How did the universe begin? According to the Boshongo people of central Africa, before us there was only darkness, water and the great god Bumba. One day Bumba, in pain from a stomach ache, vomited up the Sun. The Sun evaporated some of the water, leaving land. Still in discomfort, B...
It's been more than a decade since the Philadelphia 76ers began their so-called "process" to tank-the-team, earn high draft picks, and set themselves up for a bright future. This strategy has now become the norm across sports, and for the Sixers' sake, it did yield them Joel Embiid...
READER QUESTION:My understanding is that nothing comes from nothing. For something to exist, there must be material or a component available, and for them to be available, there must be something else available. Now my question: Where did the material come from that created theBig Bang, and ...
everybody is just trying to have fun, trying to learn, and it seems cruel to try too hard to humiliate your opponent. Athigherlevels, a play like that would never work. High school is the intersection between childhood and adulthood: The young men on the field are good enough ...
To help answer one of the great existential questions — how did life begin? — a new study combines biological and cosmological models. Professor Tomonori Totani from the Department of Astronomy looked at how life’s building blocks could spontaneously form in the universe — a process known as...
Step 1: Set goals for the short-term and the long-term. A short-term goal may be something less 4 , while a long-term goal may cost more. Step 2: Figure out how much of your allowance you...
I do against what they expect me to do. One day, I go home very late, my mother is very angry, but she says nothing. At first, I feel happy, the next morning, she still ignores me, I begin to feel lonely, I cry and say sorry. My mother smiles and says I should change mysel...
But I realize now that for much of her life, she was afraid. And she did try to give me whatever she could. Having experienced widowhood, I can begin to understand how terrifying it must have been to be left alone with a nine year old child to raise. I remember her loosing her job...
1. What did the underlined word “fake” in the first paragraph mean in Chinese?___2. What can we infer from the first paragraph of the passage? (根据提示完成回答,每空一词。)On April Fool’s Day, it’s not ___ ___ everyone to ___ being ___.3. Why did students set chickens...
NEW YORK (AP) — Leap year. It’s a delight for the calendar and math nerds among us. So how did it all begin and why? Have a look at some of the numbers, history and lore behind the (not quite) every four year phenom that adds a 29th day to February....