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Some paleontologists are rewriting the history of the dinosaur. Experts have concluded that the Triceratops may have never existed, according to the Montana State University News Service and the Chicago Tribune. Since the 1800's, scientists have believed that the Triceratops and the Torosaurus were two separate dinosau...
When it comes to planting populations for corn silage, there’s no “one size fits all” recommendation. In general, silage yield and fiber content tend to improve as plant populations increase, but recommendations vary based on geography, soil type and the specific hybrid being planted. “Proper plant spacing is critical ...
A weekly look at the latest news you need to live a healthier life Blocking enzyme could curb gum, other illnesses While helping prevent periodontal disease, a dental discovery might also be effective in inhibiting other chronic inflammatory diseases. The findings, published in the journal Molecular Medicine, demonstra...
Really, Really Old Chinese Wine Fancy drinking some really, really old Chinese wine? Archaeologists say they may have discovered the oldest wine ever uncovered in Chinese history. Scientists recently unearthed six wine vessels dating back to West Zhou Dynasty of 1046 BC – 771 BC. and they say they can hear a liquid slo...
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From the American Cancer Society: – Men with the heaviest and most prolonged exposures, such as railroad workers, heavy equipment operators, miners, and truck drivers, have been found to have higher lung cancer death rates than unexposed workers. Although most studies have found a link between diesel exhaust exposure a...
There's more than one way to become energy independent and go off the grid. In the first week of November, residents of a three-island Pacific nation were slated to switch over to a system that produces electricity from solar power and biofuel derived from coconuts. Tokelau, a place north of Samoa administered as a reg...
Mes Aynak, in Afghanistan's Logar Province, boasts one of the largest undeveloped copper deposits in the world. But it is also home to vast archeological ruins, including 5th century Buddhist monasteries and even older Bronze Age settlements. Preservationists -- working furiously to excavate the nearby ruins before the...
Blick Oil Colors are made with quality ingredients, offering artists an oil paint with a buttery texture, strong pigmentation, and consistent performance. Blick Oil Colors are an exceptional value. Fe7(CN)18(H2O)x or C6FeN6H4N Prussian Blue is a semi-transparent, deep cyan-blue with a greenish undertone and a very high...
With this unique hands-on resource, students grab their hundred boards to explore counting and ordering numbers, place value, number patterns, and beginning addition and subtraction. Book features 60 games and activities with accompanying teacher notes. Correlated to the Common Core State Standards. Accompanying CD inc...
The ancient parish of Doon lay in the Baronies of Owenybeg, Coonagh and Kilnemanagh. Baronies were the ancient division of territory in Ireland before the Norman Invasion. Each barony was ruled by a different Clan, from which it usually derived its name. The barony of Owney was divided into Owneytire and Owneybeg. Owne...
Two Faces or One? Our visual system constantly imposes three-dimensional characteristics onto two-dimensional images. While our interpretations of these images are usually correct in ambiguous situations with more than one possible image our brain may not see all of the possibilities. In such situations there are many ...
One method for verification of correctness is to compare algorithm implementations to STL sort for assurance of equivalent results, but that assumes STL sort is correct. To not rely on correctness of STL sort requires implementing a correctness test for sorting algorithms. Correctness requires that array[i] ≤ array[i+1...
For more information on the Concurrency Runtime Framework, see Concurrency Runtime: The Resource Manager. Visual C++ 2010 comes with new features and enhancements to simplify more native programming. The Concurrency Runtime (CRT), for instance, is a framework that simplifies parallel programming and helps you write rob...
How big is a government? How many public employees are employed by it? How many different kinds of offices and branches does it have? The answer to these questions ranges from ‘too many’ to ‘so many’. If the government in question is like that of Great Britain or USA, then the answer would be ‘very, very many’. The rea...
How New Urbanism Makes Traditional Suburbs Greener Recent suburban green living designs are moving toward new urbanism, which incorporates mixed housing types, higher housing densities, walking paths, community parks, local shopping centers, and strong community associations for a more eco-friendly living experience. M...
A Short History of Bishop William Van Mildert William Van Mildert was the last of the Prince Bishops and a key figure in the foundation of the University of Durham in 1832. The idea of Prince Bishops in Durham dates back to the year 1071, a time shortly after Norman Conquest when William the Conqueror needed to appoint...
