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The Easiest Way to Measure the Slope of a Roof

A carpenter’s square (L-shaped) is probably the simplest tool to measure roof slope, which is also referred to as the roof’s “pitch”. Hold the square against the sloping roofline with the short arm ...

American becomes the first to ski down Everest’s most challenging route

After years of planning, the mountaineer Jim Morrison successfully descended the narrow Hornbein Couloir—notching an ...
Scientific American

The Slippery Slope of Ethical Collapse—And How Courage Can Reverse It

Brain and psychology researchers are delving into how slides down the moral slope begin and what keeps them going. Initially ...

In reading, the nation's students are still stuck in a pandemic slump

New 2025 testing data shows third- through eighth-graders scored far below 2019 levels in reading. In math, some grades have ...

The real height at which a hill becomes a mountain, according to data

We found a dataset that allows us to measure what separates a hill from a mountain, and maybe even see if it changes as you ...
Lovin MaltaOpinion

How We Broke The Internet And Called It Engagement

Modern life runs hot. Everyone’s doing too much, sleeping too little, and scrolling through the gaps. The workday never ends; ...