Category : science

This Weekend, 1.8 Million Wreaths Will Be Laid to Honor U.S. Veterans

The foundation Wreaths Across America will coordinate wreath-laying ceremonies at 1,640 locations across the United States, at sea and abroad. You can still contribute.

Exploding Stars Might Have Brought an End to the Prehistoric Megalodon

A supernova can really mess you up when you're a giant shark.

NASA probe speeds through the sun's atmosphere, captures scorching photo of Mercury

NASA's Parker Solar Probe recently dove deeper into the sun's atmosphere than any spacecraft before. And it has the photos to prove it. Launched four months ago, the heavily-shielded probe — an exploration craft that will swoop progressive...

AIDSfree: Rapper Vic Mensa compares HIV rates for gay black men to 'epidemic' of gun violence: 'This wouldn't fly in Manhattan'

In his home city of Chicago, rapper Vic Mensa has launched projects to train medics responding to gun violence in some the nation’s deadliest neighbourhoods, and a summer education camp to help indigenous and black youth. When the 25-year-old came t...

You Need a Coffeemaker That's Tough Enough to Survive in the Garage

Don't put a breakable glass carafe around power tools and lumber. Get this instead.

Mention of 'fossil fuels' cut from videos at UN climate talks

Videos produced by environmental groups to be shown to thousands of participants in a major UN climate summit were banned by organisers for mentioning fossil fuels, in a move campaigners say amounts to censorship. AFP has obtained emails sent by the...

Vapers inhale lower levels of toxins than smokers

Compared to nonsmokers, vapers had more biomarkers of toxic chemicals in their urine - but they had lower levels than smokers of traditional cigarettes, said study leader Maciej Goniewicz of the Roswell Park Cancer Center. "For smokers trying to qui...

As the Climate Changes, Avoid Green Energy Bets

The first thing investors should do in reaction to the global warming issue is not panic. Steven Koonin, a theoretical physicist who served as undersecretary of energy and science in the Obama administration, points out that the fourth National Clim...

The Navy's Killer Railgun: Is It Happening or Not?

This is what we know.

What can homeowners in high-risk areas do if they're struggling to obtain, keep wildfire insurance coverage?

Homeowners in wildfire-prone areas could potentially find themselves struggling to get insurers to cover them.

Why You Should Never Sleep In A Room Above 70 Degrees

Sweaty much?

Air Hockey-Playing Robot Shows How Huawei Haunts T-Mobile’s Sprint Deal

The presentation also illustrated the close ties between the companies that are emerging as an issue in T-Mobile US Inc.’s proposed purchase of SoftBank’s Sprint Corp. SoftBank’s network relies on Huawei technology. Critics of the deal say the arres...

I Was Diagnosed with an Aggressive Blood Cancer During My Honeymoon

The newlyweds' trip turned into a fight for his life, almost 7,000 miles from home.

Weekend storm to bring rain, fog and wintry mix to part of northeastern US

The northern edge of a storm with flooding rain in the southeastern United States will bring rain, fog, ice and a wintry mix to portions of the Northeast this weekend.

Scientists create bee vaccine to fight off 'insect apocalypse'

Scientists in Finland have developed what they believe is the world's first vaccine to protect bees against disease, raising hopes for tackling the drastic decline in insect numbers which could cause a global food crisis. UN-led research in 2016 fou...

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