A college education can change the course of your life. This investment in your future has the power to open doors of opportunity to professional and personal fulfillment. But, for most students, those opportunities come with a cost: the burden of student debt. Yes, the cost of tuition is rising and with it debt loads....
Cars are getting better at telling you more about your driving, with heads-up displays showing your speed and direction, and GPS units letting you know where there's construction or congestion. So what if your car started telling you more about other cars, too? Hari Balakrishnan, a professor of electrical engineering a...
| Dental Care Regularly examine your pet for signs of dental disease- bad breath, tartar, red, swollen, or painful gums, decreased appetite, difficulty eating, loose or missing teeth. If your pet has any of these signs it has periodontal disease. Periodontal disease can start as early as 2 years of age. More than 85 pe...
Security of cargo is a major concern of port authorities. Thefts and smuggling of cargo, and stowaways, are occurrences that port authorities need to combat in order to ensure the quality of their services. The costs incurred by port users becauseWhile a $7 billion dollar range seems rather large to me, even the small ...
When Starbucks raised its prices during the beginning of 2010, it lowered the price of a tall regular to $1.70. But, if you wanted a splash of foam, a shot of espresso, or a touch of flavor, the addition could be expensive. For a triple grande soy vanilla latte, you would have paid a whopping $6.25. Their goal, I suspe...
It's an old Czech proverb - "po bitve je kadzy generalem" It means: After you have enough experience, you should pass it on. Would that mean that everyone at least had enough guts to fight - so give themselves credit? Probably after everyone is home they stretch the truth. They're a hero in their own mind. its like kin...
Rules, rules, rules. Everyone knows the key to success in school is to follow the rules. Unfortunately, this belief persists in many of today's classrooms and schools. Next time you are in a classroom, take a look at the posted rules. Maybe they're rules such as, "No talking while the teacher is talking. Stay in your d...
Ohio State Board Removes Language In Standards Questioning Evolution In the second major blow in as many months to the forces seeking to subject evolution to greater skepticism and scrutiny in science classrooms, the Ohio state board of education has voted to strip language from its academic standards that encourages s...
Cushing's Syndrome and Cushing's Disease Cushing's syndrome is a disorder caused by excessive amounts of the hormone cortisol in the blood. Cortisol is produced by the adrenal glands, which are located just above the kidneys. Cushing's syndrome can be caused by: Cushing's syndrome can cause a round, reddish face; pads ...
China is the world's foremost coal producer and consumer, surpassing the United States by a factor of two on both scores and accounting for 40 percent of total world production. Moreover, its coal consumption has been rising rapidly, at a rate of up to ten percent per year (which translates to a doubling of demand ever...
Stand Up and Be Counted By now, every American should be aware that the U.S. government is conducting its decennial census, as mandated by the Constitution. Since this only happens every ten years, every approach to counting the number of people living in the U.S. is completely different, especially with the exponentia...
Eight confirmed cases of a new tick-borne disease in the world Published: 31.10.11 Updated: 31.10.2011 14:19:45 The bacterium Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis was for the first time detected in the Netherlands in 1999. The name was first given in 2004 since it is found in ticks and brown rats in Japan and was verifie...
“Science is life”. This is the shortest definition that explains best that in some way or the other Science plays a vital role in everyone’s life as it is everywhere. It widens and enhances our lives, deleting our misconceptions about the world in a systematic way. The actual purpose of Science is to create helpful mod...
Portsmouth, Treaty of Portsmouth, Treaty of, 1905, treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War. It was signed at the Portsmouth Naval Base, New Hampshire, on Sept. 5, 1905. Negotiations leading up to the treaty began in the spring of 1905 when Russia had suffered severe defeats and Japan was in financial difficulties. Therefo...
lapis lazuli (lăpˈĭs lăzˈŏlē) [key], gem, deep blue, violet, or greenish blue in color and usually flecked with yellow iron pyrites. It is composed of lazurite, a complex sodium aluminum silicate, mixed with other minerals, and is usually found in masses, rather than in crystals, in metamorphosed limestones. Sources of...
Monday, February 4, 2013 This was 35th day of the year and 330 days remained in the year. February 4 in History England proclaimed the formal end to the hostilities with the United States. Shays's Rebellion, an uprising of Massachusetts farmers, was defeated. Delegates from six southern states met at Montgomery, Ala., ...
