Results

A painting worth more than a million dollars is now back on display in Taiwan after a 12-year-old-boy tripped and punched a hole in the canvass as he fell. The painting entitled “Flowers” by Paolo Propora is part of an exhibit of artwork that painted by or influenced by Leonardo da Vinci. Organizer David…

500 years ago, Leonardo Da Vinci dreamed of creating a giant bat-like device that used the arms and legs of the pilot to make the craft fly. A team of Canadian engineering students have found a way to bring that dream to life. International Aviation officials are expected to certify that the craft known…

Peter Bergman was one of first people in line to purchase a new iPad from Apple. He was also one of the first to return the computer because he brought it back within a matter of days. On his personal blog, Bregman explained his reasoning, saying the iPad was too easy, and offered too much accessibility.…

CREATIVITY William Wrigley, Jr., the Wrigley's Gum founder, ran away from home at the age of eleven to escape working in the family's soap manufacturing business. He went to New York, where he sold newspapers, but soon was back home. In 1891 he left for good, going to Chicago to make his fortune. In…

FLEXIBILITY The name Levi Strauss is synonymous with blue jeans in American culture. But the man by that name wasn't thinking about jeans when he went to California in hopes of making his fortune during the gold strike of the 1840s and 50s. He did make a fortune, but not the way he had planned. He set…

REGRET In his book, Go the Distance, Ed Rowell says, "There are two types of pain in life - the pain of self-discipline, which is always eased by accomplishment, and the pain of regret, which aches within us until we die." —Go the Distance, p 74 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson For more information on Go…