Modern-day society currently owes its well-being thanks to advanced machines capable of undertaking tasks that would either be impossible for a human being to fulfil or it would take him a long time to accomplish. Machines are faster‚ more accurate‚ tireless and uncomplaining. Either if we realize it or not‚ robots play a key role in making our daily lives easier and better. From mass-production in industry‚ to cutting edge precision within the medical field‚ robots are nowadays capable of tremendously
Premium Robot Human Humanoid robot
Shiflet suddenly appears and begins to dramatically improve the lives of mother Lucynell Crater and daughter Lucynell Crater. As a result‚ he is depicted as an angel‚ helping the family out so much so that mother Lucynell begs for him to marry her daughter‚ which would ensure his permanent resident so he would be able to help out everyday. However‚ Mr. Shiftlet
Premium Fiction Short story Writing
HIPPARCHUS (c 190 – c120 BC) Hipparchus was a Greek astronomer‚ mathematician and geographer. Surprisingly little is known about his early life. He was most certainly born in Nicaea‚ Bithynia‚ (which is now known as Iznik in Turkey)‚ around 190 BC. Most of what we do about him comes from the books of other scholars who came after him‚ such as Ptolemy and Strabo. It seems likely that Hipparchus studied in Alexandria but spent his later life in Rhodes. Strabo‚ another Greek geographer writing about
Premium Star
“The Man on the Moon” On July 20th 1969 Apollo 11 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon. Over 600 million families gathered around their televisions to watch this event take place. There is undeniable physical evidence that the moon landing of 1969 occurred; although many still feel like it was a hoax created by NASA. Some feel as if this was a “Race to Space” competition between countries‚ and the United States could not take that loss. While others feel as if it was cover up for the misuse
Premium Moon Apollo 11 Neil Armstrong
Ever wonder what it would be like to invent something that would be used for hundreds of years to come? That’s what Galileo Galilei did. Galileo Galilei belongs in the house 8-1 Genius Hall of Fame. Born in 1564 in Florence‚ Italy‚ Galileo was the oldest of six children. In 1583‚ he attended the University of Pisa to study medicine but became fascinated with many other subjects‚ particularly mathematics and physics. He performed studies and tests on falling objects and then wrote a manuscript about
Premium Galileo Galilei Nicolaus Copernicus Isaac Newton
volcanic eruption with an ejecta volume greater than 1000 km cubed. This is about 1000 times bigger than a normal volcanic eruption. super volcanos don’t tend to be visible from the ground as they are so big. This is because the caldera‚ a large volcanic crater‚ are so big‚ in the case of Yellowstone it is over 40 miles across‚ so people do not recognize it as a volcano. Super volcanos occur when magma in the mantle rises into the crust from a hotspot but is unable to break through the crust‚ due to this
Premium United States Volcano
on the surface of mars. They are trying to find evidence that there once has been enough resources to have any kind of life on mars. NASA has sent a rover to Mars called the Curiosity Rover. It is on its way to the slope of Mount Sharp in Gale Crater which is the rovers’ destination. On the way to the stopping point it has discovered something nobody thought would ever be in space. The Curiosity rover found evidence that a stream once ran vigorously across the area on Mars where the rover is driving
Premium Mars NASA
night to be told that they only had 20 minutes to be evacuate the area. They had to leave their pets‚ cattle and sheep‚ possessions and lives at home could only return once a day until the ash was cleared. The tonnes of ash that poured out of the crater covered Iceland in a blanket 5cm thick. It polluted the river water and contaminated the fresh water‚ making it unsafe to drink. It got in people’s eyes‚ nose and mouth‚ which triggered breathing problems and many became ill. The eruption occurred
Free Plate tectonics Volcano
(big ivan). To put the bomb into perspective the tsar bomb is almost 6667 times more powerful than little boy. Even though it’s true payload is 100 mt the only tested one was 50 mt due to making lead paneling on the bomb. The tested bomb created a crater on the Island of Novaya Zemlya that if you look at from a bird’s eye view you will mistake it for a giant lake! The problem with this bomb is it can affect the user’s country as well as the enemy’s. To brake the bomb down we have to start with the
Premium Nuclear weapon Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki World War II
three main kinds of trenches‚ front line‚ support‚ and reserve. Soldiers spent a period of time in each of trench. Dugouts rooms were used as command post and shelter. Between the trenches was “no man’s land”. A space between the trenches with shell craters covered with barbed wire. Each side was covered with snipers‚ artillery‚ enemy infantry‚ and mines. It was hard for soldiers to survive. The scale of slaughter was horrific. The bloody warfare continued for next three years. I remember when Lady
Premium World War I