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Pioneer 10 launched to Jupiter
Artist’s impression of Pioneer 10 during its encounter with Jupiter

Pioneer 10 launched to Jupiter

Pioneer 10, the world’s first outer-planetary probe, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet. In December 1...

 Mar. 22
Teachers brave digital classrooms as coronavirus closes schools
Leanne Francis, first grade teacher at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy, conducts an online class from her living room on March 20, 2020 in San Francisco, California. With schools closed across the United States due to the COVID19 pandemic, teachers are holding some classes for students online.

Teachers brave digital classrooms as coronavirus closes schools

Limiting screen time and telling students to hush are things of the past now that coronavirus has many teachers swapping whiteboards for laptops. Ten days after transitioning online, French and Spanish teacher Constance Du Bois says the current situation has “nothing to do ...

 Mar. 21

Equal Rights Amendment passed by Congress

Equal Rights Amendment passed by Congress On March 22, 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment is passed by the US Senate and sent to the states for ratification.First proposed by the National Woman’s political party in 192...

Mar. 21

Naukadubi

Naukadubi BirdyBengali writers fascinate me, as I have mentioned before, and Rabindranath Tagore, is nothing less. Based on a friend’s recommendation I read his book ‘The Wreck o...

Mar. 21