Whether anything ever lived on Mars is unknown. And the present environment, with harsh temperatures, intense radiation, and a sparse atmosphere, isn’t exactly propitious for life. Despite the red planet’s brutality, lichens that inhabit some of the harshest environments on Earth could possibly survive there. Lichens are symbionts, or two organisms that are in a … Read more
Paris Saint-Germain’s Argentine midfielder Javier Pastore (R) challenges Evian TG’s Ghanaian defender Jonathan Mensah (L) during the French L1 football match between Evian Thonon Gaillard and PSG at the Parc des Sports stadium in Annecy, southern France, on August 22, 2014. JEFF PACHOUD / AFP Paris Saint-Germain survived a second half onslaught to beat Aston … Read more
The first year after purchasing a house is the most dangerous and potentially challenging period. This is particularly true for first-time homebuyers who likely stretched their finances to achieve a 10 percent or greater down payment, leaving their liquidity quite thin. Once you’ve secured the house, you are inevitably confronted with unknowns that only become … Read more
Last Thursday the S&P 500 finished the day down 4.8%. Then on Friday it declined another 6%. That’s a loss of more than 10% in just two days. The -10.5% loss was the fifth worse two-day stretch for the stock market since 1950. The other times this happened occurred in 1987, 2008 and 2020, some … Read more
With fears of a recession rising again largely thanks to the Trump administration’s aggressive policy measures—tariffs, spending cuts, aggressive layoffs, and an increasingly combative trade stance—it’s time to awaken the vulture investor within. Both Main Street and Wall Street are at risk of losing a lot of money now. I don’t particularly enjoy the idea … Read more