The Quadrantid meteor shower is produced whenEarthpasses through the debris or ice and dust left behind byasteroid2003 EH1, which is likely an extinctcomet, NASA meteor expert Bill Cooke told Space.com. "It was either a piece of a comet or a comet itself, and then it became extinct," w...
While it might not be one of the buzziest tourist traps, the tiny town of Mitchell, South Dakota, draws over 500,000 annual visitors thanks to its localCorn Palace. Built in 1892, the palace is made entirely of corn and corn husks. It hosts ayearly festivalto celebrate the state's main...
While it might not be one of the buzziest tourist traps, the tiny town of Mitchell, South Dakota, draws over 500,000 annual visitors thanks to its localCorn Palace. Built in 1892, the palace is made entirely of corn and corn husks. It hosts ayearly festivalto celebrate the state's main...
This is an eight-foot vertical drop created by the root ball on the right. For reference, the 2,200-mile AT is maintained by a collection of 30 volunteer clubs. Each has a section for which it is responsible. My club, the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (PATC) is responsible for 240 m...
The streamer is also currently offering big savings on four months of the Orange + Blue tier plus the Sports Extra plan when you prepay for the Sling Season Pass. The plan costs $219, reduced from $300. Note: Because Sling does not carry CBS, Sling subscribers will want toadd Paramount...
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Chandler immediately conspired with Kappos and IBM to steal Leader’s programming source code once it was ready. To do this, they formed the IBM Eclipse Foundation on Nov. 29, 2001 with a $40 million IBM “donation.” All social media app platforms are based on the Eclipse code that has...
Martin Walker, a contributing editor of Opinion, is U.S. bureau chief of Britain's the Guardian author of "The President We Deserve; Bill Clinton's Rise, Falls and Comebacks" (Crown) WASHINGTON —Seldom has any U.S. president been so defined by his friends as Bill Clinton. From the fi...
Giving employees a built-in excuse for lousy performance in humdrum or nasty tasks also gives them a way out of doing a good job, a new University of Florida study finds. “Benjamin Franklin once said, ‘He that is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else,’” said Ryan...
Micro meteorites and subtle soil movements will gradually erase our first footprints on the Moon over perhaps a million years. This unique moment in our history, indeed the coming and going of Man, is but a moment in Moon Time. The Twentieth Century will be remembered as among other things ...