If Your iPhone Calls for Help, Don’t Hang Up
If you’re on the line, stay on the line! That is: Stay on your iPhone call with emergency services if Apple’s crash detection feature unnecessarily calls for help on your…
Satellite Collisions Are a Mounting Threat. Updated ‘Rules of the Road’ Could Help
Orbit is increasingly becoming a busy highway, with more companies launching hoards of satellites above our skies. With all those spacecraft cruising in Earth orbit, a group of industry representatives…
California Officials Find Some of the Deepest Snowpack Ever After a Stormy Winter
After an unexpectedly wet winter marked by consecutive storms in California, the state’s snowpack is now one of the highest that officials have ever documented. Mississippi’s Water Crisis | Extreme…
You Cookie Dough Freaks Just Never Learn
Stop it. Seriously, just don’t do it. Step away from the mixing bowl with your hands up. Put the wooden spoon on the counter—no, do NOT lick it. If you’re…
Norfolk Southern Violated the Clean Water Act in East Palestine Disaster, DOJ Lawsuit Alleges
Norfolk Southern is facing more fallout over the February 3 derailment of one its trains in East Palestine, Ohio. That disastrous derailment, in which multiple tanker cars carrying hazardous chemicals…
The Hoverboards Are Still Exploding
Hoverboards were a staple of mid-2010’s Internet pop culture.Image: Fedorovacz (Shutterstock) The infamous two-wheeled motorized scooters colloquially known as “hoverboards” are still proving dangerous almost a decade after their peak.…
China Takes a Small Step Towards Improving Its Falling Rockets Problem
China is developing a parachute system to help control where its rocket boosters land instead of free-falling onto the ground near populated areas. Taking out the Trash (in Space) Off…
The EPA Is Investigating Itself Over Its East Palestine Disaster Response
The fallout from last month’s disastrous train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio is still unfolding. The Environmental Protection Agency continues to oversee clean-up efforts, is still struggling to find suitable…
What to Know About Philly’s Tap Water After Chemical Spill
Residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania are currently grappling with uncertainty and anxiety surrounding their tap water. On Friday night, more than 8,000 gallons of hazardous chemicals spilled into Otter Creek (also…
Will Boeing’s $4.3 Billion Starliner Ever Get Astronauts to Space?
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew ship approaching the ISS for the Orbital Flight Test-2 mission in May 2022.Photo: NASA We’ve waited a long time for Boeing’s first crewed test flight to…