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The surprising science behind the aluminum soda can
WEBApr 14, 2015 · The aluminum or tin-plated can begins life as a flat disk a few inches across, and is mechanically pressed into a shallow cup shape and then into a taller cup that’s the same diameter as the ...
Apollo 11 at 50: How the moon landing changed the world
WEBJul 16, 2019 · The Apollo 11 lunar lander heads toward a rendezvous with the command module after leaving the lunar surface in July 1969. Earth appears in the background. The Earth and moon are intimately ...
30 years after Soviet collapse, breaking up is still hard to do
WEBFeb 1, 2021 · Students sit on a toppled statue of Josef Stalin in a park in Moscow in September 1991, the year the Soviet Union was dissolved. “For many in the U.S., Russia seems to be the foil of convenience ...
How do we know that Challenger Deep is lowest point on Earth?
WEBMar 26, 2012 · The Challenger Deep is the lowest point in the Mariana Trench, a gap between tectonic plates that stretches 1,500 miles along the western Pacific, and is thought to be the deepest chasm in all the ...
To understand this Supreme Court, watch Clarence Thomas
WEBUpdated July 08, 2021, 1:04 p.m. ET. It was a slip of the tongue, but an illustrative one. During an oral argument in March, a lawyer referred to United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence ...
How to dispute (and win) rental car damage claims
WEBMar 20, 2015 · Ask them for a record of all rentals for that car between the time you returned it and the date of their damage claim letter. If they waited, say, 60 days to send you a damage claim, they’ve ...
Why free speech is under attack from right and left
WEBJul 1, 2021 · Why We Wrote This. Free speech is seen by many as the bedrock of American democracy. But in a time of polarization, right and left are challenging once-traditional ideals in different ways. At ...
BLM and Floyd protests were largely peaceful, research finds ...
WEBJul 8, 2021 · BLM and Floyd protests were largely peaceful, data confirms. From left, Nicole Solis and Corelle Nakamura hold hands outside the Hennepin County Government Center as they wait for the verdict in ...
Vigilance or vigilantism? Old laws’ legacy in modern US.
WEBNov 17, 2021 · Defendant Travis McMichael observes court proceedings during trial at the Glynn County Courthouse, Nov. 8, 2021, in Brunswick, Georgia. Mr. McMichael, his father, Greg McMichael, and a neighbor ...