Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former U.S. president in history, died today at his home in Plains, Georgia, at the age of 100. Carter served in the U.S. Navy from 1946 to 1953, then returned to Georgia to take up […]
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On June 20, 1979, President Jimmy Carter—sporting a bushy haircut and a wide necktie—invited dignitaries and reporters onto the roof of the White House to watch the installation of thirty-two solar water-heating panels. “A generation from now,” he told them,
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Andrea Michelson Reporter While serving as the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter—who died on December 29 at age 100—brokered a peace deal between Israel and Egypt, pioneered a federal energy program and reassured a nation that was
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An astronomical observatory, gold tongues found in mummies, a sword inscribed with the name of pharaoh Ramesses II and a 4,500 year-old attempt to treat cancer are just some of the interesting ancient Egyptian discoveries made in 2024. Here are
Medieval Literature: An Introduction to Type-Scenes By Dominique Battles RoutledgeISBN: 9781032439570 In medieval literature, one can find many scene types—familiar moments or sequences in a story, much like tropes. This book explores over thirty of these, such as acquiring a
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Before written language, before helmets of blood, I was wind-carved in the world. We walked through Obsidian Valley, my son’s moon-smooth face upturned toward the night sky. We held time and nothingness in our eyes. I sang out beyond the
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There are reasons why some prefer a monocular to a pair of binoculars for bird-watching and wildlife-viewing. Lighter by half, more accessible, quicker to focus and easier to hold steady, the Nocs Field Tube 8×32 is the perfect example of
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Black holes are terrifying, monstrous objects with immense gravity that causes them to consume everything that crosses their event horizons. Yet the physics-breaking power of the space-time ruptures is also part of their draw — sucking in scientists who want
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This is my third time honoring what I see as the year’s most important scientific and technological advances. In 2022, my theme was the principle of “twin ideas,” when similar inventions emerge around the same time. Just as Alexander Graham
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The Battle of Essling, May 1809. By Fernand Cormon. Taking place on the northern bank of the Danube River near Vienna, this confrontation was part of the War of the Fifth Coalition, wherein Austria, under the leadership of Archduke Charles,
