Photos of the Boston construction of America’s first subway system.
“On Jupiter, which has 69 moons, it’s possible for there to be multiple eclipses occurring at the same time. 114 more words
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News Roundup — August 18, 2017
These are a few stories we found this week that may be of interest to institute regulars. If you have a news tip, please send it to… 348 more words
"Instead of offering aid, McCain advised them to move to a different state."
“ had asked McCain for help after being diagnosed with the same form of aggressive cancer, glioblastoma. Instead of offering aid, according to Roy’s tweet, McCain advised them to move to a different state.” 404 more words
Bills seemingly embracing analytics with 'Moneyball' approach: How does it work in NFL?
When many hear the terms ‘analytics’ and ‘NFL’ in the same breath, their first instinct is to point to the movie ‘Moneyball’ that highlighted the MLB’s Oakland Athletics and their GM Billy Beane’s approach to constructing championship-contending rosters by exploiting market inefficiencies when he accepted the fact that his team simply didn’t have the funds to acquire high-profile players like his division rivals. 1,081 more words
News Roundup (August 14, 2017)
Hello, readers! If this is my only News Roundup of this month, I’m going to make it count. This time, I have worked on 10 important stories from this month I wanted to discuss, plus a commentary. 4,318 more words
Lives that matter, from St. Louis to Sandy Hook to Charlottesville
People killed by police in the US, 2017. Currently at 759.
Charlottesville-based organizations that can take your money. (The Twitter thread have been going around; this is a blog post that rounds up the links.) 236 more words
News Roundup (for the Rest of July and Some of June 2017)
Hello, readers! This week, I will do something different for this News Roundup. I want so badly to catch up to some important news I missed from June and July, so I will post this today. 3,030 more words