April 9, 2009 Creating More Effective Course Handouts For most of us, handouts are a staple of instructional life, but as Teresa Sakraida and Peter Draus (reference below) point out, their “development is often a trial-and-error process.” (p. 326) Like so many other aspects of instruction, we take the construction of h...
The paper distinguishes the radical shifts of forestry in its objectives and concepts as generations. Four generations are recognized. They are Forestry for Conservation, Forestry for Economic Development, Forestry with People and Forestry for People, respectively. The current generation is the fourth one. The results ...
This appendix provides examples and guidelines concerning safety issues prior to or during combat operations. It also provides some basic rules of safety. Commanders or their representatives must ensure that safety is an ongoing process during wartime, as well as during peacetime training. Each unit must refer to basic...
There are many different methods of contraception. Your GP or practice nurse will discuss your choices with you to find the type that will work best for you. Contraception is free for most people in the UK and allows you to choose when and if you want to have a baby. The only way to help protect yourself against sexual...
Housed in the Palazzo della Crocetta the Archaeological Museum is a landmark in any understanding of Etruscan civilization and art. There is also a section devoted to Ancient Egypt, the second most important in Italy following the Museo Egizio in Turin. The Museo Archeologico developed out of the Etruscan collections o...
In the midst of an early flu season, public health officials are urging unvaccinated people to get a flu shot, as the best step they can take to protect both themselves and their families. Yet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also acknowledged Friday that influenza vaccines, on average, are only about 62%...
Bergen op Zoom's location on the Scheldt River was an important factor in this city's development into a wealthy trading city during the Middle Ages. Traders from all over Europe flocked to Bergen op Zoom twice a year for the Easter and the Cold Markets. The brisk trade led to the building of Het Markiezenhof and the e...
Italian opera during much of the first half of the nineteenth century, opera was dominated by one man whose work continues to delight opera audiences today, Gioacchino Rossini. Rossini, the creator of nearly forty operas in less than two decades, had an immense impact upon the development of opera. Scholars often note ...
Frogs are a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (Ancient Greek an-, without + oura, tail). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permia...
This article was originally distributed via PRWeb. PRWeb, WorldNow and this Site make no warranties or representations in connection therewith. SOURCE: Shmoop University, Inc. By revisiting many of their Teacher Resources, Shmoop has worked to improve their impact in the classroom. Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) January 14,...
That brings us to Exodus 27. So if you have your Bibles look with me there. ďOur Lord and our God teach us from Your word this night of Christ and of Your worship. We ask it in Jesusí name. Amen.Ē I want to point you to three things. Exodus 27 divides into three parts. Verses 1-8 describe the altar of sacrifice. That a...
Irish Try to Wriggle Free of Mother Merkel's Hair Shirt of Debt Someone has pinched the heart of St. Lawrence O’Toole, and thereby hangs a typical Irish tale filled with metaphors, parallels, and some pretty serious weirdness. Who done it? The suspects are many and varied. Could the heist from Dublin’s Christ Church Ca...
Downloading A letters for children 10 Download In Progress......Description: Letters of the Alphabet - Children's Online - THESE ARE THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET BY Rolando Merino for his son Rollie. The word AIRPLANE starts with the letter "A". An AIRPLANE flies in the sky An alphabet is a complete standardized set of ...
GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Florida (UF) has started enrolling subjects in a new study testing the oral drug developed by Sound Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SPI-1005) to prevent hearing loss caused by loud music. Loud music or noise can induce temporary and permanent auditory threshold s...
The large, beautiful caterpillar larvae of the elephant hawk moth has two pairs of eye markings, which are made even more prominent when it withdraws its head into its body. They are, typically, a blackish-brown colour but are sometimes green, and though their 'eyes' make them look quite dramatic, they are completely h...
Media & Technology > Gender Research > Projects Youth, Gender and Pornography in the Nordic Countries During recent years, pornography has become increasingly more visible in the media. The phenomenon is usually referred to as "pornophication of public space" and has created a fierce debate in the Nordic countries, as ...
What is a lead? Before getting into drug design or drug discovery, we must know what a lead is on which drugs are designed. Lead is basically a compound or a tiny organic molecule which shows desired biological action on any validated molecular target. It can be any organic/inorganic compound. Where leads can be found?...
