Daily Content Archive
(as of Saturday, February 18, 2017)| Word of the Day | |||||||
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disputant
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| Daily Grammar Lesson | |
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Past TenseThe past tense is used to describe or indicate an action that began in the past. There are four forms of the past tense that can accomplish these tasks. What are they? More... | |
| Article of the Day | |
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 Star ClustersA star cluster is a group of related stars usually held together by gravity. Globular clusters are densely packed groups of hundreds of thousands of very old stars. Open clusters are smaller, scattered groups of younger stars. Until recently, astronomers wrestled with a great cosmological mystery: according to theories of stellar evolution, it appeared that some globular clusters were actually older than the universe itself. How was this paradox resolved? More... | |
| This Day in History | |
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 The Age of Kali Yuga Begins (3102 BCE)In Hindu scripture, the age of Kali Yuga is the last of the four cyclic stages of the world and is currently ongoing. It is thought to have begun on the same day that Krishna left the Earth and is said to be marked by greed and murder. The scriptures predict that during Kali Yuga, unreasonable rulers will impose burdensome taxes and people will migrate to wheat-producing countries, become addicted to alcohol, and exhibit flexible morals. How long is the age expected to last? More... | |
| Today's Birthday | |
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 Helen Gurley Brown (1922)Propelled to fame by her 1962 bestseller Sex and the Single Girl, Brown became editor-in-chief of the struggling Cosmopolitan magazine. By directing the magazine toward single, young career women and by being an outspoken advocate of women's sexual freedom, she not only revived the publication but also played a part in the sexual revolution. By the end of her 32-year tenure with Cosmopolitan, the magazine ranked sixth at the newsstand but first in what other kind of store? More... | |
| Quotation of the Day | |
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 I never reasoned on what I should do, but what I had done; as if my Reason had her eyes behind, and could only see backwards.Henry Fielding (1707-1754) | |
| Idiom of the Day | |
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lower the bar— To lower the standards of quality that are expected of or required for something. More... | |
| Today's Holiday | |
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 Nepal Democracy Day (2018)Also known as Rashtriya Prajatantra Divas, this holiday commemorates the introduction of a democratic system of government in Nepal, which had been ruled by the Rana family since the mid-19th century. Two other national holidays in Nepal are Unity Day, January 11—celebrating the unification of the various principalities into one country more than 200 years ago—and Constitution Day, November 8—observing the adoption of a new Nepalese constitution in 1990. More... | |
| Word Trivia | |
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Today's topic: splashjaup, jawp - A jaup or jawp is the splash of liquid against a surface or the sound made by liquid sloshing around in a container. More... jabble - Turbulence on the surface of water; to jabble is "to splash or splatter." More... spritzer - From German, meaning "splash." More... swab - As in "mop the decks," it is a back-formation from swabber, "sailor who mops the decks," from a Germanic base meaning "splash." More... | |
| In the News | |
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Where Is Zealandia? Geologists Say They Have Discovered Eighth ContinentYou know the seven continents. Meet the eighth. A new study published in the March/April 2017 issue of The Geological Society of America’s Journal argues that a mostly submerged landmass in the southwest Pacific should be classified as a continent, pointing to ... More... | |