And by “we,” I mean “Chloe” and by “the races,” I meanFanExpo San Francisco. Yes, it’s the first proper comics convention in San Francisco in some years but what exactly does that mean for S.F., and what was it like? Chloe breaks it down for us. Items discussed: Pat Br...
As we have seen, randomness (of measurement outcomes) in quantum mechanics was originally defined by Born as indeterminism. This is what hidden variable theories like ’t Hooft’s and Bohmian mechanics challenge, to which in turn Bell’s Theorem and the Free Will Theorem (read in a specific...
11, 1909, off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, when Theodore Haubner called for help from the steamship SS Arapahoe. As the Morse code SOS call was initially intended for maritime use, it was replaced with the verbal signal "Mayday" at the International Radiotelegraphic Convention ...
When Adolf Hitler took control of Germany, one of his most pressing policies was undoing the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler wanted to restore Germany to its previous position as a world power, and reoccupy the territories and areas that had been reestablished after World War I....
1. If nothing was done to address the general dissatisfaction among people which was growing strong, revolution could have taken place in the U.S. 2. It was called “progressive” because it brought more justice and equality as well as changes to the disprivileged people in their ...
The notion of a weekly rest is ancient. Christian religions celebrate a day of rest known as the Sabbath, also called the Lord’s Day. It is on Sunday. The weekend as a holiday is a rather modern invention. Beforethe industrialrevolution the wage labor force was a small fractionof the ...
Originally, the transient occupancy tax was used to compensate the local government for the increased need for public services that come with an influx of tourists. The city must provide visitors with public transportation, street cleaning, garbage collection and so forth....
The London Conference, also known as the London Conference of 1832, was an international conference that brought together Britain, France, and Russia for discussions and negotiations. The decisions made at the London Conference would result in the Treaty of Constantinople....
Thousands of temblors occur every day. Here’s what you need to know about where they usually take place and how they're measured.
Remember, the person called you, not the other way around. In the end, the choice was theirs, not yours. Expect to feel some guilt; you’d be a robot if you did not. Tears help, never hurt. You may even have thoughts of suicide yourself. This, too, is normal. Like a storm, ...