Waffle House Index The Waffle House Index When a hurricane makes landfall, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relies on a couple of metrics to assess its destructive power. First, there is the well-known Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale. Then there is what...
Haunted History of Halloween Haunted History of Halloween Halloween is celebrated each year on October 31. Halloween 2024 will take place on Thursday, October 31. Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain(pronounced sow-in). The Celts,...
SpaceX Catches Rocket SpaceX successfully catches returning Starship rocket A SpaceX Starship rocket successfully landed upright recently alongside a massive metal landing tower as it was caught by two converging “chopstick” arms — another historic engineering...
Schools adopt a phone ban Schools consider adopting a phone ban Connecticut joins a growing number of states enacting a cellphone ban. Even the nation’s largest school system, New York City schools, is considering adopting a similar policy. Students in Stamford...
A Celebrated Ocean Liner A Celebrated Ocean Liner Is Being Turned into the World’s Largest Artificial Reef For decades, the SS United States has been moored off Philadelphia as a reminder of the nation’s seafaring past, but looking now to the future, it will be sunk...
