Deepwater Horizon
Posted 4 months ago
Some statistics from last night’s 60 Minutes feature on the oil spill in the Gulf.
Articles in the “people” category
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 [...]
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, [...]
