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Twitter has offered TweetDeck up to $40 million to buy the software application. Cash and stock were used to make this purchase. Earlier in the week, Twitter had not confirmed this rumor and TweetDeck had made no confirmation that the deal was taking place. TweetDeck and UberMedia had also been in discussions for a dea... |
US Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has been pulled up by the Washington Post for telling some "whopper" tales about Australia, gun control and crime.
Cruz reckons that since Australia's 1996 gun buyback program, "the rate of sexual assaults, the rate of rapes, went up significantly, because women were unable to defend t... |
On Saturday, presidential spokesman Sean Spicer claimed that the Trump inaugural had “the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period — both in person and around the globe.”
Entertainment Weekly reports, however, that Presidents Reagan and Obama enjoyed bigger TV ratings:
The only inauguration over the last t... |
Last October, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that effectively banned short-term rentals within the state. Now, New York City is making good on the state’s threats and has begun punishing those attempting to skirt the new regulations on homesharing.
Manhattan took “mercy” on Fried and Cames, fining t... |
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Greetings MechWarriors,In the October patch notes we called that month out as fairly light in the grand picture, and November is much the same in that regard. Behind the scenes however we continue to work on a few 'banner' features planned for release either in December or in the comi... |
The Amazon has long been known as the "lungs of the world"
In the last five months of 2007, 3,235 sq km (1,250 sq miles) were lost.
Gilberto Camara, of INPE, an institute that provides satellite imaging of the area, said the rate of loss was unprecedented for the time of year.
Officials say rising commodity prices a... |
Graphene reveals new, revolutionary properties on a monthly basis.
Over the last decade, this wonder material went from a curious carbon allotrope to the single-most-expensive material in the world. As production costs for exfoliated graphene crashed to levels comparable with tilapia fillets, so did interest in its pr... |
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Wednesday that the administration was “still in the preliminary stages of testing whether this can be successful.”
But she went on to say that for the first time there appeared to be support for a political resolution that included leaders of the radical Islamic govern... |
The past week saw yet another assault on those reformers who seek to cure federal dysfunction by promoting a “Convention for proposing Amendments.”
The latest attack took the form of an opinion column that in content offered nothing new. It featured many of the usual errors of commission and omission: The author confu... |
An elementary school teacher will not return to school for 21 days after she returns from Africa.The second grade teacher works at Cline Elementary. She is on a family vacation in Tanzania. The Friendswood Independent School District sent a letter home to parents, informing them of the teacher's trip and its decision t... |
The 'Attack the Block' filmmaker was attached to the 'Star Trek Into Darkness' sequel, but has since vacated the project.
Good things happen to those who wait — but sometimes, bad things happen, too.
Case in point: After weeks of waiting for "Attack the Block" filmmaker Joe Cornish to sign on for the "Star Trek Into ... |
Lord Chief Justice for England and Wales John Thomas (C) gestures in the Prince's Chamber before the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, at the Palace of Westminster in London Britain May 27, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett. Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters One of the most important constitutional cases in Britai... |
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Three people have been arrested after a crowd of antifa and left-wing counterprotesters surrounded a conservative free speech rally in Boston.
A few dozen free speech advocates rallied peacefully during the 'Rally For The Republic' Saturday on Boston Common, where they were outnumbered by a much larger ... |
Since being named Gatorade Boys Soccer High School Player of the Year out of his Dallas-area high school in 2005, Lee Nguyen has traveled many miles, some of them off the beaten path, to get to where he is today.
Things didn't always go smoothly for Nguyen, with the New England playmaker getting his career off to a le... |
Google recently launched a project to map out the flow of small arms, light weapons and ammunition transfers in and out of countries around the world. The result: An interactive visualization that lets the user examine the history of arms trading between 1992 and 2010.
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), a Norwe... |
One of our priorities in developing the STEM System is to give you the ability to create custom attachments for both the STEM Controller and the STEM Pack. Your ideas will most likely go way beyond what we can imagine, but we’re providing a few ideas (along with CAD models) to get you started.
