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February 15, 2023

All-Female Pilot Team Made Historic Flyover at the Super Bowl

This year's Super Bowl Sunday was not short of memorable moments. Before the game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs commenced, history was made in the sky by a team of all-female pilots, who honored the pre-game tradition by performing a diamond formation over the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. This first-ever occasion celebrates the 50th anniversary of women aviators in the U.S. Navy.

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February 3, 2023

Impossibly Tiny Radioactive Capsule Lost in the Australian Outback Is Now Found

Australia is a vast land full of rugged terrain. While beautiful and the home of countless species, this natural landscape has made a daunting setting for an epic search. Last week, workers opened a package from the Rio Tinto mining site in northern Western Australia traveling on a truck to Perth. The package was supposed to contain a pea-sized radioactive capsule used in routine mining activities. Instead, workers found it empty on January 26.

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January 26, 2023

RIP Balkrishna Doshi: Remembering “India’s Greatest Architect”

Visionary architects design buildings which speak for themselves. From towering concrete pillars to sculptural modernist domes, the work of Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi defined Indian architecture for the latter half of the 20th century. Known as B.V. Doshi, the acclaimed modernist architect—and first Indian winner of the Pritzker Prize—designed everything from accessible housing projects to the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore.

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January 13, 2023

Louvre Decides to Limit Daily Entries to Give Visitors a Better Experience

If you've ever visited the Louvre, you may have witnessed the commotion surrounding the Mona Lisa. Massive crowds surround Leonardo da Vinci's oil painting, with phones waving in the air as people attempt to snap a photo. All the while, the myriad of surrounding masterpieces are completely ignored. But those days may soon be gone thanks to confirmation from the museum that it has been limiting—and will continue to limit—daily visitors to 30,000.

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