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Scott Kelly: Anthony Bourdain Made Me Feel Closer to Earth
Kelly is an engineer, a former U.S. Navy captain, former military fighter pilot and test pilot, and a retired astronaut; Kelly has also commanded the International Space Station and set the record for consecutive days in space by an American. Before I spent a year onboard the International Space Station, [...]
How Simply Jotting Down Ideas Can Make You Smarter
An adult has an average of 50,000 thoughts every day. Now try to recall 100 of those thoughts from earlier today. Pretty hard, right? It’s normal to forget most of them as our brains have to filter out unnecessary information so that we don’t go insane. The problem is that we forget a [...]
11 of the Most Famous Riddles in History
From the Bible to Shakespeare to Harry Potter, these riddles were dreamed up by some of history's most celebrated writers—and puzzled some of its most famous characters. Ancient Sumer: The world's oldest riddle Even 4,000 years ago, people tested one another's critical thinking skills with riddles and logic puzzles. This [...]
Is Time Travel Possible? Scientists Explore the Past and Future
How would you like to head back to the future in a DeLorean car? Or travel with the crew of the USS Enterprise to save the whales? These two examples (from "Back to the Future" and "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home") show a very common trope in science fiction [...]
Advisory Council Approves Draft Law on Permanent Residency
DOHA: The Advisory Council which held its regular weekly session under the chairmanship of its Speaker H E Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid Al Mahmoud yesterday approved draft law on permanent residency. At the outset of the meeting, the Advisory Council discussed the report of the Internal and External Affairs Committee [...]
A Magical Summer Reading List
The phenomenon of the summer slide is well established. It relates to a number of factors that aren’t always simple, though for families and communities with resources it’s a fairly straightforward matter of being aware and finding easy ways to keep kids reading. But regardless of resources, using fairy tales in [...]