September 2015 – BTW – Stuff You Should Know

U.S. Army Sergeant provides security during a patrol of the Riyadh village in Iraq March 8, 2007. The Sergeant is assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.Stocktrek Images/Getty Images."MHE Canada MHE USA".

The Struggle to Combat ISIS

September 28, 2015 btwuser 0

Last fall, btw brought you a story about President Obama’s address to the nation regarding a strategy to combat the Islamic State. A year later, […]

Full-length view of two confused pre-school age girls sitting side by side in a living room. Each girl is looking down and stratching her head while using a wireless computer device.© PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY by VISION / Alamy.World.

Stuff YOU Should Know

September 25, 2015 btwuser 0

Teaching Toddlers to Code? New York City mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced an overhaul of his city’s public school system. One of these initiatives […]

Magaliesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015. photographer/AP Images. Photographer: Themba Hadebe. Magaliesburg, South Africa

Meet Homo Naledi

September 21, 2015 btwuser 0

Earlier this month, paleoanthropologists in South Africa announced that they have discovered a new species of hominid. Hominid is the name of the biological family […]

Full-frame close-up of white eggs in a cardboard tray, one eggshell broken open and showing the yolk. Pixtal/AGE Fotostock. MHE World. Pixtal.

Stuff YOU Should Know

September 20, 2015 btwuser 0

Heads-up Displays: Safety Measure or Distraction? As technology continues to evolve at increasingly higher rates, especially in automobiles, safety advocates struggle to keep up. Many […]

Head and shoulders view of an Asian nurse filing medical charts. DreamPictures/Jensen Walker/Getty Images. Blend Images. single image purchase by SEG from Getty Images Oct-14 (PA4). MHE Canada MHE USA

Stuff YOU Should Know

September 14, 2015 btwuser 0

Texas Abortion Clinic Controversy Some forty years after the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling, legalized abortion continues to be a heated topic, In […]

Collage of many multi-ethnic people in the shape of a map of Europe and Asia against a white background. DreamPictures/Jensen Walker/Getty Images. Blend Images. single image purchase by SEG from Getty Images Oct-14 (PA4). MHE Canada MHE USA.

A Closer Look at the Syrian Refugee Crisis

September 11, 2015 btwuser 0

Thousands of people have died fleeing war-torn Syria since conflict intensified in 2011. But it was the haunting image of a lifeless, three-year-old boy washed […]

The peak of Denali, also known as Mount McKinley, remains snow covered even at the very end of the short warm season, Alaska, USA. Bob Gobeille/WeatherVideoHD.TV. "Vendor: WeatherVideoHD.TV Business Unit Rights: MHE World Distribution Rights: World Adaptation Rights: Yes

Stuff YOU Should Know

September 8, 2015 btwuser 0

Dead Sea Shrinking The Dead Sea is a unique and historic body of water that borders Palestine, Israel and Jordan in the Middle East. What […]

Hurricane Katrina - New Orleans flooding. Courtesy of NOAA. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "Business Unit Rights: MHE World Distribution Rights: World Adaptation Rights: Yes"

Remembering Hurricane Katrina Ten Years Later

September 4, 2015 btwuser 0

You’ve likely heard a number of tenth anniversary stories regarding Katrina, the hurricane that ravaged the Gulf Coast in 2005. Here is a story looking […]

Stacked up boats at bridge following Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Katrina Photo Essay

September 4, 2015 btwuser 0

Hurricane Katrina made a huge impact on the people of the Gulf Coast south. But its effects on the city of New Orleans has stayed […]