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A sunset captured in Switzerland featured a sunspot so large it was visible to the naked eye.
During the recent cold snap, wind chill has taken some heat, notably from Daniel Engber at Slate, who castigates wind chill as the “weatherman’s favorite alarmist statistic,” serving as the “PR agent” for horrendous weather.
“The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.” – Elvis Presley (born on this date in 1935)
The Satanic Temple, the monument’s sponsor, says on its website that “Satan stands as the ultimate icon for the selfless revolt against tyranny, free & rational inquiry, and the responsible pursuit of happiness.”
“To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.”
-Nicolas Cage (born on this date in 1964)
Instead of squeezing more cars onto London’s busy streets, planners have proposed a superhighway that could accommodate up to 12,000 cyclists an hour.
The genomes of tumors can be analyzed, providing “a much better way of deciding what types of treatments to pursue.”
The tactic of “gish gallop” — a rapid-fire listing of supposed weaknesses of evolution — cannot be properly countered in a limited-time format of a debate.
What happens when you shoot boiling water into -41C air?
Young women today are expected to be wives, mothers, housekeepers, excellent athletes, be entrepreneurial and save the world.
Today’s mission marks the eighth flight of the Falcon 9 and the third flight of the v1.1 configuration and the thirteenth launch overall for SpaceX.
97 percent of Fortune 500 companies have been hacked (and 3 percent likely have been too and just don’t know it). So how do we close the “Cybersecurity Knowledge Gap”?
“Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.” – Joan of Arc (born on this date in 1412)
2014 might mean out with the old (as was the case with Comet ISON, which fell victims to the sun), and yet, Comet Lovejoy (C/2013 R1) is still alive and well, and was captured in this scene on New Year’s day.
In addition to possessing skills that are valuable in team settings, the selection process will also weed out candidates with poor health histories and inheritable diseases.
“When men stop believing in God, it isn’t that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything.”- Umberto Eco (born on this date in 1932)
“The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.”- Don Shula (born on this date in 1930)
An entire generation of baby boomer men grew up thinking that the office was going to always look like the set of Madmen. Instead, these men today are confused and bewildered by all the the changes in our culture.
Bill Nye “The Science Guy” will visit the Creation Museum in Kentucky to debate evolution with the museum’s founder, Ken Ham.
The word “whistleblower” has a heroic connotation. A leaker, on the other hand, might be someone who is guilty of criminal deeds that warrant punishment.
Kindness is not about “being a doormat and letting someone walk over you.” Kinndness needs to be “infused with wisdom, supported by courage, and threaded with balance.”
“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”-Isaac Asimov (born on this date in 1920)
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”-J. R. R. Tolkien (born on this date in 1892)
It is surprising that, given how widespread hangovers are (especially on New Year’s Day), there is not more scientific consensus on what causes the phenomenon.
This mathematical fantasy landscape was created by expanding on the Mandelbrot set of fractals to three dimensions.
The auroras appear mostly green, as high energy particles hitting the Earth’s atmosphere cause the air to glow as electrons resettle into their oxygen hosts.
With the goal of developing cheaper drugs for humans, Chinese scientists injected pig embryos with DNA from a jellyfish.
In order to better visualize the Martian moon Phobos, images from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter have been combined to create a virtual rotation movie.
Is therapeutic cloning the biggest scientific breakthrough of 2013?
According to computer scientist Jaron Lanier, the right way to understand the famous “Turing Test” is to understand that it “began in the mind of somebody who was very close to suicide.”