Human body or anything that ejects warmth for its functioning really wastes a big amount of energy in form of heat. Can this dissipating energy be harvested and used to run an electric device? A team of Wake Forest University scientists have done a good job in this regard. They have developed a thermoelectric device, c...
|"All Creatures Great and Small" |James Herriot inspired many to become vets in Millions of Indians still live directly off animal husbandry. Innovative application of modern veterinary science can help improve the lives of both the animals and their owners. Want to become Indias Herriot? Most people will have had some...
Flu; Flu / Influenza; Grippe; Influenza (Flu); Influenza and Colds Influenza, or flu, is a respiratory infection caused by a variety of flu viruses. The most familiar aspect of the flu is the way it can "knock you off your feet" as it sweeps through entire communities. Peppermint (etym. Piperita - Mentha) is a sterile ...
In order to manage and protect groundwater, it is necessary to: evaluate the quality and quantity of groundwater that is available in the province's aquifers; allocate the available groundwater amongst the various users; protect the quality of groundwater by minimizing contamination from human activities; and, monitor ...
Analyse and evaluate diverse sources (examples: primary sources, secondary sources, maps, images, archaeological evidence) in order to locate and interpret the ruins of the pre-Deportation Acadian community at Grand-Pré. Develop a hypothesis about the location of the Grand-Pré parish church, Sainte-Charles- des-Mines.à...
On exhibit at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery One of the reasons I love exhibitions and museums is that they offer opportunities for storytelling and consequently, re-telling, as well. Most museums today are progressive in the sense that they continue a tradition of scholarship and service for the enhancement of public e...
are gamma rays? A gamma ray is a packet of electromagnetic energy--a photon. Gamma photons are the most energetic photons in the electromagnetic spectrum. Gamma rays (gamma photons) are emitted from the nucleus of some unstable (radioactive) atoms. What are the properties of gamma radiation? Gamma radiation is very rad...
Retained Earnings is the accumulated portion of net income that is not distributed to shareholders. Because the net income was not distributed to shareholders, shareholders equity is increased by the same amount. Of course, if a company loses, it is called retained losses, or accumulated losses. Historically profitable...
Become a fan of h2g2 People ask exactly what is ale? Why do people go on about it so much? Why is it only drunk by men with huge beer guts, silly beards and daft pipes? Ale is simply this, the basic form of beer. Nothing more, nothing less. It's just another style of beer, as lager or stout are styles of drink. The His...
| Reasons for Procedure | Possible Complications | What to Expect | Call Your Doctor A thoracotomy is a surgery to open the chest wall. The surgery allows access to the lungs, throat, aorta, heart, and diaphragm. Depending on the disease location, a thoracotomy may be done on the right or left side of the chest. Someti...
Section 169 of Allergy Also known as allergic hypersensitivity, is the damage to normal tissues, the immune system response. It is the same on the mechanism of function of the body similar to the normal defense, but hypersensitivity may have some body damage. Therefore, the composition of the immune system (see Section...
Chlorine Dioxide Chemistry – Lenntech , MMS Chlorine Dioxide Chemistry The discovery of ClO2 has largely been credited to Sir Humphrey Davy, who, in 1814, created the compound by mixing sulfuric acid with potassium chlorate. Since its discovery, researchers have found that ClO2 shares some common characteristics with c...
Undiagnosed cases of the syndrome may affect 1% of students aged 11 to 16, study suggests. Undiagnosed chronic fatigue syndrome may account for up to 1 percent of children who are absent from school for extended periods of time and are not truant or known to have another illness that would explain why they’re out of sc...
Strongly supported by western mining interests and farmers, the Bland-Allison Act—which provided for a return to the minting of silver coins—becomes the law of the land. The strife and controversy surrounding the coinage of silver is difficult for most modern Americans to understand, but in the late 19th century it was...
Though the exact details of his life and expeditions are the subject of debate, John Cabot (or Giovanni Caboto, as he was known in Italian) may have developed the idea of sailing westward to reach the riches of Asia while working for a Venetian merchant. By the late 1490s, he was living in England, and gained a commiss...
Jump to:Page Content Home > Closing Gender Gaps The Women and Public Policy Program of Harvard Kennedy School closes gender gaps in economic opportunity, political participation, health and education by creating knowledge, training leaders and informing public policy and organizational practices. We look at what polici...
Greening Your Ventilation Click here to read more articles about Ventilation This article originally appeared in the May/June 2007 issue of Home Energy Magazine. May 06, 2007 Since today’s houses are now tightened for air conditioning as well as heating, there is less and less natural ventilation in our homes. This mea...
