Often myths contain some truth. On our site you may notice that afactoid(a commonly held belief) will be labeled myth despite it containing some amount of truth. The true aspects of any myth will be discussed on the page dedicated to the myth itself, those aspects may even have their own...
This idea that a right-winger can’t be a useful idiot is dangerous in my opinion. How could it be that one type of human is subject to a fault like this but another never is? I mean, Fox News featuring Putin shirtless on a horse and denying the idea that Russia could have had an...
Amazon Kendra is an Amazon Web Services service that supports natural language and intelligent search across documents. You can index and search many types of documents. You can connect to a third-party data repository.
Perhaps most annoying for most people is the fact that playback is limited to only shuffle — meaning you can’t select any song you want to play — and songs are not available in the lossless HD or Ultra HD formats. All you need is a standard Amazon account, and you don’t even ne...
Heredity is complex. Given all the DNA in our genetic code, and given that we get stuff from mom and dad, there are almost infinite possible combinations of traits. Some traits aredominant, meaning they are more likely to be expressed. Some traits are recessive, meaning that they are less...
Questions that probe for deeper meaning and set the stage for further questioning, ones that foster the development of critical thinking skills and higher order capabilities such as problem-solving and understanding complex systems.” In essence it is noted that“a good essential question is the pri...
To be supposed to is a common phrase that functions the same way a modal verb does. Modal verbs, also called auxiliary or helping verbs, add meaning to the main verb in a sentence by expressing possibility, ability, permission, or obligation. Supposed to, like have to, can fall into the...
“I’ve always had a word for the day… I close my eyes, open up the dictionary, place my finger anywhere and then BAM! I write down my new word and its meaning. Today I got notorious- famous or well know for something… typically a bad quality or deed. Is this normal? Does anyo...
Although accessibility is a hot topic of late, is government truly willing to partner in the multifaceted effort required to increase positive outcomes and general quality of life for our city’s residents and visitors with disabilities? People seem to enjoy theorizing about its necessity and...
\paragraph{Exclamations} `Ouch!' is sometimes called an exclamatory sentence, but it is neither true nor false. We will treat `Ouch, I hurt my toe!' as meaning the same thing as `I hurt my toe.' The `ouch' does not add anything that could be true or false. \practiceproblems At th...