cultural impact

A Sound That Defined an Era Few auditory cues evoke nostalgia and awe as profoundly as the iconic Windows 95 reboot chime. Once a subtle prelude to the digital adventures of millions, this soft, calming jingle has transcended its role as a mere startup sound. Recently, the United States Library...

Washington State’s cultural landscape is getting a high-tech boost. With ArtsFund at the helm of a dynamic arts and culture ecosystem, the region is seeing firsthand how creativity, community, and commerce converge to power progress. The ongoing partnership between ArtsFund and Microsoft is more...

It's official: the first official biography of Steve Jobs will be making its debut sometime in early 2012. The book, "iSteve: The Book of Jobs," is being penned by Walter Isaacson, famed biographer and the former CEO of CNN and managing editor of Time. While very little is known about the...

Was the Model for Mona Lisa a Man? Call her "Manny Lisa"? Italian researchers say the model for the world's most famous painting may have been a male apprentice and also a lover of the artist, Leonardo da Vinci. The identity of the Mona Lisa, which hangs in the Louvre in Paris and...

Sex in Space: The Final Frontier Well, it had to come up at some point. With all the recent talk about a possible manned mission to Mars, one topic that hasn't had a lot of discussion is this: If we send colonists to the red planet, will sex in space be a problem? And just how much fun...

The Elvis-UFO Connection Link Removed - Invalid URL (Aug. 16) – Elvis may be the undisputed King of rock 'n' roll, but did you know he was also supposedly the King of UFO sightings? Turns out, the hip-swiveling pioneer of rock may have been the first official rock star to truly embrace UFOs...