Miles Brucker articles

HISTORY

The Plaid motor came from late-night problem-solving and an obsession with making electrons move smarter, cooler, and quicker than any machine before it. A revolutionary benchmark.

PEOPLE

Dean Martin had a surprising connection to the chilling slayings of Charles Manson.

PEOPLE

When Heath Ledger tragically passed in January 2008, a strange name kept coming up in connection with his mysterious end: Mary-Kate Olsen.

FACTS

Archaeologists, historians, and scientists work around the clock year after year, but for every question they answer, two more pop up.

PEOPLE

After divorcing Robert Ellis, friends of Diana Ross were shocked to find out her next beau was leather-clad, makeup-wearing, tongue-flicking Kiss frontman Gene Simmons.

THINGS

Over the decades, astronauts have broken barriers, set records, and redefined what humans are capable of.

VIDEO

The name Borgia is synonymous in history with treachery, hedonism, and scandal. Along with the equally infamous Medicis, they were one of the most powerful families in Renaissance Italy. From lusty popes to poison plots, the members of House Borgia made Game of Thrones look like child's play.

THINGS

Scientists used baby giraffes to help uncover a solution to re-acclimatizing returning astronauts.

PEOPLE

While Charlize Theron's career is nothing short of amazing, she has endured more than her fair share of trauma over the years.



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