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
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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
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: A 300-Year-Old Cyclone Persists But is Shrinking
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/ Gerald Eichstädt /Seán Doran The Great Red Spot, a storm larger than the Earth and powerful enough to tear apart smaller storms that get drawn … [Read more...] about Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: A 300-Year-Old Cyclone Persists But is Shrinking
All Insects Will Vanish from Earth Within 100 Years if ‘Catastrophic’ Population Collapse Continues: STUDY
A new study published in the journal Biological Conservation described as "a comprehensive review of 73 historical reports of insect declines from across the globe" makes a grim prediction: "dramatic … [Read more...] about All Insects Will Vanish from Earth Within 100 Years if ‘Catastrophic’ Population Collapse Continues: STUDY
Half-Male, Half-Female Cardinal Goes Viral, Has a Male Lover
Pennsylvania birdwatcher Shirley Caldwell spotted something unusual in her backyard this winter, a cardinal that appeared to be half-male (vermilion), and half-female (taupe), which was confirmed by … [Read more...] about Half-Male, Half-Female Cardinal Goes Viral, Has a Male Lover
