There is reason to believe that when the Aztecs went to war they played a “death whistle” that made piercing noises resembling a human scream. They sound like the “scream of 1,000 corpses.” At the beginning of a battle, the whistles’ unnerving sound would break the resolve of the e...
Over the summer MoviePass walked back a planned 50 percent price increase following a subscriber backlash. But the company imposed a cap of three movies per month, instead of one every day. Shares of Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc., which is in danger of being delisted by Nasdaq because ...
The situation for the decommissioning and removal of wrecks may be different, as wrecks have to be broken at the site in case it is impossible to remove them. In Norway, we were reminded of the Biblical verse: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares” [24], when the steel plates...
An Advanced LIGO optic that senses gravitational waves. About half of the 100 pound cylindrical optic can be seen. The green light comes from a laser used to help bring the system into an operational state. The maze-like pattern is part of the system to push, twist, and tilt the optic ...
Her work was an astounding combination of iron-willed discipline and freedom – complete control and complete lack of control at the same time. It’s a trick that few people are capable of doing. Last thing I want to talk about is help. Karen helped a lot of people – in her own way...
Romans, Chinese, and Syrians all added improvements to this metal wonderworking that could turn chunky iron ore into swords and sewing needles. Europe came late to the game—circa 700s—but its steel mills were precursors to the first factories of the Industrial Revolution. ...
With just 521 airport traffic control towers in the U.S. and nearly 20,000 U.S. airports, documenting flight operations can be challenging, say airport managers. Costly too, as airports' can receive funding through the FAA's $1 billion-plus Airport Impro