IN the hills of Axarquia lies El Acebuchal, a quaint village steeped in history and rustic charm. Known as the ‘Lost Village,’ El Acebuchal has a fascinating past, having been abandoned for decades due to political unrest before undergoing a remarkable restoration in the early 21st century. Charming Cobblestone Streets: Exploring El Acebuchal’s Quaint Corners […]
Talk about an actress known for one role! For one lost little girl, Mariska Hargitay was the
“Captain or anyone who receives this message shall receive remains of the Dundee whaler Snowdrop, collided with an iceberg. No hope. 14th November, 1908. Sinking fast.”
I play a lot of the tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons. For the better part of my last 7-8 years, I’ve played some form of
In 1856, Napoleon III commissioned a baby rattle for his newborn son, to be made from one of the most precious metals known at the time: light, silvery, and corrosion-resistant aluminum. Despite its abundance—it’s the third most common element in Earth’s crust—the metal wasn’t isolated until 1824, and the complexity and cost of the process…
Before you go on a spending spree with your tax refund, consider using your refund money wisely to give your finances a boost. To determine how you should prioritize your different short- and long-term financial goals, I spoke with Michael Hershfield, founder & CEO of embedded wallet Accrue Savings, to better understand how taxpayers can make the most of their refunds this year.
It's tempting to believe that brute force always works.After all, wasn't much of the modern tech industry built upon the notion of moving fast and breaking things?Also: Microsoft wants to show you ads in Windows 11's Start menu. Here's how to prevent themWhen it comes to Microsoft and some of its ingrained customer-facing habits, the idea that you can simply force things on your users rarely dies.Yet the company's latest attempts seem, as often happens, to have annoyed the very people Microsoft...
Clark Howard’s “never check luggage on a flight” policy is extreme — especially for a two-week trip. But he never has to worry about lost, damaged or stolen luggage. I checked a bag on a flight last year. And through a series of colossal blunders, I nearly lost some semi-valuable items forever. Fortunately, I placed […]
A Generation Lost To Climate Anxiety Authored by David Zaruk via RealClear Politics, In a far-reaching new essay in The New Atlantis, the environmental researcher Ted Nordhaus makes a damning and authoritative case that while the basic science of CO2 and climate is solid, it has been abused by the activist class in service of a wildly irresponsible and unscientific climate catastrophism. This reckless alarmism, saturated across the mainstream media and endlessly amplified by it,...
Experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to sense of direction.
Meta’s Threads app now has more than 150 million monthly users, an increase of about 20 million new users since February. Mark Zuckerberg shared the latest user numbers during Meta’’s first-quarter earnings call, saying that the app “continues to be on the trajectory that I hope to see.” The update suggests Threads is continuing to grow steadily, though at a slower rate than its initial explosive growth. The app racked up more than 100 million downloads in its first week, but later saw a...