Space travel didn’t begin with rockets — it began with stargazing. From Ptolemaic astronomy to early Chinese rocketry, ancient thinkers laid the groundwork for humanity’s leap beyond Earth. This is ...

He was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, with his parents, where he also pursued his studies. He began his acting career in short films, then in 2003 in the film Let It Right , but it was in 2005 ...

The word "genius" is regularly used for absurdly talented artists and writers. Take Lin-Manuel Miranda, a composer, lyricist, director and actor best known for creating the musical Hamilton. Not only ...

The biography that Sam Tanenhaus began in 1998, Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, has finally been published. Part of the reason Tanenhaus spent one year writing for every ...

Gwyneth Paltrow “isn’t too bothered” by the upcoming book about her life, a source tells Us Weekly exclusively. “Gwyneth’s been in the Hollywood game for a long time and so has a thick skin,” the ...

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Ptolemy Grey's memory is getting worse. After learning his grand-nephew is no longer there for him, Ptolemy's niece assigns him a new caretaker. Kicked out by Niecie, Robyn moves in with Ptolemy and ...

CAIRO, EGYPT—The National News reports that a joint Egyptian-German archaeological team led by Mohamed Abdel Badie of the Central Administration for Upper Egypt Antiquities and Christian Leitz of the ...

For their latest partnership, the luxury travel purveyor Rimowa has tapped British abstract artist Ptolemy Mann. She is adept at working with intricate, vivid textiles and now adds her colorful ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A rare 16th-century book lives on thanks to hard work by a librarian at Michigan State University. MSU has held the copy of Ptolemy’s “Geographia” since it was donated to ...

When the critic Janet Malcolm set aside a biography of Sylvia Plath and began reading a memoir about the author instead, she felt as if she “had been freed from prison.” The writing in the biography, ...