Articles relating to America. A byname of the United States
Pandora (minor planet designation: 55 Pandora) is a fairly large and very bright asteroid in the asteroid belt. Pandora was discovered by American astronomer and Catholic priest George Mary Searle on September 10, 1858, from the Dudley Observatory near Albany, NY. It was his first and only asteroid discovery.
A city in Candler County, United States Metter is a city in Candler County, located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. The city serves as the county seat and principal population center of Candler County. Known locally for its optimistic civic motto, “Everything’s Better in Metter,” the community developed historically as
Jerome Allen Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld, which he created and wrote with Larry David. The show aired on NBC from 1989 until 1998, becoming one of the most acclaimed and
A major technology industry takeover reshaping social media ownership and governance The Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk refers to the 2022 leveraged buyout of the social media platform Twitter, Inc. by entrepreneur Elon Musk. The transaction, valued at approximately $44 billion, resulted in Twitter becoming a privately held company controlled by Musk. The acquisition
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Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American woman, was fatally shot in her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment on March 13, 2020. At least seven police officers forced entry into the apartment as part of an investigation into drug dealing operations. Videos Explanation Interview
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Little Women is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888). Public domain book.
The Flexner Report is a book-length landmark report of medical education in the United States and Canada, written by Abraham Flexner and published in 1910 under the aegis of the Carnegie Foundation. Many aspects of the present-day American medical profession stem from the Flexner Report and its aftermath. The Report called on American medical schools
Dune is a 1965 science fiction book by American author Frank Herbert that was first published as two independent serials in Analog magazine. It shared the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1966 with Roger Zelazny’s This Immortal, and it won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel. It is the first episode in the
SpaceX, formally Space Exploration Technologies Corp., is an American aerospace manufacturer, launch service provider, and satellite communications company founded in 2002 by Elon Musk. The company is headquartered in Hawthorne, California, and has become one of the most influential private organizations in the global space industry. SpaceX’s central objective is to reduce the cost of
American-Seychellois swimmer. She competed in the Women’s 100m backstroke at the 2016 Summer Olympics.