There are consequences of living big. As middle-class houses have grown larger, two things have happened. First, large houses take time to maintain, so cleaners and other low-wage service workers are required to keep thes...
Most people travel to unfamiliar cities from time to time, and Las Vegas is one of the most popular tourist spots in the world. The story also includes a moral lesson, in that the businessman ended up in the unpleasant predicament only after going to drink at a bar and then flirting ...
Some people are skeptical of the notion that dinosaurs ever roamed the planet. Image Source / Getty Images Are dinosaurs real? Most people don't have to travel too far to answer that question in the affirmative with some kind of exhibit displaying dinosaur fossils. In addition to touring...
It was a sunny Sunday. Jordan and his 36 decided to go climbing in the Alps. When they reached one of the famous mountains, many people were already climbing it. Jordan and his friends started climbing and soon reached the top. Jordan's friends thought they could 37 there for a while a...
According to physicistAlbert Einstein'stheory of special relativity, on which much of modern physics is based, nothing in the universe can travel faster than light. The theory states that as matter approaches the speed of light, the matter's mass becomes infinite. That means the speed of light...
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students learned about water problems. Then they took photos and wrote about it. Photo Camps also bring people together. In one camp, students from Brazil visited Doha (Qatar’s capital) for ten days. Together, the students traveled around Qatar. They learned about Qatar’s culture and languag...
They included two people who would become giants of modernist design: Charles Eames, now best known for his iconic chairs, and Saarinen’s son, Eero, who would go on to design the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, among other projects. Miller and the younger Saarinen struck up what would become...
Engineers figured as long as they gave cars plenty of room to change lanes between an entry and the next exit, traffic would flow smoothly. Not only did this design lead to huge rotaries, it also caused congestion and high crash rates, causing the design to fall out of favor in the ...
提示问题: What did you do to strive for your goal? What have you learned from your experience? It's well-known that there's no shortcut to success but hard work. One of my experiences helps me realize the truth again. As I entered Grad...