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Quote of the day by Jackie Chan (AP photo) Every generation looks up to role models. Students admire great teachers, athletes dream of becoming sporting legends, and young professionals often aspire to follow the paths of industry leaders. While inspiration is genuinely valuable, constantly trying to become someone else can prevent people from ever discovering…

Jackie Chan is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, and martial artist known worldwide for performing his own dangerous stunts and blending action with comedy While filming the 1983 martial arts comedy Project A, a stunt performer stood at the edge of a clock tower, looking down at a drop of more than 15 metres. Below…

The Odyssey is an ancient Greek epic by Homer that follows the long and difficult journey of hero Odysseus as he struggles to return home after the Trojan War Consider an investor who ignores obvious warning signs, loses a fortune on risky cryptocurrency investments, and then blames the global financial system. Or a company executive…

Napoleon Bonaparte (Image: Wikipedia) Success often gets pictured as quick decisions and instant reaction, striking the moment an opportunity appears. Napoleon Bonaparte understood something quieter than that. “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake,” the line widely credited to him goes. Rather than rushing to intervene the moment things start going wrong…

Shihmen Reservoir releasing sediment through the power plant discharge outlet. Image Credit: Peellden The accumulation of sediment in reservoirs across the American West represents a significant challenge for water resource management. Since the early 20th century, thousands of dams have been constructed to provide essential services, including hydro-electric power, irrigation for agriculture, and reliable municipal…

Snakes aren’t simple tubes. Their bodies have five regions—including a short neck By measuring every vertebra along the bodies of 13 native Australian snakes, evolutionary biologists have discovered that a snake’s spine is much more organized than previously believed. Instead of being one long, uniform structure, it contains five distinct anatomical regions, including a surprisingly…

Georgia officials trap 866 invasive yellow-legged hornets, eradicate 44 nests this year State agriculture teams in Georgia have trapped at least 866 invasive yellow-legged hornets and destroyed 44 active nests so far this year, according to official data released by the Georgia Department of Agriculture.The figures, listed on the state’s public yellow-legged hornet eradication dashboard,…

Jaswinder Singh/Image: North Wales Police An Indian-origin man has been convicted alongside four others following a major child sexual exploitation and human trafficking investigation in Wales, with a UK court finding the group guilty of more than 40 offences involving three teenage girls.Jaswinder Singh, 61, was convicted at Caernarfon Crown Court of two counts of…

Bassist Flea, aka Michael Balzary, the founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, has become a serial real estate player, and he has listed his ‘extraordinary’ Malibu estate back on the market for a whopping $7.99 million.Flea, 63, bought the estate in the 24/7 guarded gates of Malibu Colony, one of California’s most exclusive…

Scientists have transformed a simple fragment of a cicada’s wing into an optical platform capable of detecting molecular signals By coating a cicada wing with an extremely thin layer of silver, researchers in Taiwan have created a highly sensitive optical sensor that can boost very weak molecular signals by tens of millions of times.The findings,…