Articles in the “people” category

Deepwater Horizon

Posted 4 months ago

Some statistics from last night’s 60 Minutes feature on the oil spill in the Gulf.

The tragic story of Yeardley Love

Posted 4 months ago

This is such a heart-breaking story. Lacrosse didn’t have a great name before, but this, combined with the “Duke Scandal of 2006″, certainly doesn’t help the sport’s image. Sports Illustrated Magazine: When they resumed working out on Thursday, nine days before the NCAA championships were to begin, the women were missing the speedy and clever [...]

A Texan’s map of the United States

Posted 4 months ago

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Skydiving from space

Posted 6 months ago

Austrian Felix Baumgartner is planning to skydive from a balloon 121,000 feet (23 miles) above Earth’s surface. Insanity. What is it like to fall from space? According to Kittinger, who’s now working on the Stratos team, it’s surprisingly peaceful. With little air resistance, there’s almost no sensation of falling at high altitudes. “There’s no sound, [...]

Just in case I get hit by a bus

Posted 8 months ago

How this phrase became popular.