Consider this your daily reminder that the solar system is even more awesomely bonkers than you realized: On Uranus and Neptune, scientists forecast rain storms of solid diamonds.
The gems form in the hydrocarbon-rich oceans of slush that swath the gas giants' solid cores. Scientists have long speculated that the extreme pressures in this region might split those molecules into atoms of hydrogen and carbon, the latter of which then crystallize to form diamonds. Read More...
When the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom passed in 1786, James Madison, its champion, wrote to Thomas Jefferson, its author, “I flatter myself we have in this country extinguished forever the ambitious hope of making laws for the human mind.”
Not so fast, Jim.
This week, the United States will celebrate an official National Day of Prayer, as it has every year since 1952.
The National Day of Prayer kicked off a profusion of official endorsements of religion: the National Prayer Breakfast (1953); “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance (1954); a Congressional Prayer Room in the U. Read More...
Find out “What Illness Does American TV Personality Matt Roloff Have?” Over the years, Matt Roloff has endured numerous difficulties, and now his supporters want to know if he is still ill.
Author, business entrepreneur, motivational speaker, farmer, and television personality Matt is also an author. He rose to fame by taking part in his family’s episode of the TLC reality series Little People, Big World.
The Roloffs’ everyday lives were portrayed in the program. Read More...