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Academic work may have impact in a variety of ways, depending on purpose, audience and field, but this is most likely to happen when your work resonates in meaningful ways with people. Ninna Meier encourages a more systematic investigation of the role of writing in achieving impact. Impact through writing means getting... |
Image caption Vodafone says it wants to change the nature of the tax debate
Vodafone, the world's second largest mobile phone firm, paid no UK corporation tax for a second year running in 2012.
Vodafone said UK network investment and interest payments wiped out corporation tax liabilities for the year to April.
It s... |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- A northwest Arkansas house once occupied by former President Bill Clinton that was damaged by fire has been deemed a total loss.
The home now owned by Stephanie and Robert Dzur and occupied by Stephanie Dzur's father burned June 8.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (http://bit.ly/2rtuHjM ) repo... |
This video from BCE demonstrates how the reforestation project works.
National Geographic produced this content as part of our partnership with Rolex, formed to promote exploration and conservation. The organizations will join forces in efforts that support veteran explorers, nurture emerging explorers, and protect Ea... |
We usually think of woolly mammoths as purely Ice Age creatures. But while most did indeed die out 10,000 years ago, one tiny population endured on isolated Wrangel Island until 1650 BCE. So why did they finally go extinct?
Wrangel Island is an uninhabited scrap of land off the northern coast of far eastern Siberia. I... |
With 186 stores in the US, Apple has a retail presence in 37 of the 50 states. 29 of those states have multiple stores, including New York with 13, Florida with 14, and California with 38. That's why it makes total sense that Apple would build an entire fake store on the Warner Brothers parking lot in Los Angeles over ... |
The Verizon researchers analyzed data spanning 25 countries and 20 years. The 1,900 breaches in the dataset accounted for nearly 400 million stolen health records—but the actual number of stolen records is likely much higher, because some organizations did not report the extent of their breaches.
Although the phrase “... |
For the release of this week's big PC games, AMD launched a new graphics driver that provides optimal performance on systems equipped with Radeon video cards. Crimson ReLive edition 17.10.2 boosts framerate for Destiny 2, Assassin's Creed Origins, and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus by sizable margins. The new driver ... |
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Researchers at the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center have test fired a 3D printed grenade launcher called RAMBO (Rapid Additively Manufactured Ballistics Ordnance).
Donald Trump’s first budget as President of the U.S.A. will propose a huge hike in defense spendi... |
(Reuters) - Belgian fresh and frozen foods company Greenyard NV said on Tuesday it was in advanced negotiations to acquire Dole Food Company [DFCI.UL], the world’s largest fruit and vegetable producer, confirming a Reuters report.
FILE PHOTO: A Dole vessel transporting containers with boxes of bananas is anchored at D... |
If you’re going to be fined for something, this is it! Bears Linebacker Lance Briggs intends to wear Red, White, & Blue cleats & gloves during the Bears season opener against the Falcons. The week 1 game falls on the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Major props to Briggs for doing this.
A lot of fans ar... |
Request by This one, of them all, definitely took the longest to complete, for fairly obvious reasons. (A.K.A. More 'scenery,' yet not really. LoL)Once more, the request was to draw the ponies within their human forms, without the skin tones originally given, and then to also make them each a Guardian of the Veil (and ... |
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Outside of a rarefied top tier, it can be extremely hard to make money in creative fields online. Writers are continually asked to work for pennies or, even worse, “exposure.” Artists may have it even worse. Clients want to pay a paltry sum for work that can take hours — and is then snatched and... |
Marcus Smart is under some pressure this season. The Celtics guard enters his third season after a terrific playoff showing against the Atlanta Hawks in which he actually made some shots. Boston is set to hopefully contend in the East this season with the addition of Al Horford, but they'll need a much-improved offense... |
(CNN) The Justice Department and the FBI are in discussions with lawyers for Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin to secure approval that would allow the FBI to conduct a full search of her newly discovered emails, sources familiar with the discussions told CNN.
Authorities have not yet sought a search warrant for the ema... |
Average Arctic sea ice extent for November set a record low, reflecting unusually high air temperatures, winds from the south, and a warm ocean. Since October, Arctic ice extent has been more than two standard deviations lower than the long-term average. Antarctic sea ice extent quickly declined in November, also setti... |
In “Court,” a powerful and richly praised new Indian film that is showing in San Francisco this week, the camera has a restful, unblinking gaze. It behaves as if it is filming a documentary, even though the film is a work of fiction. It does not continuously scurry to show faces in close-up or cut away for effect, as o... |
With Android and Chrome OS, Google already has its fair share of operating systems to work on, but there's apparently another coming down the pipe: Android Police spotted a reference to Fuchsia ("a new operating system") in some code left on GitHub.
