The first American to orbit the Earth has died. John Glenn was the last surviving member of the original Mercury astronauts. He would later have a long political career as a U.S. senator, but that didn’t stop his pioneering ways. Glenn made history a second time in 1998, when he flew aboard the shuttle…
After a decade of lost wealth, where will you go from here? In the popular Back to the Future movies, Marty McFly goes back in time, accidentally gets his mother to fall in love with him, and has to work with his future friend, Dr. Emmett Brown, to make things aright. If he doesn’t…
I’ve been thinking a lot about “settling” and just letting yourself succumb to a life of mediocrity. What does that mean exactly? I think It means different things for different people. What I will say is that mediocrity is crowded.. but when you rise up to excellence you’ll find there is a lot of…
Parts of the US state of Hawaii have received a winter weather warning, with up to three feet (90cm) of snow over the past few days. Weather experts say that it is not unusual for snow to fall in tropical Hawaii, but rarely has it fallen so heavily at such low altitudes. The snow…
This haunting footage shows football players and other passengers inside a doomed jet moments before it crashed in Colombia leaving dozens feared dead. Two players for the Brazilian side Chapecoense can be seen smiling for the Instagram selfie video. Defender Alan Ruschel and goalkeeper Danilo Padilha look happy and relaxed as they proudly announce…