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Driving and Cell Phones

January 3, 2024 Antarctica Journal

Chance that a U.S. automobile accident occurs when at least one of the drivers is texting or talking on a cell phone: 1 in 4

Facts & Trends

It’s a little bit less certain that the inner planets— Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars—will still be around to die that way. “There is a one percent chance the inner solar system will go dramatically unstable during the next five billion years,” says Laughlin. The problem is a weird long-distance connection between Jupiter and Mercury. When Jupiter’s closest approach to […]

News From Above

Deaths Caused By Traffic Accident

December 23, 2023 Antarctica Journal

Number of deaths in traffic accidents for every 100,000 vehicles on the road in developed nations: 11 In Ethiopia: 3,865

Facts & Trends

John Wayne Quote – Tomorrow

December 22, 2023 Antarctica Journal

“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.” – John Wayne

Poem – EVERGREEN TERRACE (By Joseph Cavera)

December 21, 2023 Antarctica Journal

EVERGREEN TERRACE (By Joseph Cavera) What is this, this dance of life While we slide and step around pain of strife The music slowly plays To dj for all of us the measure of our days I love the way these chords echo throughout me I haven’t sensed a sight of such a nature since then, It can […]

Poetry

Cartoon – It’s A Wonderfully Exciting Life

December 18, 2023 Antarctica Journal

Humor

Marcelene Cox Quote – Perfection From Children

December 15, 2023 Antarctica Journal

“It is a mystery why adults expect perfection from children. Few grown-ups can get through a whole day without making a mistake.” – Marcelene Cox

Poem – Living Outside the Box (By Mankh)

December 13, 2023 Antarctica Journal

Living Outside the Box – By Mankh The Empire likes to put people in boxes, from airy crib to nailed-tight casket and in-between in psychological boxes, wrapped identities with ornate bows but never bowing with humility, packages to be delivered, opened, liked, disliked, discarded, shelved for coffee table conversation starters scripted performances fearing surprises yet jack-in-the-box can provide pleasant giggles […]