Unlike Chrome OS and Android, Fuchsia won't be based on Linux, and th... |
Uber announced a new privacy policy back in May that will allow it to track you even when you’re not currently using its app. The new agreement comes into effect on July 15, and unsurprisingly it’s now facing a legal challenge.
Washington D.C.’s Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) is particularly bothered wit... |
Called a rapist: Second-year George Lawlor fears for his future at Warwick University after being ostracised and bullied for challenging a student union drive to hold rape awareness sessions
Pity today’s male undergraduate, tasked with navigating his way through the thorny thicket of university gender politics.
For s... |
In his New York Post column, Ralph Peters defended the controversial Arizona immigration law in part by citing "soaring crime rates in our border states." However, crime rates in Arizona -- as well as crime rates for each state bordering Mexico -- have dropped during the past decade.
Peters defends AZ law in part by c... |
Gay GOP group GOProud chairman Christopher Barron on Thursday defended his group's right to participate in February's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). GOProud's co-sponsorship of the event has enraged three socially conservative groups.
The three-day convention to be held at the Marriott Wardman Park H... |
President-elect Donald Trump, once again, downplayed Russia’s involvement in election-related cyber hacking and has taken to Twitter to promote comments WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange made on Fox News’ “Hannity” on Tuesday night.
President Obama, CIA Director John Brennan, FBI Director James Comey and Director of Na... |
TOKYO – President Rodrigo Duterte should consider talking to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to help ease the tensions in the Korean Peninsula, his incoming spokesman said.
Rep. Harry Roque (Kabayan party-list) thinks Duterte can “make a difference” on the issue as a “respected” leader in the region.
“I will strongly... |
It looks like Google isn’t out of the antitrust hot water just yet. Bloomberg’s sources claim that the Federal Trade Commission is in the early stages of an antitrust investigation into Google’s business practices with Android, its popular mobile operating system.
FROM EARLIER:Surprise: Rose gold iPhone 6s appears to ... |
Samsung quietly added its 4 TB 850 EVO SSD model to the product to the lineup back in May (according to its own datasheet) without making any formal announcements. Earlier this month the company lifted the embargo on reviews of the product (you can read ours here) and began to ship the high-capacity SSD to its partners... |
SACRAMENTO — John Burton, the state Democratic Party chairman, came under fire Friday for suggesting Gov. Jerry Brown “try shooting” a Republican to persuade them to vote for taxes.
In an interview with Bay Area News Group this week, Burton said Brown “can try shooting somebody and tell the next guy, ‘You don’t want t... |
Stephen Colbert is generally keeping a low profile in the news media while he prepares to take over CBS’ “The Late Show” from David Letterman in September. But he gave a video interview to the Catholic publication America Magazine that offered a glimpse into his personal faith credo.
During the long run of “The Colber... |
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The Queer Geeks Of Texas Find A Haven At HavenCon
Texas is known for a lot of things, both good and bad. But whatever your thoughts may be on the lone star state, it's clear that the Queer Geeks love HavenCon based in Austin.
Established in 2014 with it's f... |
Former NBA player DeShawn Stevenson made over $28 million in salary during his NBA career.
However, it seems as though that wasn't enough to pay for his exorbitant spending. Stevenson, who last played for the Atlanta Hawks back in 2013, is in trouble with American Express, according to Bossip . Stevenson had a cove... |
For five months, the Luas strike was seemingly intractable, incapable of solution, before a change of heart by one shop steward broke the log-jam late last week.
However, if the Luas settlement came suddenly in the end, its effect will live long, as other transport workers set the 18 per cent increase over 4½ years as... |
The New Epic Dhol Ensemble is the most comprehensive and deep-sampled collection of large-scale Epic Dhol Ensembles on the market. The library is a completely remastered, redesigned and reprogrammed edition of our original Epic Dhol Ensemble. The New Epic Dhol Ensemble contains over 2.000 samples, built-in articulation... |
A woman in Ontario, Canada, says she was fired from her job at Walmart earlier this week because she called the police on a customer who had left his dog in a hot car with the windows rolled up — and after she told her boss she’d do it again.
