ABOVE: Two locomotives collide head-on in a publicity stunt in September 1896 at Crush, Texas. The photographer lost an eye seconds after this shot was taken, when the two trains’ boilers exploded.

The 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender on Sept. 2 reminds us of just how different these two campaigns were. Men of the 1st Marine Division hit the beach in the first wave to land on Guadalcanal in ...

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My brain is always going a million miles a minute about a thousand different things. Being a mom of three young kids, I’m also being pulled in three different directions, constantly. There’s never a ...

There is no disputing it: Coal isn’t disappearing. Despite reports of coal’s demise, global coal use hit a record in 2024. Since the turn of the century, coal demand has doubled. Syd S. Peng is the ...

Flying from across the ocean, feathered regalia meets an ochre-smeared bunggul. Overhead shot of a Bunggul at Garma.(ABC News: Che Chorley) In the red sand, two ancient cultures collide. Seneca Martin ...

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...

Avalon Emerson, the DJ-producer and indie-pop favorite, has a new EP out. Perpetual Emotion Machine comprises five tracks, including three she released over the past year. It ends with her cover of ...

WE commemorated Philippine-American Friendship Day on July 4. The occasion made me reflect on our bilateral relations, a complex tapestry woven from colonial history, strategic alliance, cultural ...

What is most striking about Python’s latest wave of third-party tooling is that they aren’t written in Python. Instead, many of the newer tools for project management, code formatting, and now type ...