February 2016 – BTW – Stuff You Should Know

University student using digital tablet in lounge. Robert Daly/Glow Images. MHE World.

Stuff YOU Should Know

February 28, 2016 btwuser 0

Obama Plans Trip to Cuba At the end of 2014, btw brought you news of President Obama’s announcement of a foreign policy shift regarding Cuba. […]

YOU DECIDE: Should Apple Assist the FBI’s Investigation?

February 24, 2016 btwuser 0

Last year, btw brought you news of a shooting that took place in San Bernardino by married couple, Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook. As […]

Sea bream en papillote. lynx/iconotec.com/Glow Images. MHE World.

Stuff YOU Should Know

February 19, 2016 btwuser 0

Eurozone Update This time last year, btw brought you a story regarding the European Debt Crisis. One of the biggest threats to the European Union […]

America gains a famous citizen / photo by Al. Aumuller. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-05649. MHE World.

Gravitational Wave Discovery: 100 Years in the Making

February 17, 2016 btwuser 0

Perhaps you’ve heard news about the discovery of “gravitational waves?” About how a team of scientists discovered the sound of two black holes colliding a billion […]

Full-length view of rows of solar mirror panels in a field harnessing the sun's rays to provide renewable alternative green energy. © (c)Darren Baker/Alamy. MHE World.

Stuff YOU Should Know

February 12, 2016 btwuser 0

Reforms in Ferguson It’s been nearly eighteen months since the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown sparked nationwide controversy over issues of race relations and […]

Three members of a racially mixed group of college student "freedom riders" catch a nap on May 20, 1961 in the Birmingham bus station after they were thwarted several times in attempts to board busses to Montgomery. Left to right are Susan Hermann, Etta Simpson and Frederick Leonard. All attend college in Nashville, Tenn. © Horace Cort/AP Images. http://www.apimages.com/Search?query=6105200114&ss=10&st=kw&entitysearch=&toItem=18&orderBy=Oldest

Black History is American History

February 11, 2016 btwuser 0

For the first time in history, more than half of children born in America (according to the 2012 US Census Bureau) are minorities. As the […]

This was one of three images, (PHIL# 9135 - 9137), depicting an attempt by a toy manufacturer to produce a toy character which displayed characteristics that emulated those of a mobility-challenged person who was a wheelchair user. This disabled character was portrayed in the manner that echoed the style of the rest of their toy line. In doing so, the manufacturer tried to, in a sense, mainstream the knowledge of what is faced by the disabled in the real world through play, and therefore, was as educational, as it was entertaining to the childhood end user demographic group. PHIL image 9137, showed Ron Mace looking through a door in the playhouse. © Center for Universal Design/CDC. MHE World.

Stuff YOU Should Know

February 4, 2016 btwuser 0

Standoff in Oregon Ends Last month, btw brought you news of the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon by a group protesting […]

The NASA family lost seven of its own on the morning of Jan. 28, 1986, when a booster engine failed, causing the Shuttle Challenger to break apart just 73 seconds after launch. In this photo from Jan. 9, 1986, the Challenger crew takes a break during countdown training at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. © NASA. MHE World.

Remembering the Space Shuttle Challenger

February 3, 2016 btwuser 0

On January 28, 1986, NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, killing all seven who were on-board, including the first civilian into space. Amid the wave of […]

Cheerful Indian Teenager Boy Student with Mathematics Problems. ©Vikram Raghuvanshi /iStockphoto.com. MHE Canada;MHE USA

Stuff YOU Should Know

February 1, 2016 btwuser 0

Jonas Hits East Coast Fourteen states around the country got more than a foot of snow this month, with at least six states on the […]