She tells the CBC that she was on her way into work on Tuesday when she saw ... |
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I’ll confess: I recently let stress beat me.
I know, some of you think I’m perfect and never get stressed out, ever, especially as I’ve written about slowing down and simplifying for five years or so now.
But I do get stressed out, and I do sometimes overwork myself. It doesn’t happen mu... |
For the first time the true scale has been revealed of a coldly calculated, deliberate and sustained scheme by scores of Volkswagen executives and engineers to defraud American car buyers and deceive American regulators.
The biggest scandal in the 130-year history of the auto industry has been laid bare in a five-coun... |
The Tennessee Titans have their man.
The team announced Saturday that it has promoted interim leader Mike Mularkey to the role of head coach.
It's a move that comes as little surprise after Rapoport noted that this was Mularkey's gig "to lose" after the coach was "given every indication that he is getting the job."
... |
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Right-wing preacher Lance Wallnau posted a video on Periscope today in which he declared that if Americans rebel against the will of God and give Democrats control of Congress in the 2018 elections and allow them to impeach President Trump, it’ll mean that “the spirit of Antichrist” has triumphed over the church.
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E! News has reached out to Mirra's rep for comment.
City of Greenville mayor, Allen Thomas, also released a statement: "We mourn the loss today of a great friend and wonderful human being who touched the lives of so many around the world with his gift. He called Greenville, North Carolina home and was as humble a guy ... |
Sarnia City Hall (BlackburnNews.com photo by Melanie Irwin)
Tensions Flare Between Mayor And Council Over Closed Meeting
The ongoing feud between Sarnia’s mayor and some members of council has reared its ugly head again.
A lengthy public meeting to discuss plans for a new residential development in Brights Grove, wa... |
The Premier League is understood to be confident that any legal attempt to reverse its decision not to dock Sunderland points for fielding an ineligible player would fail.
The Observer exclusively revealed on Sunday that Norwich, Fulham and Cardiff have instructed lawyers to challenge the decision to merely fine the W... |
Republicans are now openly campaigning on the fact that they want to shoot down Russian planes over Syria, and seem to be trying to out tough-guy each other for who would be willing to start World War III the quickest.
At least that’s what it sounds like from their comments in the past week, where most of them have st... |
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption The BBC's Aleem Maqbool takes an early look at Senator Rand Paul's newly launched presidential campaign.
Senator Rand Paul has announced he is launching a 2016 presidential election campaign on the Republican ticket.
"Today begins the journey to take America ... |
Israel has angrily rejected what it called a "one-sided" resolution by the UN human rights council today that backed a highly critical report on the Gaza war and opened the way to possible international war crimes investigations.
The council voted to endorse the report by a South African judge, Richard Goldstone, whic... |
The Guardian science desk is hunting down the sharpest, funniest, most fascinating science blogs on the internet. And we need your help ...
Are there websites or blogs that you check every day? Places that you know you'll always find some worthwhile insights and analysis, or perhaps some guaranteed humour to keep thin... |
PARIS, France (CNN) -- Interpol is chasing more than 200 leads on the potential identity of a pedophile suspected of molesting young boys, just one day after launching a global manhunt.
Interpol has launched a global appeal to find this man, accused of abusing young boys.
The organization, which facilitates global co... |
Computer scientists have discovered that password re-use is far more prevalent than previously thought after comparing a sample of matched passwords that spilled out at a result of the revenge attack by Anonymous against security researchers HBGary with the earlier Gawker password breach sample set.
