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Dr. Rick L. Mask is a leadership strategy consultant, dean, adjunct professor and the author of "Social Capital 2.0." For over a decade Dr. Mask has been leading and developing teams through skills ...

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A view of the spiral galaxy NGC 3982, as seen by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Galaxies come in many different variations, but astronomers classify them into four main types: spiral, elliptical ...

Crypto mining is how new Bitcoin is created, but it’s far from simple. Here’s how it works, what it costs, and whether the risk is worth the reward.

Who votes for a pope? Only cardinals under the age of 80 are eligible to vote in a conclave. They are known as the cardinal electors, and their number is 135. According to the United States ...

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This surprising state has best average handicap index in the U.S. By: Kevin Cunningham It’s also important to note that your Handicap Index is not meant to predict what you will shoot in a given ...

Each year, during the astronomical shifts of Uttarayanam, sunlight is expected to illuminate the feet of Suryanarayana Swamy, symbolising a divine connection between the heavens and the earth.

A new bill proposes abolishing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Here's what OSHA does and why some want to stop it.