Vice President Hubert Horatio Hum phrey had never before been known to lapse for long into total silence. Yet throughout 1965 he was unwontedly and unhappily subdued in the shadow of a center-stage President.
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Tae-Bo or Not Tae-Bo?
It’s time for y’all to put some gas in your tanks,” shouts Billy Blanks.
How To Fix 911
The phone rang at 4:43 a.m. on March 27, 2007
Life Found in a Meteorite? Some Scientists Don’t Buy It
The question of where life began is one of the enduring mysteries of science. Charles Darwin himself speculated that it might have happened in “a warm little pond,” while modern biologists think the superheated water around seafloor volcanic vents is a more likely spot
Book Excerpt: Stephen Hawking’s ‘The Grand Design’
A few years ago the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls. The measure’s sponsor explained the measure in part by saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality
Campus Smoking Bans? Some Saying ‘Lighten Up’
At many colleges, smokers are being run not just out of school buildings but off the premises. On Nov
Germany Tries Its Last Nazi War Crimes Defendant
More than 60 years after the end of World War II, an 89-year-old retired auto worker from Ohio went on trial in Germany on Monday in what many are calling the country’s last Nazi war crimes proceeding. That’s not the only reason the world is watching the trial closely: John Demjanjuk is also No.
Can a Shot of Dopamine Make Your Future Look Brighter?
Humans have expended a great deal of intellectual energy over the past few thousand years trying to understand the morality of seeking pleasure. Most of philosophy begins with the question of what defines the good life
Tokyo Motor Show rolls out hot wheels
Take a glimpse of the near future.
NASA’s Ares rocket set for test flight
For the first time in decades, a rocket instead of a space shuttle is occupying launchpad 39-B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.