Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid
A NASA spacecraft has rammed an asteroid in an unprecedented test to see if a potentially menacing space rock could be knocked off course. The galactic grand slam occurred at…
Sikh student detained on UNC campus for wearing kirpan, curved dagger central to faith
Officials at a North Carolina university are being criticized after an incident in which a Sikh student was detained for wearing a kirpan, a curved dagger carried by some Sikhs as part…
NASA’s DART spacecraft successfully crashes into asteroid in first planetary defense test
Mission complete. NASA successfully crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid Monday, marking a win for the agency’s plan for when a devastating asteroid should ever threaten humanity. The 1,260-pound Double Asteroid Redirection…
Construction of migrant tent shelter begins in NYC
Construction started Monday in a parking lot in the Bronx where New York City officials are planning planning to erect hangar-sized tents as temporary shelter for thousands of international migrants.…
Blinken: US giving $10M more in aid for Pakistan
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced $10 million in new aid for food security in Pakistan as record flooding continues to affect tens of millions of Pakistanis. (Sept. 26)…
‘Floridians up and down Gulf Coast’ warned as Hurricane Ian strengthens to Category 2
Hurricane Ian was rapidly intensifying Monday as the massive storm hurtled toward Cuba and Florida, prompting a swath of hurricane and storm surge warnings in Florida and the first evacuations along the…
Galactic grand slam 7 million miles away
A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. (Sept. 27)
Effort underway to preserve the Cantonese language
It’s a language spoken by more than 80 million people worldwide. But some are concerned that Cantonese is at risk, thanks in part to the Chinese govenment push for wider…
NASA’s DART Spacecraft Successfully Smacks a Space Rock—Now What?
An asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs; now Earthlings are fighting back. The sight of saurian fossils in most any science museum is a potent reminder that asteroids can threaten Earth…
How Squishy Math Is Revealing Doughnuts in the Brain
Benjamin Adric Dunn, a data scientist at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, shows me a picture of unevenly spaced dots arranged vaguely like the rocks at Stonehenge. The…