Margaret Sibella Brown (1866–1961) was a Canadian amateurbryologist specializing in species native toNova Scotia. Early in her career she was involved with gatheringsphagnum moss to be used assurgical dressings during World War I, when cotton was in short supply. After the war, she researchedmosses from around the world, publishing papers on materials she had collected herself as well as cataloging samples collected by others; her collections are now housed at majorherbaria in North America and Europe. Born into upper-class society, Brown was educated in Nova Scotia and abroad. Although lacking formal scientific training, she has been recognized for her contributions to bryology and as an authority on the mosses andliverworts of Nova Scotia. At the age of 84, Brown was awarded an honorary MA degree fromAcadia University after declining their offer of a PhD. She died at her home inHalifax aged 95 and in 2010 was posthumously inducted into the Nova Scotia Scientific Hall of Fame. (Full article...)
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TheMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an Americanmedia franchise andshared universe created byMarvel Studios. Beginning in 2008 with the release of the filmIron Man, thefranchise has since expanded to encompass36 total feature films and13 television series produced by Marvel Studios,12 television series fromMarvel Television, and other media based onMarvel Comics characters. The franchise's most recent release is the filmThunderbolts*. Marvel Studios presidentKevin Feige(pictured) oversees the main MCU productions. The MCU, similar to the originalMarvel Universe, was established bycrossing over common plot elements,features,cast members, andcharacters. It has been commercially successful, becoming one of thehighest-grossing media franchises and thehighest-grossing film franchise. This includesAvengers: Endgame, which concluded its theatrical run in 2019 as thehighest-grossing film of all time. The franchise's success has influenced other studios to attempt similar shared universes. (Full list...)
 | Raising a Flag over the Reichstag (Russian:Знамя Победы над Рейхстагом,romanized: Znamya Pobedy nad Reykhstagom,lit. 'Victory Banner over the Reichstag') is an iconicWorld War II photograph, taken during theBattle of Berlin on 2 May 1945 byYevgeny Khaldei. The photograph was reprinted in thousands of publications and came to be regarded around the world as one of the most significant and recognizable images of World War II, but, owing to the secrecy of Soviet media, both the identity of photographer and the identities of the men in the picture were often disputed. The Reichstag was seen as symbolic of, and at the heart of, Nazi Germany. It was arguably the most symbolic target in Berlin. After its capture on 2 May 1945, Khaldei scaled the now pacified Reichstag to take a picture. He was carrying with him a large flag, sewn from three tablecloths for this very purpose, by his uncle. The official story would later be that two hand-picked soldiers,Meliton Kantaria (Georgian) andMikhail Yegorov (Russian), raised the Soviet flag over the Reichstag, However, according to Khaldei himself, when he arrived at the Reichstag, he simply asked the soldiers who happened to be passing by to help with the staging of the photoshoot; the one who was attaching the flag was 18-year-old Private Kovalev from Burlin,Kazakhstan; the two others wereAbdulkhakim Ismailov fromDagestan and Leonid Gorychev (also mentioned as Aleksei Goryachev) fromMinsk. Photograph credit:Yevgeny Khaldei forTASS; restored byAdam Cuerden Recently featured: |
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