It’s also Last-Minute Shopper’s Day (who is the one person implied by the apostrophe?), as well asChristmas Eveand its related observances:Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the lastYule Ladarrives to towns. (Iceland)Feast of the Seven Fishes(Italian Americans),Juleaften...
Why is Pluto not a planet anymore? When the IAU officially defined the word “planet” for the first time, Pluto didn’t fit. To keep its planetary status along with Earth, Saturn, and the rest, it needed to pass three tests: A planet must orbit the sun. A planet must be (mostly)...
the story is thin and hackneyed, hell it even has live-action cutscenes. But somehow, the gameplay is challenging enough to keep you clicking that left mouse button and listening to that weird, not quite Rod Serling voice telling
However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees-anywhere at all!Because of the many changes in computer technology, laptop use...
Greenland is a haunted country, numinous and cold, whispering; one of the last places that’s still truly wild. Reindeer nuzzle the close dark moss, seals bask on their floes, glaciers creak and there are monsters in the deep. Imagine Trump alone, watching the northern lights spin gorgeous...
Forest Acres is a small town located in South Carolina's central midlands. It's a community-driven place to live, with a strong penchant for activities and events. From spring to fall, the town hosts a weeklyfarmers market, rooftop concerts, andseasonal gatherings. Forest Acres has several ...
There is a type of emission that is close to red, called “forbidden oxygen”, which occurs when atoms make a rare energy transition between states of “excitement”. But it’s very faint and short-lived, Knight wrote. The visible light from a comet comes from a combination of reflected ...
Consumers may have noticed that companies' call centers increasingly use automated chatbots to serve as Level 1 "agents." The caller can talk with a human agent—at Level 2 or even higher—only after the chatbot's AI technology recognizes that a customer is sufficiently unhappy with the proces...
Like the rest of us, Elon Musk has a handful of life goals. Unlike the rest of us, one of those life goals is to put 1,000,000 people on Mars. In the last few months, as I’ve explained to friends what I’m doing with this post series, there’s always that distinct moment wh...
Well, like we found in theTesla post, “Why did we stop?” is the wrong question. Instead, we should ask: Why were we ever adventurous about sending humans into space in the first place? Space travel is unbelievably expensive. National budgets are incredibly tight. The fact is, it’s ...