On Aug. 15, 1930 in Santa Ana, CA, Dr. Albert A. Michelson stood alongside the mile-long vacuum tube which would be used in his last and most accurate measurement of the speed of light.(Image credit: Getty/Bettman) Another scientist who tackled the speed of light mystery was Poland-b...
Especially so in the US, as these were all-new to the mechanics who were supposed to fix them. It was a bad start for Audi. The Fox, which was all-new and not related to the 100, (and was the twin of the Passat) had some issues, but not ...
Rodger Ward21959, 1962 Gordon Johncock21973, 1982 Emerson Fittipaldi21989, 1993 Al Unser Jr.21992, 1994 Arie Luyendyk21990, 1997 Dan Wheldon22005, 2011 Juan Pablo Montoya22000, 2015 What are the closest finishes in Indy 500 history? YearWinnerRunner-upMargin of victory ...
It's not that simple though. An atom's properties can change considerably based on how many of each particle it has. If you change the number of protons, you wind up with a different element altogether. If you alter the number of neutrons in an atom, you wind up with an isotope. For...
In leadership, virtues are often emphasized over capabilities. While we can round off gaps in capabilities with the right combination of talent on a team, gaps in virtues can cause a project to fail or, worse, negatively impact the business. The Greek philosopher Aristotle explained virtues as ...
there are many idioms in English.An idiom is a phrase that we can't understand from the meaning of each word.The following are some of them. As the crow flies When a bird flies from place to place, it takes the most direct route. But when people drive, they have to follow roads ...
Although these high-power microwave sources generate very high power levels, they tend to generate repeated short pulses. For example, the SINUS-6 in my lab produces an output pulse on the order of 10 nanoseconds, or billionths of a second. So even when generating 1 gigawatt o...
The thing with averages though is they are just that, an average. Many will sadly not live so long, others will live far longer. With a lot of luck. any Labrador of yours will have a lifespan well in their late teens. It certainly can and does happen. ...
Or you could stop being so stubborn and allow your journey could grow in unpredictable ways, resulting in your route looking less like a neat line across continents and more like a nice big bowl of spaghetti. (Mmm… spaghetti.) As you will now realise, there are many ways to make long-...
Visible to the naked eye as the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades are the most famous of many surviving clusters of stars that formed together at the same time. The Pleiades were born during the time of the dinosaurs, and the most massive of the siblings would have exploded over a period of 40...