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Each time we gaze up at the night sky, we take for granted that it's a pitch-black void studded with twinkling stars.

This is called Olbers' Paradox, and though the idea was posed in the 1500s, it still remains somewhat controversial.

It asks the question: If the universe is essentially infinite and ageless, why don't we see a uniform field of stars — and a blindingly bright sky instead of a dark one?

Modern explanations suggest the universe is finite, has an age... Читать дальше...

Robert Sillerman stepped down as CEO of SFX Entertainment in February, but the story between them continues. Sillerman has taken legal action against...

Hillary Clinton at the first at the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.

NEW YORK (AP) — Bank stocks were shaken Thursday after a steep drop in China's exports made investors worry again about the health of the world's second-largest economy. U.S. stocks gradually recovered most of their losses as safer investments like…

NEW YORK (AP) — Bank stocks were shaken Thursday after a steep drop in China's exports made investors worry again about the health of the world's second-largest economy. U.S. stocks gradually recovered most of their losses as safer investments like…

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Netflix’s key to finding international success might lie in moving beyond the English language.

In January, Netflix launched in over 130 new countries on the same day, bringing it to every major market except China. But there was a problem. Many of the new countries had a Netflix catalog that wasn’t that useful to a big chunk of their citizens.

Why?

Analysts from UBS broke it down in a recent note: “The [Netflix] content and website/app was... Читать дальше...

Trailer Load Control by FieldandStream

Towing cargo begins with properly strapping down your load. Ensure your cargo is secure, controlled and that you know your trailer’s weight load capacity and tire ratings. Watch this video for tips and tricks for trailer load control and strapping down your cargo.

This might just be the Throwback Thursday to end all Throwback Thursday's. Bethenny Frankel graced social media with a classically retro snapshot from her beauty queen days, and...

Aritzia’s recent IPO success gives bankers confidence to launch more deals

As of midweek, La Crosse County still hadn’t heard from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources about officials’ concerns about lack of water pollution enforcement -- more than three months after requesting action through a county board-approved resolution.

‘We started maybe a little bit behind but I’m pretty sure we’re going to be able to catch up now,’ Alain Bellemare said in an interview

The deployment adds another wrinkle to the increasingly complex situation in Yemen.

What’s become the darkest chapter in the history of reality television is now being fueled by revelations from the most unlikely of sources.

On Thursday, former major league pitcher Curt Schilling announced to his 165,000 Twitter followers that he was planning on joining Fox Business for some political conversation at 2:00 p.m. ET.

Bidding wars seem to be a thing of the past and even huge selling prices aren’t as high as they once were

A Hillary Clinton presidency and a Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate would lead the country toward becoming the clean energy leader of the world, while providing greater financial benefits for college students and ...

Having announced his international retirement plans, the Catalan defender remains intent on one day taking over in the boardroom of Camp Nou

"Highway 61 Revisited" and "Bringing It All Back Home" were not only great records, but they were the first time I can remember being exposed to a truthful vision of the place I lived. — An ill-conceived nostalgia award wrenched from the rancid prostates of senile, gibbering hippies — "Trainspotting" novelist Irvine Welsh. The frontiers of literature keep widening, and it's exciting that the Nobel prize recognises that. Asked about Nobel for Dylan: inspired & original choice. his haunting music & lyrics have always seemed... Читать дальше...

Connecting Your Trailer by FieldandStream

Trailer boating starts with hitching your trailer to your tow vehicle. Traditionally hitching a trailer is a two person job – one person operating the truck and the other guiding the driver with hand signals to the proper alignment. Watch the video to learn the best and easiest ways to get your trailer hitched and ready to tow.

Last month’s launch of iOS 10 brought with it a stockpile of new incentives for anyone who frequents the iMessage app (so... everyone...

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At about 6 p.m. local time on Wednesday in the Bab-al-Mandab Strait between Yemen and Eritrea, the USS Mason, a guided missile destroyer, detected an incoming missile. 

The ship's Aegis Combat System, an advanced radar and fire control system spotted the thread as it zoomed towards the ship. 

“You have about 90 seconds from saying ‘yes, that’s a missile” to launching an interceptor missile, one US official told Stars and Stripes. 

And that's exactly what the commanding officer of the Mason did. Читать дальше...

NEW YORK — Grammy-winning R&B singer Anthony Hamilton has sung the national anthem in the past. Don’t ask him to sing it in the near future. Hamilton’s frustration with “The Star-Spangled Banner” is shared by some other black Americans, who feel like the tune sung before major U.S. events is not the best representation of

SAN FRANCISCO — Larry Baer left the ballpark in the sixth inning, and he remembers the exact moment because of the Kiss Cam on the scoreboard. The Giants CEO needed to get to Yom Kippur services at his synagogue by sundown Tuesday night, and San Francisco led the Cubs 5-2 at that point. He listened