Out after 46 years in prison, Anthony Blanks is re-learning to live a normal life at age 70, without money, family or the modern technical skills to earn a living. A short documentary

Twenty years before Edison, it was Frenchman Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville who invented sound recording. For the BBC

Sanjana shares stories about women from history whose achievements went unrecorded or misattributed. Featured in Passionfruit and Washington Square News.

Unreleased disciplinary files expose DHS officers who abuse residents and are back at work within a month. For MuckRock & New York Focus

Survivors of near-death experiences describe having an ethereal, almost spiritual encounter as their bodies shutdown. Researchers at NYU Langone Health say they may have found an explanation. For the BBC

I spoke to the experts who process images from the James Webb Telescope to find out how close pictures of our Universe are to reality. For the BBC

Grafitero Joen takes us on a journey through his hometown - Alcorcon - where street art gives many the madrileños a way to express themselves freely. He highlights the obstacles faced by artists in terms of the legality of their work, but claims that the spirit of art lies in one’s love for it - irrespective of consequences. A short documentary

The polio survivor, Paul Alexander, lived inside an iron lung for 70 years. But what is an iron lung and how does it work. For the BBC

The co-inventor of one of the first virtuality experiences explains how we got the VR headsets we see today. For the BBC

Follow New York-based dancer, pianist and attorney Justin Lynch on his journey to becoming a triple threat. For Onomatopoeia

A micronation unto itself, Molossia is a territory within Nevada that developed its own currency, laws, and government agencies. Micronations are small, unrecognised 'countries' of sorts and there are at least 200 of them in the world today. We spoke to Molossia's President Kevin Baugh to learn more. For the BBC

Engineers are exploring the possibility of space habitation in balloon-like structures the size of a stadium. How does the inflatable space habitat work? And how does it compare to other alternatives? For the BBC

Storms, an eagle attack, emergency landings, and a unique bond: how scientists led a flight of endangered ibises on a 2,300km journey to their new winter sanctuary. Video embed for the BBC

The Earth and Venus are made of similar material and are about the same size. Yet one planet has an abundance of water and the other is dry. When and how did this happen? For the BBC

Exams need to strike a balance between normality and adaptability. The 24-hour exam period might be one way to do exactly that. For Washington Square News

A law aiming to narrow the gender wage gap will now require employers to provide salary ranges on job listings. But loopholes in the law might allow companies to circumvent the rules. For Columbia News Service

J. Robert Oppenheimer led the development of the world’s first nuclear bomb: the atomic bomb. A weapon that devastated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But he was famously opposed to building hydrogen bombs. What makes the two nuclear bombs different? For the BBC

Oscar-nominated 'Oppenheimer' suggests that the New Mexico test site for the atomic bomb was deserted before scientists arrived there. But a documentary called 'First We Bombed New Mexico' sheds new light on the severe impact the radiation had on residents in the area. For the BBC