“A SLAPP suit … is a civil claim filed against an individual or an organization, arising out of that party’s speech or communication to government about an issue of public concern.” | learn more
A video. “You might think “Rocket” is a funny name for slow moving tortoise. But the 90-year-old, 500-pound tortoise is a master escape artist who has broken out of enclosures at two different zoos.“ | learn more
“Larger spacecraft too massive to burn up during re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere are controlled to crash / splash down in Earth’s spacecraft cemetery, a location in the ocean remote from inhabited regions.” | learn more
This 20-year-old college student is certainly having a productive semester. | learn more
There’s an oft-quoted stat that its 17%. This writer believes that’s incorrect because the ‘official height’ records of NBA players are inflated. | learn more
“Over the weekend, ESPN broadcast a replay of a recent esports event that saw the world’s most advanced Microsoft Excel users go head-to-head in a knockout tournament.” I watched a bit of this and frankly was a little lost because […]
“We reviewed the published literature and acquired unpublished datasets to systematically quantify bird–building collision mortality and species-specific vulnerability. Based on 23 studies, we estimate that between 365 and 988 million birds (median = 599 million) are killed annually by building […]
A fun video explanation. | learn more
“The scientists also noted that whale sharks have the ability to partially retract their eyeballs into their skulls, reports Hannah Osbourne for Newsweek. Both protective mechanisms—retractability and the tiny teeth—suggest to the researchers that whale shark’s eyes might be more […]
“The British financiers who had organized the South African mines quickly realized that their investment was endangered; diamonds had little intrinsic value — and their price depended almost entirely on their scarcity.” And so, the De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd. […]