No magic football helmet can prevent players from sustaining concussions. But thanks to new research out of Virginia Tech, football players, and their parents, now know which equipment could reduce the risks.
Over the past decade, the Virginia Tech researchers have compiled data from more than a million head impacts at Virginia Tech football practices and games. From these statistics, scientists were able to specify the speeds and tackling angles that would most likely to lead to concussions.
The Price Of Pine | TIME
2024-08-10
Festooning an evergreen with ornaments is one of the universal customs of the season. Germany can claim credit for the modern version of the Tannenbaum, and Queen Victoria’s German-born consort, Prince Albert, helped popularize the practice in Britain and beyond. But evergreen trees, wreaths and garlands were also used by the ancient Egyptians, Chinese and Hebrews to symbolize eternal life. So whatever your reason for deciding to bring a bit of the forest into your home this season, if you’re in the market for a 1.
A decade ago, someone knocking on your door to sell you solar panels would have been selling you solar panels. Now, they are probably selling you a financial product—likely a lease or a loan.
Mary Ann Jones, 83, didn’t realize this had happened to her until she received a call last year from GoodLeap, a financial technology company, saying she owed $52,564.28 for a solar panel loan that expires when she’s 106, and costs more than she originally paid for her house.
July 11, 2018 6:11 PM EDT
Following England’s devastating loss to Croatia in the World Cup semi-final, Twitter was rife with jokes poking fun at the “It’s coming home” rallying cry of the English fan base.
With a little over 10 minutes to go in extra time of Wednesday’s match, Croatia’s Mario Mandzukic fired a shot into the back of the net to give his team a 2-1 lead over England.
Netflix‘s new docu-series Wild Wild Country has renewed interest in the Rajneeshpuram commune of the 1980s, where spiritual leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s followers engaged in free love, cooked up salmonella to poison 750 people and took over the local government.
Today, it’s the site of a Young Life Christian youth camp where kids arrive each year to learn about Jesus Christ in a resort-like haven complete with water slides.
Wild Wild Country explores the strange and mysterious story of how Rajneesh and his devotees took over a remote part of eastern Oregon, documenting the rise and fall of the commune through conversations with former members and the locals who hated them.
An anti-human trafficking operation at San Diego Comic-Con resulted in 14 people being arrested, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Wednesday.
From July 25 to July 27, the San Diego Human Trafficking Task Force conducted a human trafficking sting “aimed at recovering victims of sex trafficking and targeting sex buyers using the San Diego Comic-Con Convention to seek out potential victims,” according to a release from the California Department of Justice. Ten victims were recovered and offered services.
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Popularly known as 'Black Arrow,' the actor has entertained movie lovers with his roles in movies like 'Silent Night,' 'Rumours,' 'Invasion 1897,' 'A Place in the Stars,' among others. To celebrate him, Pulse Nigeria has put together 7 things worth knowing about the outgoing and talented actor. Here we go; ADVERTISEMENT
1. Arinze was born in Onitsha, Anambra State to a Yoruba father and an Igbo mother.
Al Unser (Auto Racer) - On This Day
2024-08-09
Full Name: Alfred Unser
Profession: Auto Racer
Biography: Al Unser was an American automobile racer, known as the younger brother of Jerry Unser and Bobby Unser, who were both also racing drivers. His son, Al Unser Jr., was also a race car driver. Unser is best known for winning the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race four times (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987). He was the second to have achieved this feat, and the fourth to have won the race in two years consecutively.