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...week, scientists in the area got one step closer to launching what could be the world's most advanced experiment in rainmaking - or, as it's known in weather circles, cloud seeding. It's the practice of injecting clouds with a foreign substance, usually silver iodide, salt or dry ice, to make the the cloud's water or ice particles bigger and yield more rain. The technique has been used in different parts of the world for more than 60 years, with varying success. But the improvement of weather technology - and an enduring human interest in trying to play with...
Although corporate shakeouts have contributed mightily to a new class of entrepreneurs, the data on start-up successes haven't changed much: only 1 in 5 new ventures is still around after five years. The hardy survivors often put their personal life on ice to stay afloat, thereby adding another irony. "A lot of people choose entrepreneurship because of the flexibility. But they end up spending more time working because the demands are so great," says Steven Preston, who heads the Small Business Administration...
...rolled down a dirt road on the outskirts of Baqubah. The roadside bomb we triggered went off directly under me. Luckily, it was relatively small, and the armor protected everyone inside from serious injury. But everyone was left in pain. The moment of the blast felt like ice picks plunging in both ears at once. A second later, thick whitish smoke filled the cab, and inhaling it instantly formed a throbbing headache comparable to my most vicious hangovers...
...official artists whose works bob up all around La Serenissima: in the dank Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, where Susan Norrie's videos of environmental dysfunction play; in the secret gardens of Palazzo Zenobio, where Callum Morton's recreation of his demolished childhood home gives off good-humored gusts of dry ice; and in the Giardini di Castello, where Daniel von Sturmer's video installations spill across the wave-like plywood plinth of the shed-like pavilion...
...Guys at the next level know the game a lot better and are smarter on the ice,” Maki said. “Understanding how the strategy and thinking plays out in your head was the biggest thing for me. I kind of took a look at the veterans and took their lead...