William Standish Knowles, a Nobel Prize winning chemist, died at the age of 95 on June 13, 2012. According to his daughter Lesley McIntire, Dr. Knowles had complications from Lou Gehrig’s disease, which ultimately led to his death. He was one of the recipients of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, along with Ryoji Noyori…
The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, more commonly known as Euro 2012, began on June 9, 2012. Poland and Ukraine are the hosting this year’s championship for the first time. The final tournament will feature 16 nations, which makes this championship the last one to do so, considering that the championship will feature 24 nations…
On May 25, 2012, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, more commonly known as Space X, sent the space shuttle, Dragon, to the International Space Station (ISS), making Dragon the first private and commercial spacecraft to be launched successfully. Jisoo MokMore Posts
According to the Discovery News, recent satellite measurements found that Venice, Italy, was sinking at a faster rate than expected. The city is subsiding 2 mm each year, but with the Adriatic Sea level rising 2 mm each year simultaneously, the over-all subsidization of Venice per year is 8mm. “It’s a small effect, but it’s…
On April 24, 2012, Planetary Resources, Inc. announced at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington specifics regarding its plan to mine near earth asteroids (NEAs) and extract raw materials from them. Jisoo MokMore Posts
A large number of students visit websites or subscribe to magazines, which provide college rankings for each year, in their search for the most suitable college for them. Such rankings are meant to give students an opportunity to acquire factual information and objectively analyze colleges that they may apply to. However, it has recently been…
The face of modern warfare is about to change. Jisoo MokMore Posts
Winter Season brings just about every single drop of happiness and excitement to the world: snowflakes, Christmas gifts, and hope for the New Year. However, there is a huge flipside to it; according to The Costco Connection, 5 to 10 percent of people suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and millions experience a less severe…
Imagine. You are disabled and you can’t speak for yourself. And the worst of all, you attend a school where teachers objectify-physically and sexually abuse-you, and the school administration covers it up. Still worse, some of your friends kill themselves, unable to handle the psychological damage. Yet, the court pronounces, “We found no mishaps among…