Hackers affiliated... |
The prime minister's move comes during a turbulent period for his government, which took power after last September's elections. Australia's attorney general, George Brandis, awkwardly declared that "people have the right to be bigots" during a Senate debate this week on the government's plan to repeal parts of the Rac... |
Mark Cavendish has been ruled out of Gent-Wevelgem due to a viral infection and a fever, his Omega Pharma-QuickStep team announced on Friday. The Manxman was one of the favourites for victory in the race, where he was set to lead a strong QuickStep line-up. Related Articles Exclusive: Cavendish to ride Milan-San Remo
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This is the first gift I've received from this round of exchanges, and the two days between getting the slip in my letterbox and actually being able to make it to the post office while they were open (they never react very well to the CCTV footage of me banging on the window and crying at midnight) were sheer anticipat... |
Former Vancouver Police Department detective Lori Shenher. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)
That Lonely Section of Hell
An excerpt from former Vancouver Police detective
Lori Shenher's forthcoming book about the botched investigation that
almost allowed serial killer Robert Pickton to get away
In 1998, former Van... |
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Supporters of Salvador Nasralla clashed with riot police in the capital Tegucigalpa
Riot police in Honduras have clashed with supporters of the main opposition contender in the presidential election, Salvador Nasralla, after he accused the electoral court of fraud.
Police fired t... |
“If no water flows to Rajasthan, the question of treating it will not arise” Dal Khalsa to Punjab Govt
February 6, 2017 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau
Chandigarh: The pro freedom Sikh group Dal Khalsa today has urged the Punjab government to fend-off the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and take up measures to implement the r... |
Human beings have two sides to them, physical and psychological, and these have had two contrasting repercussions in business. The material needs of man have led to the great corporations of our age. The giant multinationals have arisen on the back of providing us with things we need to wear, to eat, to house ourselves... |
The Abbott government has revealed plans to repeal a section of Australia’s environment laws that allows green groups to challenge approvals for mining projects and other large developments in the courts. Federal Attorney-General George Brandis said the government would seek to repeal section 487 (2) of the Environment... |
WHITE: I might have to stay in the Buzz Aldrin room.
ALDRIN: It’s gonna be there for a while—I hope. They might tear it down eventually and put up the name of somebody else who has been to Venus or Mercury. You’re in Memphis?
WHITE: Yeah, we’re playing here tonight. Where are you, Buzz?
ALDRIN: I’m in Los Angeles, i... |
[Editor’s note: The current team-by-team cap report as of September 3 appears below. It remains based on the top 51 cap numbers for all players under contract. The calculation converts to entire 53-man roster plus all players on injured reserve and other reserve lists at the launch of the regular season.]
Jaguars: $28... |
Recently by Gary North: The Police State Is Doomed
Almost nobody these days likes to call a spade a spade in public. In fact, calling a spade a spade in public is a form of political incorrectness. The Establishment puts negative pressure on all those who identify a spade as a spade, if that identification might cost ... |
HE last time I saw Mark Strong he was beating up an 11-year-old. The time before that, he was pulling off George Clooney’s fingernails. He’s played an assassin in Revolver, a traitor in Tristan & Isolde, an alien super villain in Green Lantern and the chilling Lord Blackman in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes.
He is one ... |
Wednesday was a fierce day of fighting in Iraq. The self-proclaimed Islamic State set off 21 car bombs in Ramadi as Iraqi forces gained ground in Tikrit, re-taking control of a military hospital there.
Back in the U.S., the debate continues about how best to deal with the terrorist group known as the Islamic State of ... |
Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson went to Jordan over the holiday weekend to meet with Syrian refugees—he left a completely unchanged man.
Despite meeting with families who fled ISIS to live in an overcrowded camp, Carson concluded they should stay in the Middle East and proceeded to put forth a policy pres... |
It’s the day after the Super Bowl and the talk all around the internet is, of course, the big game and everyone’s favorite commercial (Imported from Detroit!). Amidst all this, trying to fly under the radar is Blizzard, making their announcement for dates for their sixth Blizzcon at the Anaheim Convention Center. This ... |
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This evening, all eyes were on the special election in Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District as Democrats were hoping to flip the seat that has been held by Republicans for decades. The seat recently opened up after Republican Tom Price left to take over as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Going into the night... |
i once spoke to a roomful of teenagers on priorities. i shared this story (which i believe originated with stephen covey):
a university professor was addressing his new group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. as he stood in front of the group of hig... |
I missed reviewing The Drax Files Radio Hour #20 as real life has been keeping me rather busy of late. Hopefully, the transcript of the Creating the VR Metaverse panel at SVVR will go some way to making up for things (and even that was late in getting into print, courtesy of RL!).
