There’s a bit of sad news in the space world today; China’s lunar rover, affectionately named Jade Rabbit, bit the dust.
Jade Rabbit, known as Yutu in Chinese, was a milestone in China’s space program. The rover landed on the moon late last year and observed and explored the surface remotely. A malfunction last month, however, caused the rover to stop working.
The Chevrolet Corvette has been an American icon since it was first unveiled in 1953 and has also become a very powerful status symbol among American drivers as well. With the popularity of the Corvette, a museum has been dedicated to the iconic muscle car in Bowling Green, Kentucky. If you are a die-hard Chevrolet Corvette fan, I do apologize for the news that I am about to bring you.
Matt Lauer will fill in for Bob Costas again tonight. It seems Costas can’t beat his eye infection in Sochi. This will mark the second night in a row that Lauer will fill in for the NBC anchor.
The veteran NBC sportscaster phoned in to the Today show to give an update about his current eye condition and to tell Lauer he needs to “come out of the bullpen again tonight.”
“Actually, I don’t feel that bad,” Costas said.
Soleil Moon Frye, known to most of America as “Punky Brewster,” welcomed her third child with her husband, Jason, on Monday.
Lyric Sonny Roads Goldberg joins two older sisters, 5-year-old Jagger Joseph Blue Goldberg, and 8-year-old Poet Sienna Rose Goldberg.
LeBron James of course knows that there is no Mount Rushmore of the NBA. However, if there was, the Miami Heat superstar thinks that his face should eventually be carved into it. A clip from an interview with NBA TV’s Steve Smith asking King James who his personal Mount Rushmore was leaked online. James told Smith that the easy three would be: Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Michael Jordan.
On Wednesday, a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck one of China’s most abundant northwestern regions of natural resources.
The Xinjiang region endured several tremors within a two-hour timespan. Twenty of them were recorded as a series of aftershock.
The earthquake mainly occurred in southeast Hotan, a county-level city known for its terrestrial mountains.
Rand Paul has taken a bold step against the NSA’s collection of “metadata” from U.S. citizens. He announced today that he has filed a historic lawsuit against the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, NSA Director Keith Alexander, FBI Director James Comey, and Barack Obama himself, according to Fox News.
Khaleesi, the Mother of Dragons, has officially taken over Katniss Everdeen. The results were published on Tuesday for AskMen’s 13th edition of its annual 99 Most Desirable Woman in the World List. Game of Thrones British beauty Emilia Clarke, 26, took the top spot away from last year’s number one hottie, Jennifer Lawrence, who finished in the fourth spot this year.
Google has seen the popularity of Chromebooks increase, but one of the biggest knocks against them is always the lack of desktop app support. That changes now to some extent.
Google announced today that it has partnered with VMWare to bring traditional Windows apps and desktops to Chromebooks.
Johnny Depp has shown us over the years that he has a dark side; he has chosen roles that veer towards the gothic, the creepy, the downright weird. And while he clearly has a gift for comedy, he certainly knows how to pull at our heartstrings with his big dark eyes and the inherent ability to make us sympathize with him.
