EditorialWilliam Cameron, aka "Hawkie" was a famous Glasgow begger. Born in Stirling around 1790, a farmyard accident during childhood resulted in an injury to his leg, necessitating the use of crutches for the rest of his life. He was given a good education, a...
EditorialIf the tech predictions pan out, we’ll soon be wearing computers on our faces and plugging into immersive realms of virtual people and places, perhaps blended with the real world around us. (Burton Booz/The New York Times)
EditorialWhat happened to the futurists? Some self-identified futurists still walk and talk and write among us, from perches at major corporations, in books for sale at the airport, and on Twitter and Medium and LinkedIn. (Mirko Ilic/The New York Times)
EditorialWilliam Cameron, aka "Hawkie" was a famous Glasgow begger. Born in Stirling around 1790, a farmyard accident during childhood resulted in an injury to his leg, necessitating the use of crutches for the rest of his life. He was given a good education, a...
EditorialA clay tablet with a cuneiform inscription. The tablet comes from the library of Assurbanipal in Nineveh (669-627 BC). The text covers in column I appearances of Sin, the moon, and other celestial bodies. The predictions to be derived from this are sum...
EditorialDespite a horrendous record in forecasting, Wall Street is making bullish predictions for the stock market next year. (Yarek Waszul/The New York Times)
EditorialAeneas and the Sibyl of Cumae, Aeneas visits, accompanied by his friend Achates, the Sibyl of Cumae to ask her once more the face of to see his father. In the background, seven bulls and sheep are sacrificed on behalf of the Sibille so that she can sta...
EditorialJohn Skylitzes. Synopsis of Histories. Predictions about the Emperor Michael II the Amorian who ruled between 820 and 867. Codex of the 12th century. National Library. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialMonsieur Babinet decides to personally shut down the sun in order for his predictions to be fulfilled, plate 386 from Actualit?s. Honor? Victorin Daumier; French, 1808-1879. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 213 ? 269 mm (image); 275 ? 357 mm (sheet). Lithograph...
EditorialThe wizard and sage, Merlin, sitting under a tree. . The life of Merlin, sirnamed Ambrosius. His prophecies and predictions interpreted; and their truth made good by our English Annalls. Being a chronographicall history of all the kings and memorable p...
EditorialWilliam Cameron, aka "Hawkie" was a famous Glasgow begger. Born in Stirling around 1790, a farmyard accident during childhood resulted in an injury to his leg, necessitating the use of crutches for the rest of his life. He was given a good education, a...
EditorialThe Virgin is seated on a verandah, the child Christ climbing upon a cushion to reach her. Anna, the prophetess, stands on the right & indicates her predictions with a hand gesture made to a man with a Portuguese hat who sits on the left. He holds a bo...
EditorialPyramid of the Magician, Uxmal, among dense jungle vegetation. The priests who prayed in the upper temple observed stars and planets for their predictions and divinations (7th-10th CE). Height 28 m.
EditorialJohn Skylitzes. Synopsis of Histories. Predictions about the Emperor Michael II the Amorian who ruled between 820 and 867. Codex of the 12th century. National Library. Madrid. Spain.
EditorialPyramid of the Magician, Uxmal, among dense jungle vegetation. The priests who prayed in the upper temple observed stars and planets for their predictions and divinations (7th-10th CE). Height 28 m.