Tuesday, October 26, 2021
At 828 meters high, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)’s Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest building. The company’s structural engineering teams not only innovated the buttressed core system for the tower’s skeleton, but also produced the Cayan and Pearl River Towers in Dubai and Guangzhou, respectively. These marvels of metal […]
On the fifth of August, 2021, fourteen-year-old Quan Hongchan dominated the individual ten meter platform Olympic event with an overall score of 466.20, completely demolishing the previous record of 447.70 set by Chen Ruolin in 2008. China is famous for high scoring athletes, rich history, and “authentic” takeout food. However, […]
Put simply, fireworks are awesome. The sounds and smells of the explosions, the bright colors, the audience’s collective rapture—it’s all enchanting. But what’s most impressive is the combination of power and precision. These giant exploding fireballs are actually the result of delicate chemistry that’s more like an art than anything […]
El Salvador became the first country to adopt the cryptocurrency Bitcoin as their legal tender. As a result, if Salvadorans use Bitcoin as payment for goods and services and taxes, the payee must accept it. To incentivize public use, citizens who download the government’s digital wallet, Chivo, receive $30 in […]
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis. In 1973, a Supreme Court case originating in Texas sealed the fate of 63 million Americans. That case, Roe vs. Wade, asserted that every woman has the sacred […]