Horatio Alger, Jr. HORATIO ALGER JR: Copyright (c) 1996 by Bill Roach All rights reserved. 1. Who was Horatio Alger? Horatio Alger, Jr. was an American author (1832-1899). Alger produced the one of the first boys' adventure series. Alger published over 118 novels in book form. Another 280 novels were produced in magazi...
Study examines biomass harvesting, water quality By Larry Dreiling It's been said that one man's trash is another's treasure. The "trash," or residue, left in no-till fields is considered valuable for soil preservation. Grain sorghum, a crop becoming more popular on the High Plains because of its low moisture needs and...
(ARA) - Today's service men and women are facing particularly challenging circumstances. Many soldiers have been deployed several times to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, often serving in prolonged combat operations. Army Secretary John McHugh recently told Congress that, for perhaps the first time in history, there ...
(ARA) - It's a surprising statistic, but data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that indoor air can be two to five times more polluted than outdoor air, including the air in your home. With the average American spending as much as 90 percent of their lives indoors, taking relatively eas...
Hugh Lane is best-known for establishing Dublin's Municipal Gallery of Modern Art in 1908 (the first known public gallery of modern art in the world) and for his remarkable contribution to the visual arts in Ireland. Born in County Cork on 9 November 1875, Lane was brought up in Cornwall in England. He began his career...
Who gets this important job of making laws? Congress! This is the legislature (or lawmaking group) for our country. Congress is divided into two parts, the Senate and the House of Representatives. When the Constitution was written, this was the topic of a huge fight! The large states wanted a legislature where represen...
Brain Function Discoveries Support Creation by Jeffrey Tomkins, Ph.D. * A pair of recent reports in the journal Science have added new insight into the incredible design and function of the human brain.1,2 The studies focused on the cortex—the part of the brain in the forefront that controls behavior, cognitive process...
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) today launched the first ever Charter setting out the fundamental rights of more than 300 million people living with diabetes. The landmark document places the rights of people with diabetes and their parents and carers into three focus areas; the rights to care; information ...
As your Jewish friends celebrate Hanukkah this year, let this commemoration also remind you that preparations are presently underway to set the stage for the final countdown. Each year, around the time we prepare to celebrate Christmas, our Jewish friends celebrate Hanukkah. This year it starts at nightfall on December...
Political Science | Election 2010 Y200 | 20310 | Wright Elections are pure politics. They are also absolutely essential features of any democratic political system. This course examines how, and how well, elections work in America. Election 2010 is an introduction to voting, campaigns, and governing in America with a s...
|Developmental Milestones for a 4 years Old Child|| | |A wide spectrum of changes can be observed in the development aspects of a 4 year old preschooler. As he begins to grow, he gains a better control over his motor skills. Being able to stand on one foot for a couple of seconds, turning somersaults to being able to c...
Ankylosaurus (ănˌkələsôrˈəs) [key], [Gr., = crooked lizard], genus of heavily armored, herbivorous quadripedal dinosaurs, the best known of which is the species A. magniventris, the largest and heaviest of the ankylosaurs. Sturdy and built low to the ground, the largest ankylosaurs are estimated to have been 33 ft (10 ...
All posts by Scott Andes This November, California voters will be asked to decide whether food that has been “genetically modified (GM)” should come with a special GM label. Proponents of proposition 37, or the “Right to Know” initiative, argue that “in a democratic, free-market society, consumers get to make informed ...
"That's not what I meant": human communication is fraught with misinterpretation. Written out in longhand, words and letters can be misread. A telegraph clerk can mistake a dot for a dash. Noise will always be with us, but at least a new JQI (*) device has established a new standard for reading quantum information with...
| ||Medical Myths || | Do Alternative Treatments and Vitamin Supplements Work? March 11, 2013 By Robert H. Shmerling, M.D. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center In recent years, the popularity of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and vitamin therapy has increased dramatically. This led the National Institutes...
Adenocarcinoma of the Lung What Is It? Adenocarcinoma of the lung is a type of lung cancer. It occurs when abnormal lung cells multiply out of control and form a tumor. Eventually, tumor cells can spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body including the: - Lymph nodes around and between the lungs - Adrenal glands ...
What Is It? Thyroid cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is shaped like a butterfly. It is located under the Adam's apple in the front of the neck. Most cases of thyroid cancer can be cured. One of the functions of the thyroid gland is to make thyroid hormone, whic...
