A way for corporations to contribute to political campaigns and preserve democracy at the same time. Corporations are currently not required to disclose their political spending in a comprehensive manner. ... Indeed, often directors of the company do not know how this money is allocated.
Nasa plans landing on 280,000mph asteroid travelling towards the Earth. Nasa is planning to land spacemen on an asteroid that is travelling at 28,000mph towards the earth, it emerged today. The rock, which was once considered the most dangerous object in the universe with the explosive power of 84 Hiroshimas, will narrowly miss our planet in 60 years' time.
How fast is Earth moving through space? To begin with, Earth is rotating on its axis at the familiar rate of one revolution per day. For those of us living at Earth's midlatitudes -- including the United States, Europe, and Japan -- the rate is almost a thousand miles an hour. The rate is higher at the equator and lower at the poles. In addition to this daily rotation, Earth orbits the Sun at an average speed of 67,000 mph, or 18.5 miles a second.