Taylor Swift’s Seattle Tour Stop Clocks in on Seismometers
Image: Kevin Winter (Getty Images) Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour is still making headlines, for better or for worse, but this past weekend, it wasn’t fans shaking with excitement, it…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Theatrical Movies, Ranked
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Trailer 2 Almost 30 years after debuting in animation, the Turtles were animated on the big screen for the first time, with mixed results. The…
NASA’s Voyager 2 Is Experiencing an Unplanned ‘Communications Pause’
A routine sequence of commands has triggered a 2-degree change in Voyager 2’s antenna orientation, preventing the iconic spacecraft from receiving commands or transmitting data back to Earth, NASA announced…
CDC Finds Coronavirus and Other Infectious Agents in Unlicensed California Lab
Image: unoL (Shutterstock) After several months of investigation, local and federal authorities—including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—announced this week that they have detected infectious agents like coronavirus, HIV,…
41 Million Americans Are Simmering on Urban Heat Islands
Try walking outside on a midsummer day in New York City. You’re sweating buckets. You can smell garbage rotting by the side of the road. The sunlight and heat seem…
Tropical Storms Leave Behind Lots of Nasty Germs, Study Finds
The aftermath of a tropical storm can bring along some nasty waterborne germs, a recent study from Columbia University researchers found. The study shows that tropical cyclones in the U.S.…
New Report Shows Famed Florida Manatee Died After ‘High-Intensity Sexual Behavior’ With Brother
Oh, the Hugh manatee. A long-time fixture at the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, the manatee named Hugh, died back in April. The 38-year-old sea creature was a fixture as…
Webb Space Telescope Unlocks Secrets of Jupiter’s Moons
Two new studies associated with the James Webb Space Telescope’s Early Release Science program have been published, and both have to do with Jupiter’s moons, namely Ganymede and Io. Webb…
NASA and DARPA Tap Lockheed Martin for a Nuclear Propulsion Demonstration
As NASA shifts its gaze back to the Moon and sets its sights on Mars and beyond in the coming decades, the agency is rethinking the means by which we’ll…
Heat Waves and Cold Snaps Linked to More Fatal Heart Attacks, Study Finds
The global rise in extreme weather is likely to bring along more fatal heart attacks, new research this week suggests. The study found that exposure to heat waves and cold…