#Modern history

Author: Forrest Brown / Source: CNN Travel (CNN) — For those of us who approach things by the Goldilocks Principle (not too little, not too much), spring equinox is practically perfect. That means we get that glorious balance of daytime and nighttime all over the world — from the equator

Author: Mike Colagrossi / Source: Big Think Explore the 50 inventions that made the modern world. There is rich advice in the literature of start-up development. Learn about the interconnectedness of innovation and business development. Businesses rise and fall. A chance invention transforms

Author: Ned Dymoke / Source: Big Think Some inventions can be celebrated during their time, but are proven to be devastating in the long run. The inventions doesn’t have to be physical. Complex mathematical creations that create money for Wall Street can do as much damage, in theory, as a gas

Greek government bond yields fell after Greece and its lenders said they reached a long-awaited deal on reforms required to release further bailout funds. With a promise to further cut pensions and give taxpayers fewer breaks, Greece paved the way for the disbursement of further rescue funds from

Authored by Sukru Hanioglu via The Strategic Culture Foundation, The historic breakdown in Anglo-Ottoman relations is a useful model for evaluating today’s troubled alliance between the United States and Turkey SHORTLY BEFORE his death in 1869, the pro-Western former Ottoman grand vizier and