Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken are scheduled to launch on the first manned SpaceX mission to the International Space Station at 4:33 pm on Wednesday. It will be the first manned liftoff from … [Read more...] about SpaceX Launch: Watch Today’s Historic Manned Mission Blast Off to the ISS LIVE
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Scientists Discover Smallest Dinosaur Ever Recorded
A group of international scientists has announced evidence of the smallest dinosaur ever recorded. NHMLAC reports: "The tiny bird was found preserved in Burmese amber from Myanmar, trapped around … [Read more...] about Scientists Discover Smallest Dinosaur Ever Recorded
Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy May Have a Friend
An artist’s conception of two black holes entwined in a gravitational tango. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Christopher Go Smadar Naoz, University of California, Los Angeles Do … [Read more...] about Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of our Galaxy May Have a Friend
New Evidence That an Extraterrestrial Collision 12,800 Years Ago Triggered an Abrupt Climate Change for Earth
The muck that’s been accumulating at the bottom of this lake for 20,000 years is like a climate time capsule. Christopher R. Moore, CC BY-ND What kicked off the Earth’s rapid cooling 12,800 years … [Read more...] about New Evidence That an Extraterrestrial Collision 12,800 Years Ago Triggered an Abrupt Climate Change for Earth
An Origin Story for the Queer Community
Image by Pam Simon from Pixabay I came out to a Christian counselor during a therapy session in 2001 when I was 14. He convinced me to engage in conversion therapy, a pseudoscientific practice to … [Read more...] about An Origin Story for the Queer Community
Trump Denies Wanting to Nuke Hurricanes
Donald Trump on Monday morning said that a report in Axios that he suggested dropping nuclear bombs into hurricanes in order to stop them from hitting the U.S. is false. The report quoted sources who … [Read more...] about Trump Denies Wanting to Nuke Hurricanes
Commercial Supersonic Aircraft Could Return to the Skies
Don’t call it a comeback. Aero Icarus/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Flying faster than the speed of sound still sounds futuristic for regular people, more than 15 years after the last … [Read more...] about Commercial Supersonic Aircraft Could Return to the Skies
Storm Chaser Proposes to Boyfriend Alongside Kansas Tornado
Joey Krastel, a meteorologist and risk analyst for the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, proposed to his boyfriend Chris Scott in Kansas as a tornado loomed in the distance. The photo of the … [Read more...] about Storm Chaser Proposes to Boyfriend Alongside Kansas Tornado
‘The Big Bang Theory’ Finale: Sheldon and Amy’s Fictional Physics Parallels Real Science
The cast made it through 279 episodes. CBS After 12 successful seasons, “The Big Bang Theory” has finally come to a fulfilling end, concluding its reign as the longest running multicamera sitcom on … [Read more...] about ‘The Big Bang Theory’ Finale: Sheldon and Amy’s Fictional Physics Parallels Real Science
Why the Great Plains Has Such Epic Weather
Blizzard conditions cover the Central and Northern Plains on March 13, 2019. NASA Earth Observatory From 78 degrees on Tuesday to snow on Wednesday? Swings like this aren’t unusual in the … [Read more...] about Why the Great Plains Has Such Epic Weather
