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NASA’s first-ever Spanish language broadcast for a planetary landing By Amanda McGowan © NASA via AP This Feb. 18, 2021, photo provided by NASA shows the Perseverance rover lowered toward the surface of Mars during its powered descent. The presentation of the mission was also notable: It was accompanied by NASA’s first-ever Spanish language broadcast for a planetary landing. The show was called “My whole driver for all of this was — and is — to continue to take science to everybody in their own languages.” “My whole driver for all of this was — and is — t...

Illustrative: View of the Palestinian village Burin, near the Jewish settlement of Har Bracha (Flash90) The political arm of the Masorti Movement warned Monday against a proposal under review by the Jewish National Fund on the possibility of moving to purchase Palestinian lands in the West Bank for settlement expansion purposes. “The proposed framework will damage [JNF] legitimacy in Israel and among Jews around the world and may even endanger its very existence,” said a statement from the Conservative Jewish organization, calling to adhere to “the principle of Zionist consensus — rec...

Photo credit: Amazon/NBBJ Amazon unveiled its plans for its newest headquarters in Arlington—a sustainable, greenery-infused campus called PenPlace. Designed by the architecture firm NBBJ, the site will include a tower inspired by the natural world, an amphitheater with open green space, and a large community gathering area. The urban tower will feature two walkable paths of terrain on the outside of the building, an artist-in-residence program, and landscaped gardens, according to the company’s press release. It’s the sort of place destined to become a landmark, putting Amazon’s new...

Hetty Green: Witch Of Wall Street Or Feminine Finance Icon? Hetty single-handedly accumulated somewhere between $100 to $200 million—or $2 to $5 billion today. SHARE ON: Photos courtesy of Library of Congress A woman of both surly demeanor and stock market savvy, Hetty Green rose to the top of the male-dominated world of finance to amass a fortune worth as much as $3.8 billion today, making her the wealthiest woman of the Gilded Age. Hetty’s staunch frugality and questionable hygiene inspired the nickname “Witch of Wall Street.” Still, many others were inspired by her fierce ind...