The Army's new paternity leave policy gives fathers additional time to be with their Families when a child is born. The policy, signed into law under President George W. Bush on Oct. 14, 2008 grants married Soldiers up to 10 consecutive days of non-chargeable administrative leave after the birth of a child.
Adult fireflies have a special light-producing tissue inside the abdomen covered by a very thin, translucent exoskeleton; this allows the internally produced light to shine through. The world is full of questions we all want answers to but are either too embarrassed, time-crunched or intimidated to actually ask.
The reaction that makes fireflies luminescent has been understood for along time. How they switch themselves on and off, though, is a fairly recent discovery. Find out how fireflies light up, and how they blink off. Advertisement. Any time you are down on your romantic luck, sitting home depressed on a Friday night in summer and wondering who is more pathetic than you, just look out at the twinkling of the fireflies.