Until 1968 Richard Kline’s only experience with aeronautical engineering was folding paper airplanes for his young son Gary. Then one day, Kline, an advertising agency art director in New York, stumbled on a radically new design; it flew more stably than any previous model, and a lot farther as well. He showed the airfoil to a pilot friend, Floyd Fogleman, who concluded that Kline had inadvertently discovered “a whole new concept in aerodynamics.

I seem to be getting more and more calls these days from ex-colleagues all lamenting the state of the CIA. They tell me the place is broken, beaten down by Washington politics, bad management, bad morale and political irrelevancy. “Shut it down,” half of them tell me. I don’t need to call the CIA to know its response: I’m either hearing voices or talking to malcontents who couldn’t make it. We’re doing just fine, they would say.

30. 4. 2021 | Study in the Czech Republic The University of Chemistry and Technology (UCT) is situated in Prague and ranks among the best universities in the world. UCT was officially founded in 1952 but its history began way back in 1807 when the first course in chemistry was taught at Prague Polytechnik. Many prominent chemistry experts are linked to UCT, for instance, Otto Wichterle—a Czech chemist who invented soft contact lenses.

3. 9. 2019 | Discover Czechia If you are considering studying abroad, we highly recommend checking out degree programmes offered at universities in the Czech Republic. Located in the heart of Europe, the country boasts not only rich history, beautiful architecture and low cost of living, but also a long tradition of high-quality education. Follow our step-by-step guide to find everything you need to know about applying to a Czech university!

Think it’s hot at the beach these days? Imagine wearing wool, which is what the first garments we’d recognize as swimsuits were made of. But maybe wool had its charms. “Our forebears knew that wool offers protection against chills,” LIFE noted in a July 1, 1940, spread on the latest trends in swimsuits: that season’s brave yet “vain” women “gladly shivered for fashion’s sake” in cotton and rayon. That’s just one of the surprising tidbits gleaned from wading through the above photos, which trace the evolution of swimsuits from Victorian-era bathing costumes to the bikini.