With no physical obstructions, a 5’7” person can see as far as the horizon, which is about 2.9 miles away. However, if that person goes to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and up to the rooftop of The Bow — a 779-foot tower — they can see as far as 33.5 miles away. The higher u...
British archaeologist Dr. Geoffrey Summers has spent ten years studying the site. Excavating the ruins is a challenge because of the vast they cover. The 7 km perimeter walls run around a site covering 271 hectares. Dr. Summers quickly realised it would take far too long to excavate the site...
I once met a fellow in Virginia who said, ‘The human eye is an amazing thing. Why, if there were no mountains in-between, we could see California!’ Of course, he was referring to perfect eyes… Of course, that is just plain nuts. Nevertheless, it raised the question, “Just how ...
The heat dome roasting millions of people across the Pacific Northwest and swaths of Canada, sending temperatures in usually temperate places to record-breaking triple digits, has already claimed hundreds of lives. And those ar...
A 1999 analysis of Albert Einstein's brain also seems to support this theory. Einstein's brain was slightly smaller than the average brain. However, parts of his parietal lobe were wider than most people's brains. The larger areas in Einstein's brain are related to mathematics and spatial ...
You’re only human,and sometimes your kids can __8__ you just a little too far.And then the __9__ happens:You lose your patience and either scream at your kids or say something that was a bit too __10__ and does nobody any good.You wish that you could __11__ the clock and...
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A) The man can speak a foreign language. B) The woman hopes to improve her English. C) The woman knows many different languages. D) The man wishes to visit many more countries. 14. A) Go to the library. B) Meet the woman. C) See Professor Smith. D) Have a drink in the bar....
I am blind too blind to see I can't take this pain Trying to fulfill your dreams Would you ever take a life Even if you had the means Break the rules just to survive Would you take it all the way Past the point of no return How far would you go Take your time It's no crime...
both positions in the model could lead to an average likeability [7]. However, Bartneck et al. found that there was no difference between the likeability of a human and his android doppelgänger, which demonstrates that the uncanny valley is not always empirically supported [36]. Moreover, ...