Tag: Titanic
Classic literature still offers rich lessons about life in the deep...
Jonathan Bate, Arizona State University
When OceanGate, the deep-sea exploration enterprise, created a promotional video for its ill-fated US$250,000-per-head...
Danger, prestige and authenticity draw thrill-seekers to adventure tourism
Scott Smith, University of South Carolina
The tragic news of the destruction of the Titan submersible has brought attention...
Explorer Robert Ballard’s memoir finds shipwrecks and strange life forms in...
Suzanne OConnell, Wesleyan University
Who doesn’t love a good story, especially one about amazing discoveries in Earth’s farthest reaches?...
Thanks, ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ for reminding us why inflation matters
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
Marvel recently re-released the final film in its “Avengers” series with extra footage and a post-credit tribute in hopes of...
Simply elegant, Morse code marks 175 years and counting
Eddie King, University of South Carolina
The first message sent by Morse code’s dots and dashes across a long distance traveled from Washington, D.C., to...