That's the magic of aleap year, a concept that's as interesting as it is necessary for keeping our calendars in line with Earth's journey around the Sun. Get our free mobile app Let's break down what a leap year is in a way that won't make your head spin. LOOK: WHY LEAP YEARS...
Perhaps museum staffs know or suspect that if they don’t play along, their indigenous partners will suddenly demand everything back. Regardless of the reason, it seems difficult to trust any science coming from people who take seriously the concept that whistles can be used to summon “supernat...
*I don’t know if this counts as a Hamas violation of the “pause,” butthree Israelis were killed at a bus-stop shooting in Jerusalem; the NYT appends, “. . . Israeli officials say” to the headline. Doesn’t the Gray Lady have reporters in Israel who can verify this? Hamas se...
“if I had had more time, I would have written a shorter rulebook,” and this applies just the same whether those rules are meant for computers or for people. The fewer parts there are, the less they can interact in surprising ways....
They also complement Campaign Monitor’s tagline: “Send email your customers can’t ignore.” As clever as the copy is, it’s also important to acknowledge the art direction here. The bold colors and contrasting images highlight the difference between the terms. And help the ad draw viewers...
This means that when the Chinese government aims to achieve something of scale and significance, it can and will mobilize large-scale, nationwide resources and capabilities to get the job done. The poverty alleviation initiative is just one of many examples. Other major initiatives, such as the ...
It wasn't that long ago that glasses were uncool. You only wore them if you absolutely had to. Lesley Stahl: I can remember, not that many years ago, my mother telling me that men will never ask me out if I wear my glasses. I was to go blind if I wanted dates. ...
in spite of all the pivots and reboots. I mean that this game currently does not even have a title. If you can’t even give your game a title, even a title you might expect to be a placeholder, you do not have an actual product at all, and I do not consider you ...
I'm using the world shapefile that can be found at https://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/applications/editors/merkaartor-branches/merkaartor-0.14-fixes/share/world_shp/world_adm0.shp?rev=17052. import pysal as ps import ogr, osr import shapely.geometry from mpl_toolkits.basemap impo...
can confirm, It feels anything but that. I work every day, save as much as I can, take modest vacations every once in a while and drive a normal car. I hope to one day ‘live it up’ as I see so many millennials do. But actually having that luxury vs fooling yourself into thinki...