How to run a half marathon in half the time
My Nike trainers – white Converse – from New Balance get weighed down by a pair of dirty trainers “The ideal shoes for a run are your bare feet, in the water and preferably…
3 hypersonic rockets with NASA satellites take off on Wallops Island
Three hypersonic rockets developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, blasted into the sky Saturday from Wallops Island, Virginia, in the latest effort to advance anti-missile defense, aerospace technology and other…
Puerto Rico rep on gun reform, economy
Puerto Rico Rep. John J. Garcia III says gun control legislation has stalled in Congress and needs to be revisited. Since the December 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, 19 other mass shootings have occurred…
Spanish actress’s campaign aims to empower girls
Written by Staff Writer, CNN Tatiana Calderon is a Spanish actor, model and creative director. In 2012, Calderon partnered with advertising agency JWT Spain to launch the “Beacon of Light, an extraordinary and crucial…
Food costs, gas prices and empty tables: the ripple effect of high gas prices
Among those affected by high gas prices: A move by Ritz-Carlton owners to close a West End restaurant, a hot dip in food sales at places with discounts, and the prospect of fewer restaurants….
Actor Alon Ozery, 50, ponders himself after Houdini
Alon Ozery, like most people, had envied his father and his grandmother for the emotional stability of their youth. “When my grandmother got home from work, she would sit down with her glass of…
Canadian law school grad says a smaller space is your best long-term financial investment
(We’ve followed Canada’s housing crisis closely and have written a good deal about how the situation fits in with the rest of the world.) When you are one of a generation of young people…
Astronauts Take Cans to Study Food in Space
NASA astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young used their space station spoons to pick up peppers in orbit on July 11. This marks the first time astronauts from outside of Earth have used their…
The relationship between Curiosity and the Smithsonian’s new Mars show
Written by By Rosie Knight, CNN NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity spent over 10 years exploring the red planet and providing researchers with a wealth of data. One of the most interesting specimens it…
Bruins Send Gonzaga to the Final Four
The lineups for the first weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament this weekend had no shortage of elite teams facing off in double-digit matchups. Gonzaga, against UCLA, was considered one of the best 1-2…