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Mayak, Russian for ‘Lighthouse or Beacon,’ is a crowd-funded 3U CubeSat developed by a group called ‘Your Sector of Space’ with support from the Moscow State University of Mechanical Engineering to create an experimental mission for establishing an artificial star – the brightest object in the night sky aside from the Moon. Mayak is expected to deploy four triangular reflectors, each with a surface of 4m², forming a large tetrahedral reflector with a reflection coefficient of 95%. Based on pre-flight analysis, Mayak will reach an optical magnitude of -10 at the beginning of the flight – surpassing the brightness of...

Women actively infected with genital herpes during early pregnancy had twice the odds of giving birth to a child later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a study by scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The study is the first to provide immunological evidence on the role of gestational infection in autism, reporting an association between maternal anti-herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) antibodies and risk for ASD in offspring. Results appear in mSphere, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. "We...

It’s commencement season, and a new crop of college graduates is entering the job market. How long will it take them to achieve the American dream of homeownership? Realtor.com looked at 336 college degrees to determine which would most quickly put their bearers in a financial position to buy a home. The site based its conclusions on typical early career salaries and a savings rate of 20 percent, with the goal of amassing $50,000, or a 20 percent down payment on a $250,000 home. Engineering degrees dominated the list, occupying 33 of the highest 50 rankings, with petroleum engineering at...

When they’re used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual software has enabled more usage of graphs throughout all media, it has also made them easier to use in a careless or dishonest way — and as it turns out, there are plenty of ways graphs can mislead and outright manipulate. (Watch clip at source)

Rosalyn Baldwin is 7 years old and is road tripping across the US on a unique journey: She wants to hug police officers in all 50 states. “This came about as a result of the Dallas shooting,” her mother, Angie Baldwin, told CNN. She was referring to the killings of five officers last year in Texas. “And it really amped up after Louisiana,” she said, referencing the deaths of three more officers last summer. Rosalyn’s family has close friends within law enforcement, and the spirited girl decided police officers needed her support. So, she told her parents she wanted to...

How we can fight social justice indoctrination in society and educational institutions

It's such a shame to see a magazine that claims to be "The Root", be so willing to ignore "the roots" of what you would think would be their own history. Recently, The Root engaged in gross historical malpractice by giving voice to people who would benefit greatly from learning their own true history. They created a short video titled "No Country for Me." This is (among many reasons) one of the reasons why I recorded William Cooper Nell's 1855 book The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution as an audiobook. There are many outlets out there, even outlets such...

Thousands of students in the US soon won’t be able to graduate high school unless they can prove they’ve lined up a job or apprenticeship, enlisted in the military, been accepted to college or joined a “gap-year” program. The program, set to take take effect in Chicago in 2020, is supposed to get scholars in the city’s struggling school system planning for the future early, Mayor Rahm Emanuel told the Washington Post. “We are going to help kids have a plan, because they’re going to need it to succeed,” Emanuel said. “You cannot have kids think that 12th grade is...

snip... Washington’s Immortals tells the story of a heroic regiment that saved the Continental Army from destruction at the Battle of Brooklyn by holding the British at bay. Despite the pivotal importance of their sacrifice, the regimental dead are buried in a mass grave with only the most minimal markings, their story largely unknown to the modern public. “About 2010, I was in New York City, and the regimental commander I was with in the Battle of Fallujah, Colonel Willie Buell, is assigned there. He’s part of the Council on Foreign Relations. He just called me up and he said,...

Remember Who We Are, and Why We're Here. For the last 241 years - and ESPECIALLY the last Eight Years - this is all about DEFIANCE. But this year - ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, it is about Celebration. We're Americans... and THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE ON EARTH LIKE US. God Bless America, and thank you to our Founding Fathers for having the guts to make this happen. -Hale

Dr. Miller discusses our Founding Fathers, our Constitution, Our Christian heritage, and our Founding Fathers' vs ISLAM Dr Miller's credentials can be found here Dr. Miller THE FOUNDERS AND ISLAM GOD DID IT AMERICAs CURRENT STATUS

Check it out.  This was tweeted over 3 hours ago.https://twitter.com/HISTORY/status/881852286036783104 On #ThisDayinHistory 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg ends. http://histv.co/2sSocdh   

We’ve had enough. The tide is turning.

July 4th, also known as Independence Day, is a much more lighthearted and festive American holiday -- with cookouts, parades, beach and boating parties and fireworks -- than other patriotic holidays such Memorial Day or Veterans Day. Most people forget that when the 56 members of the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, they were in fact signing their death warrants. At the time, Great Britain was the most powerful nation on earth, while the thirteen American colonies were poor and disunited. The British Crown deemed the issuance of a declaration of independence an act of treason,...

Turkish high school students will no longer be taught the theory of evolution. The subject has been cut from the curriculum under changes made to eliminate “controversial” topics, the head of the national board of education, Alpaslan Durmus, announced in a video address. “If our students don’t have the background, the scientific knowledge, or information to comprehend the debate around controversial issues, we have left them out,” Durmus said. The new curriculum will go into effect for the 2017- 2018 school year. It was crafted to emphasize national values and highlight contributions made by Turkish and Muslim scholars, Durmus said....

Visa regulations have changed recently. A LOT of Mexicans used to get visitor, student, etc. visas and come up to the U.S. and work for about 6 months and then return home. Financial requirements were fairly low and a LOT of Mexicans were taking advantage of that. Now, the financial requirements have become much more stringent since Trump became President and the Mexicans have to show financial proof that they are not in financial need before being granted such visas. Trump is truly trying to help Americans get back to work and the media is deliberately trying to cut his...

Don't know what to think about this other than it keeps from having to use a toilet plunger. Video Here.

Louisiana's public school classrooms will be required to teach cursive writing to students starting with the new school year. That mandate, approved by lawmakers in 2016 but delayed a year so schools could prepare, is among more than two dozen new laws that take effect Saturday (July 1).

Ronald Reagan speaks out on Socialized Medicine, circa 1961. Audio file.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYrlDlrLDSQ&feature=youtu.be  

Crayola has the blues — five, to be exact. The iconic crayon maker left it to fans to come up with a name for a new blue crayon replacing the recently retired color dandelion. After receiving nearly 90,000 submissions, Crayola narrowed it down to five names for the crayon based on a pigment discovered in 2009.