Nelson Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid leader who spent 27 years in prison for sabotage, but eventually rose to become the nation’s first black president, passed away today at the age of 95. He had been hospitalized for several weeks with a lung infection....
According to his attorney, engineer William Rockefeller testified to the National Transportation Safety Board that he experienced a hypnotic-like “daze” in the moment before the commuter train he was piloting jumped the tracks, killing four people. Jeffrey Chartier,...
A perhaps counter-intuitive study in Austin, Texas, has arrived at the conclusion that everyone is installing their solar panels to face in the wrong direction, at least in the northern hemisphere. For generations, architects and common sense have told us that “up”...
As part of a voluntary effort to submit themselves to public scrutiny, Carnival Corporation released three years worth of data relating to 127 alleged crimes that took place on board their cruise fleet. Carnival was joined by Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line...
You read it here first. In a quick peek behind the curtain at innovative online retailer Amazon’s plans for the future, we learn that CEO Jeff Bezos is cooking up plans to deliver your packages in 30 minutes or less. For those who didn’t make the immediate connection,...
