Lalo Schifrin (June 21, 1932 – June 26, 2025)

Lalo Schifrin, the composer who wrote the endlessly catchy
theme for “Mission: Impossible” and more than 100 other
arrangements for film and television, died Thursday from
complications of pneumonia at a hospital in Los Angeles.

Schifrin was a five-time Grammy Award winner; he was
nominated for six Academy Awards and four Emmy
Awards. He was 93.

Series originally aired for eight seasons on CBS from
September 16, 1967, to March 13, 1975.

(FOX NEWS) – Archaeology technician Mark Doucette
found a 1983 message in a bottle on Sable Island, a
remote island near Nova Scotia. 

Park officials are searching for crew members of the
British supply ship that launched the decades-old time
capsule.

(FOX NEWS) – NASA’s Curiosity rover is getting a firsthand look
at a region on Mars previously only seen from orbit that features
a "boxwork" pattern, along with evidence of ancient waterways,
including rivers, lakes and maybe an ocean.

New images and data from the Mars rover have already raised
questions about how the red planet’s surface was changing
billions of years ago.

Scientists are still unable, though, to answer why the planet’s
water eventually dried up and converted the surface into a chilly
desert.

Curiosity rover is in an area called Gale Crater, and evidence has
shown that when it was formed, water was percolating under the
surface.

NASA said the rover had found evidence of groundwater in the
crater when it encountered crisscrossing low ridges, some of
which were only a few inches tall and were described by
geologists as being arranged in a boxwork pattern.

(FOX NEWS) – Newly published research is providing a
fascinating glimpse into how ancient Romans enjoyed
their fast food — shedding more light on life in antiquity.

In a recent journal article entitled "Urban Consumption
of Thrushes in the Early Roman City of Pollentia, Mallorca,
" researcher Alejandro Valenzuela discovered previously
unknown information about how Romans consumed
thrushes, a type of small bird.

Until now, it was assumed that thrushes were a delicacy,
reserved only for the rich. But Valenzuela found that these
birds were actually consumed by the masses.

The excavation at the ancient city of Pollentia in Mallorca,
Spain (seen left), revealed new insights about how Romans
ate birds. 
      

New research reveals that ancient Romans enjoyed thrushes
as everyday food, not just elite luxury.