Category : science

What’s next for commercial spaceflight? Passengers will soon get their turn

MOJAVE, Calif. — The first suborbital space passenger is less likely to be a billionaire like Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson or Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos, and more likely to be an as-yet-unnamed employee at one of their companies. That’s despite Br...

Let's Find Out How Much Power a 45-Year-Old, 40-Horsepower Soviet Car Makes Today

It's fun to find out how many of the factory claimed 40 horses your air-cooled 1973 ZAZ 968 has left after 45 years of hard survival.

More Than 300 Local Officials From 40 States Call For Green New Deal, End Of Fossil Fuels

In a little over a month, the so-called Green New Deal has won endorsements

China to halt added tariffs on U.S.-made cars in easing of trade tensions

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China will temporarily suspend additional 25 percent tariffs on U.S.-made vehicles and auto parts starting Jan. 1, 2019, the finance ministry said on Friday, following a truce in a trade war between the world's two lar...

Facebook's Latest Fail Allowed Unauthorized Access to the Photos of 6.8 Million Users

The company is ending the year like it started: with severe concerns about privacy.

The Benefits of Positive Thinking During Pregnancy Are Seriously Surprising

It might actually play a role in your baby's development.

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.

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