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Zika: A Closer Look

August 12, 2016 btwuser 0

A few years ago, after the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, btw brought you a story that gave you the basics of […]

Space shuttle Atlantis (foreground) sits on Launch Pad A and Endeavour on Launch Pad B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. At the left of each shuttle are the open rotating service structures with the payload changeout rooms revealed. The rotating service structures provide protection for weather and access to the shuttle. For the first time since July 2001; two shuttles are on the launch pads at the same time. Endeavour will stand by at pad B in the unlikely event that a rescue mission is necessary during Atlantis' upcoming STS-125 mission to repair NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Troy Cryder/NASA. MHE World

The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Space Coast

June 1, 2016 btwuser 0

In 2011, NASA retired its 30-year-old shuttle program when Atlantis returned from its mission, touching down at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. […]

man buys milk at the supermarket. Shutterstock/Korta. MHE World

Stuff YOU Should Know

March 18, 2016 btwuser 0

Fukushima: 5 Years Later On September 11, 2011, northeastern Japan was devastated by an earthquake and tsunami. It is considered one of the costliest natural […]

Stuff YOU Should Know

January 28, 2014 btwuser 0

The Sundance Film Festival This may be the time of year when Hollywood honors the best films of the previous year during the Academy Awards, […]