Lightning forms when the top of a cloud acquires a positive charge while the bottom acquires a negative charge. This creates an electric field and the potential for a lightning strike. Scientists still aren't entirely sure why clouds become charged in the first place, although they have somepla...
It is interesting to note that metals attract lightning for the same reason that they help to protect us from it. This is because metals are good conductors of electricity. When it comes to metallic conductors, electrons can easily move along a metallic surface without the need to penetrate de...
At the top of the prison sits a series of Holding Cells where the Requiem crew have been biding their time for the last half decade. The paint is peeling, the ducts are rusting, and there’s an odd smell coming from one of the air vents. Adjacent is the Guard Station where your hand...
Waco: The Aftermathfocuses on the fallout of the Waco disaster: the trials of the surviving members of the Branch Davidian sect and the rise of homegrown terrorist, Timothy McVeigh. The five-episode limited series also provides a broader context for the escalation of the American militia movemen...
For Valentine's Day, we usually choose a nice place to have dinner after work, and that works for both of us. This year, my wife and I are spending part of our Valentine's Day in the dentist's chair for our semi-annual check-up. It just happened to work out that way. And our...
surviving in the seas away from civilization for ages. And now, here I was suddenly thrown among mankind (or womankind, in this case) and I had to learn to talk. Like it was normal for me. For most of us, confidence is not a state of being. It is a state of mind that you ...
There have been plenty of changes to the old Oakdale Mall as part of its transformation into the Oakdale Commons - but some big announcements about the site are coming.
So what’s James’ endgame anyway? And what’s the deal with the Lord of the Rings? And can you be pro-freedom if you’re for mandatory vaccines? Good questions! Find out the answers to these and other burning queries in this edition of Questions For Corbett. ...
24, humanity has learned that the sky is falling yet again. Another huge piece of space debris, a 2.6-ton, defunct German telescope called the Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT), will crash back to Earth Saturday or Sunday (Oct. 22 or 23), and the chances it will hit someone are even greater...
The most unlikely “Sixteen Tons” appears, other selections are in suspended, almost non-existent, tempo. “This Little Light” shines with Margo, then out of church traversing an old Mills Brothers hit sung Doo Wop style, and on to the street corner with Rudolph’s nose. From about ...