The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment resolves a question that was hotly contested before the Civil War by providing the basic rule regarding acquisition of citizenship of the United States. It also confers state citizenship on national citizens who reside in a state. The Congress shall have Power *…
“Could” is a modal verb used to express possibility or past ability as well as to make suggestions and requests. “Could” is also commonly used in conditional sentences as the conditional form of “can.” Examples: Extreme rain could cause the river to flood the city. Both ‘can’ and ‘ could’…
In an aggressive fight, giraffes throw punches with the force of their large necks and can stab each other with their ossicones — the small horn-like knobs on their heads. “You will see males with broken horns or with patches of bare skin on their bum, in the back, because…
One is the gases that are in the atmosphere. Both the atmosphere of Mars and that of Venus are mainly made of carbon dioxide. Neither planet’s atmosphere contains any amounts of oxygen to speak of, which means that right now, we wouldn’t be able to breathe on either planet. Then,…
The Stanford Prison Experiment is frequently cited as an example of unethical research. The experiment could not be replicated by researchers today because it fails to meet the standards established by numerous ethical codes, including the Ethics Code of the American Psychological Association. The Stanford Prison Experiment would not be…
During the Cold War, this plane could fly higher and faster than any other — and 55 years after its first flight, it still does. The Lockheed SR-71, designed in secrecy in the late 1950s, was able to cruise near the edge of space and outfly a missile. You’re going…
By Bruce Lee’s own admission, Muhammad Ali is one fighter that he thought he could never beat in a fight. Lee had great pride and confidence in the kung fu skills he had acquired over years and years of diligent training, but he apparently recognized that his fighting ability wasn’t…
Haydn was born in Austria in 1732. He died at age 77 in 1809. His parents were poor and could not afford music lessons. At age 6, Haydn went to live with his cousin who helped begin his music training. As a kid, Haydn was a choirboy at St. Stephen’s…
Nakano Takeko, another prominent female warrior, led a regiment of female warriors into the Battle of Aizu (1868) and took a bullet to the chest (to her chest armour, actually). The term samurai was originally used to denote Japan’s aristocratic warriors (bushi), but it came to apply to all the…
rex beats velociraptors. Armed with powerful jaws and sharp teeth, tyrannosaurs were built to kill. But they were also built for something else, researchers say: speed.rex beats velociraptors. Armed with powerful jaws and sharp teeth, tyrannosaurs were built to kill. But they were also built for something else, researchers say:…