Episode #21, the last of the “live” p... |
Hamilton Tiger-Cat receiver Bakari Grant has always played the game of football with something resembling barely controlled fury, his emotions pouring out after every tough catch or touchdown grab.
It would have seemed impossible to motivate him any further.
The Ticats unwittingly found a way. They weren't willing to... |
More than anyone else in recent history, Robert Moses shaped the physical infrastructure of Brooklyn. We drive on his roads, stroll through his parks, live in his housing developments and are surrounded by his influence at every turn. From the 1920s through the late ’60s, Moses molded New York City like clay, creating ... |
Buy Photo Chris Davis shoots cell phone pictures of the murals covering the walls of the railroad underpass near the intersection of Willett and Lamar where a few of the artworks, which are part of Paint Memphis' annual street and graffiti art project, are generating controversy and withering reviews from City Council ... |
Zimbabweans went to the polls on Wednesday to choose a winner between the southern African country' s two long-time political rivals -- President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai . The presidential poll showdown between the two is the third time in a decade. Mugabe, Africa's oldest head of state at th... |
Claim: C++ designer Bjarne Stroustrup admitted in an interview that he developed the language solely to create high-paying jobs for programmers.
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The Mason County Republican Executive Committee hosted Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole on Tuesday night and with opioid abuse an epidemic across the nation, Cole shared his office’s numbers on the amount of drugged drivers, which has increased from past years. In 2016, the sheriff’s office made 41 arrests for marijuana p... |
If you haven’t heard by now, Tucker Carlson has replaced Megyn Kelly on FOX News and has evolved from a mainstream conservative into a borderline Alt-Lite personality:
“This shtick worked brilliantly for Carlson, catapulting him from a weekend hosting gig to the coveted 9 p.m. slot in Fox’s primetime lineup. He now re... |
The UK's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has created an account on the repository code hosting service GitHub and open-sourced its first project, Gaffer.
Written in Java, Gaffer is a "framework that makes it easy to store large-scale graphs in which the nodes and edges have statistics such as counts, his... |
Imagine there was one newspaper that landed all the scoops. Literally all of them. Big news, silly news, the lot. When those girlfriendless, finger-wagging freaks in Syria and Iraq opted to behead another aid worker, it would be reported here first. Likewise when nude photographs of a Hollywood actress were stolen by a... |
Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, retired NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and, as a crew member of Apollo 17, the most recent living person to have walked on the Moon.
In December 1972, as one of the crew on board Apollo 17, Schmitt b... |
Story highlights Emails were released via a E&E News FOIA request
They reveal the National Park Service offering assistance to the White House
Washington (CNN) Who says crowd size doesn't matter? Certainly not the White House in the first days of the administration, as newly released Interior Department emails show.
... |
A biofluorescent chain catshark (Scyliorhinus rotifer). (© J. Sparks, D. Gruber, and V. Pieribone)
Catsharks aren't harmful to humans, but they also aren't too much to look at — by the light of day, that is. In blue light, certain species give off a gorgeous glow. Now researchers have created a camera to simulate the ... |
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A trip to a fine arts museum can be painfully boring for some, but that’s nothing compared to the torture found at Spanish civil war jail cells.
In 2003, Spanish art historian Jose Milicua claimed he found evidence suggesting prisons during the civil war were inspired by modern art. This wasn’t to educate the prisoner... |
Generally, when a property is restricted from advance critical review, that’s a sure sign that there’s no confidence in its quality and every attempt is being made to dodge bad press.
Critics flinch when a film isn’t offered up for review, and these days, we’re often given earlier access to TV shows in order to prepar... |
A mile from daylight and 4,145 feet down... the deepest a British caver has ever been
More than a mile from daylight in an unexplored flooded tunnel, cave diver Chris Jewell cautiously finned ahead.
The passage was barely 3ft high and, as he dived, his movements filled the cold, clear water with silt.
When he was 50... |
Recently we’ve been writing a series of posts about different garage gym setups that you can buy from various Crossfit equipment vendors, but what about those of us who don’t have $1,000 to spare on some of these setups? What about the industrious folks out there who are willing to make their own equipment and train li... |
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