Sickle Cell Anemia What Is It? Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disorder. Chronic destruction of red blood cells Episodes of intense pain Vulnerability to infections In some cases, early death Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. People with sickle cell anemia have a type of hemoglobi...
What Is It? Hydrocephalus, also known as "water on the brain," is a condition in which there is extra cerebrospinal fluid around the brain and spinal cord. Cerebrospinal fluid acts as a cushion for the brain and spinal cord, supplies nutrients, and takes away waste products. Hydrocephalus can be present at birth (conge...
|Table of Contents | Words: Alphabetical - Frequency - Inverse - Length - Statistics | Help | IntraText Library| IntraText CT - Text Adverse criticism of an argument on its own merits, and of it when presented in the form of questions, are two different things. For often the failure to carry through the argument correc...
|Browse All Terms| |Beginning With||By Language| |A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z :: All|| 1. An electrical treatment of cells that induces transient pores, through which DNA can enter the cell. 2. The introduction of DNA or RNA into protoplasts or other cells by the momentary disruption of the cell...
Lao PDR steps up wetlands protection LAO PDR has stepped up the protection of its wetlands by joining the Ramsar Convention. IUCN played a crucial role in the recent accession of Lao PDR to the Ramsar Convention, an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilisation of wetlands. IUCN has worked with ...
Choosing between constructor and setter methods While the use of constructor helps in initializing the member variables during object creation. The setter methods help to assign values to member variables after the object has been created in the memory. The choice of constructor or setter methods for initializing the m...
I am looking through a piece of code and I cannot figure out what this does. I have seen it in other code but as I am just learning java, I was hoping someone could tell me about it. Here is the code snipet: line = line.replaceAll("\t", " "); My question is what does \t do in Java???
German family made distinguished by Ludwig Philippson, the founder of the "Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums"; it traces its descent back to Jacob Joshua, author of "Pene Yehoshua'," 1754.Alfred Philippson: German geologist; born at Bonn Jan. 1, 1864; son of Ludwig Philippson. He received his education at the gymnasium...
Fortress built by Antiochus Epiphanes in the year 173 B.C. at Jerusalem, on an outlying spur of the Temple mount toward the south, where he placed a garrison, stored provisions, and kept armor. The Greek (I Macc. i. 33) reads "Acra," which has been translated as if it were not a proper name. Josephus, B. J. v. 4, § 1; ...
Posted by Physics fail on Friday, January 25, 2013 at 5:28pm. An electron experiences 1.2 x 10^-3 force when it enters the external magnetic field, B with a velocity v. What is the force experienced by the electron if the magnetic field is increased two times and the velocity is decreased to half? Any help would be gre...
June 07, 2010 PASADENA, Calif.-- Deep in the heart of the asteroid belt, on its way to the first of the belt's two most massive inhabitants, NASA's ion-propelled Dawn spacecraft has eclipsed the record for velocity change produced by a spacecraft's engines. The previous standard-bearer for velocity change, NASA's Deep ...
An Afghan shepherd enters a wolves den perched high in the mountains of Samangan province looking for a sheep that went astray. Inside, he doesn’t find what he is looking for, but just as he is about to leave he notices something strange: Pieces of old parchment lie strewn on the dirt floor. Archaeologists discover 2nd...
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota's extended stretch of hot weather has prompted a warning about toxic blue-green algae. The algae gathers on the surface of the water and is known to kill dogs if they drink enough of it. It can also cause rashes and respiratory problems for people. Pam Anderson of the Minnesota Pollution Con...
Surely by now Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia knows that his Feb. 27 comments from the bench about a voting rights case were at best insensitive. At worst, Scalia's remarks had a racist tinge that was offensive to anyone who has fought against discrimination in this country, and especially to those of us who have ...
Pho: In the future, get vaccinated earlier During the past few months, I have gently suggested to my patients that they receive the flu vaccine. Many said yes, but some declined. Today, as I look up Google's national flu trend map, I see nearly the entire country painted in an alarming red, signifying "intense" flu act...
Shot in High Definition, The Chesapeake Bay Bridge captures the physical majesty of the bridge and its distinct personality. Soaring 186 feet above the water, and spanning 4.3 miles the Chesapeake Bay Bridge opened for business in 1952 and opened the door to a new era in Maryland. The William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial...