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Article of the day for February 24, 2018

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Article of the day is Pyxis. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

Picture of the day for February 24, 2018

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Cassius blue butterfly (Leptotes cassius theonus), Artemisa, Cuba. On February 24 2008, Raúl Castro, was declared the new President, taking over from his brother Fidel Castro.

Picture of the day for February 24, 2018

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Picture of the day on February 24, 2018: Cassius blue butterfly (Leptotes cassius theonus), Artemisa, Cuba. On February 24 2008, Raúl Castro, was declared the new President, taking over from his brother Fidel Castro

Factory Worker Narrowly Avoids A Cauldron Of Molten Steel Spilling On Him

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Factory Worker Narrowly Avoids A Cauldron Of Molten Steel Spilling On Him

stochastically: Word of the day for February 24, 2018

stochastically , adv : In a stochastic manner; by means of a process involving a randomly determined sequence of events.

Factory Worker Narrowly Avoids A Cauldron Of Molten Steel Spilling On Him

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Factory Worker Narrowly Avoids A Cauldron Of Molten Steel Spilling On Him If this steel worker had stayed where he was for 10 seconds longer, he would have been right in the splash zone when this molten steel spilled. February 23, 2018 at 05:20PM

Teachers on Guns in Classrooms - What Teachers Think About President Trump's Idea to Arm Them

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Teachers on Guns in Classrooms - What Teachers Think About President Trump's Idea to Arm Them President Trump thinks arming educators will make students safer. We asked teachers if they agree.

Teachers on Guns in Classrooms - What Teachers Think About President Trump's Idea to Arm Them

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Teachers on Guns in Classrooms - What Teachers Think About President Trump's Idea to Arm Them

stochastically: Word of the day for February 24, 2018

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Word of the day is stochastically : In a stochastic manner; by means of a process involving a randomly determined sequence of events.

Article of the day for February 24, 2018

The Article of the day for February 24, 2018 is Pyxis . Pyxis is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky. The name comes from Pyxis Nautica, Latin for a mariner's compass (as opposed to a draftsman's compass, represented by the constellation Circinus). Introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the 18th century, Pyxis is counted among the 88 modern constellations. In the 19th century, astronomer John Herschel suggested renaming Pyxis to Malus, the mast, since it appears near the old constellation of the ship Argo Navis, but the suggestion was not followed. Pyxis is completely visible from latitudes south of 53 degrees north, with its best evening-sky visibility in February and March. The plane of the Milky Way passes through it. Its three brightest stars—Alpha, Beta and Gamma Pyxidis—are in a rough line; the brightest of these is Alpha (magnitude 3.68), a blue-white star around 22,000 times as luminous as the Sun. Near Alpha is T Pyxidis, a recurrent nova that has ...