ...

The EU’s decision to end multi-entry Schengen visas for most Russian citizens has triggered a wave of outrage, cynicism, and self-pity across Russian social media – from Kremlin-aligned politicians to ...

As Russia’s war against Ukraine grinds on, Moscow is waging another battle at home against the Internet, resulting in widespread digital blackouts and, more recently, restrictions on WhatsApp and ...

The New Iron Curtain: Why Poland’s Border with Belarus Matters to the U.S. Decades after the Cold War ended and the Iron Curtain fell, a new divide is emerging along Poland’s eastern border with ...

According to reports from behind the Iron Curtain, the church in the lands of socialism is completely separated from the state. But this is far from true. In these lands the union of state and church ...

“In general,” notes The Narrator (Jeffrey Wright) in Olivier Assayas’ engrossing political drama, “things in Russia go pretty well. But when they go bad, they go really bad.” Though it is set almost ...

As communication teachers, we ask students to learn from how great speakers in history might address current events. This is an especially timely exercise since much of the principal public discourse ...

In 1946, Winston Churchill announced an “iron curtain” had descended across Europe “from Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic.” This time it is the west that is building the barriers.