But instead of nine Merlin engines, the second stage only has one—a special version made to be used in the vacuum of space, with a bell extension to increase its thrust. Fewer engines are needed here because A) no more thick atmosphere, B) it’s lifting a lot less weight without the...
I would urge all of you to stay you criticism of the public transport in whichever part of the world you are reading this, until you have endeavored to take a coach to a Buddhist Holy Mountain in China when several thousand people in a room not much bigger than small church also intend ...
The creation of American mountaineer Cam Brensinger, NEMO came about after a wild and windy night on Mount Washington, the most prominent peak on the eastern side of the US. Hunkered down against merciless conditions while in a poorly designed bivvy, Cam vowed right there and then to make s...
on providing culturally safe cancer care participated in case studies. Interviews were conducted with 35 hospital staff (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) and 8 Indigenous people affected by cancer from the three services. The interviews were analysed and scored using a traffic light system according to...
How to Plan a Short Story (Without Really Planning It) Short stories often don’t require extensive planning. They’re short, after all. But a little bit of outlining can help. Don’t worry, I’m mostly a pantser! I promise this won’t be an intense method of planning. It will, ho...
without their knowledge, is redirected to websites that then plant malware on their computers that can then manipulate them. Some of the employees whose computers were infiltrated had “good access” to important parts of Belgacom’s infrastructure, and this seemed to please the British spies, acc...
Keep yourself warm as well and have warm drinks to get you through the shoot Image byScott Ingram on Flickr NOTE:It’s very important to utilize properlong exposure techniquesand avoid camera shake: locking your mirror, mounting your camera on a secure tripod, and using a remote cable release...
In 2012, Schwarzman's real estate team started buying single-family houses across the U.S. hoping to turn them into rental properties—buying 50,000 over the next three to four years.11In 2024, the company made its largest transaction in the multi-family real estate market when it bought ...
I hear the locks on the door disengage and the door knob starts to turn. The doctor has my complete attention now. “What came through the door Frank?” The door opens slowly and it reveals something I never expected. I was neither ready nor prepared for what stood in the threshold....
As American citizens, we’re born promised entry to the Law. But the door is sometimes closed now, and what appears to be behind it – a giant death-sentence factory that seems intractable, ridiculous and error-prone – is trying now to turn on its own. Will it succeed?