When Robert F. Smith rose to address the 400
graduates of Atlanta's Morehouse College on May
19, 2019, the students expected the
commencement speaker to be entertaining,
inspiring, and encouraging. What they did not
expect, however, was that he would change their
lives forever by pledging to pay off all their studen...
Though Thailand has been a constitutional
monarchy since 1932, the country's king is
considered the spiritual protector of its people and
culture. For seventy years, that role had been
fulfilled by King Bhumibol Adulyadej. When the
beloved monarch passed away in October 2016, his
second child, and only male heir, crown prince Ma...
Mention the word spy, and the images that come to
mind are those of secretive, stealthy fictional
characters like British Secret Service agent James
Bond and former CIA assassin Jason Bourne.
However, the alleged Russian mole, who recently
"defected" to Norway, fits none of those
descriptions. In fact, it is not even a person, but a f...
As if being downgraded to dwarf planet status was
not enough, Pluto may now be in danger of losing its
wispy atmosphere by 2030. The dire prediction
comes from a 28-year study of the small celestial
body, which lies at the edge of our solar system, by
a team of international researchers led by University
of Tasmania astronomer Andrew Cole.
While rain on Earth is associated with water,
precipitation on the Sun comes as giant clumps of
plasma, or supercharged gas, which drizzle down
from the star's atmosphere on to its surface. Though
coronal rain has been observed on numerous
occasions, its source, which researchers believed
would help them better understand how the Sun's...
On Monday, April 22, 2019, corporations worldwide
will encourage employees to celebrate Earth Day by
participating in activities like neighborhood or beach
clean-ups, planting trees, or biking/walking to work.
While the one-day enthusiasm to care for our planet
certainly helps, to make a real difference, companies
have to incorporate sustainability into their everyd...
No visit to the beautiful city of Paris, France is
complete without a visit to the Notre Dame de Paris
or, as it is commonly called, Notre Dame. The
medieval cathedral, built over 180 years — from
1163 to 1345— is one of the world's most stunning
examples of Gothic architecture. Unfortunately, on
April 15, 2019, the 850-year-old monument, which...
Easter, which falls on April 21, 2019 this year, is the
oldest and most important of all Christian festivals.
Many adults commemorate the holiday, which
celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, with
prayers and by fasting for 40 days prior to the
event. However, for most American kids Easter is all
about feasting on delicious food, enjoying springti...
The existence of black holes, first proposed by Albert
Einstein in his 1916 general theory of relativity, has
been known for decades. However, astrophysicists
have thus far relied on indirect evidence, such as
the stars orbiting a large and invisible object in the
center of the Milky Way galaxy, to prove their
presence. That changed on April 10, 2019, with th...
