Japan Earthquake Today: 5.9-Magnitude Quake Strikes Ibaraki, Strong Shaking Hits Tokyo, Weeks After Deadly Tremor
Tokyo and the eastern Kanto region were shaken at around 2 am Sunday by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake…
On this day in space! Aug. 22, 1963: X-15 sets world altitude record
On Aug. 22, 1963, U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Walker flew an X-15 rocket plane higher than any…
Superconducting Temperature Record Set At Ambient Pressure
An interesting type of superconductors available to us today are the ones that achieve this property at room…
In 1994, Steve and Terri Irwin bought 3,500 acres to restore dwindling Koala habitat, then planted 44,000 Eucalyptus trees and added 1,630 more acres | World News
In 1994, Steve and Terri Irwin bought 3,500 acres to restore dwindling Koala habitat. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons.…
Mayoral candidate Michael McIntosh wants weekly garbage collection
A welding inspector by trade, Michael McIntosh, 38, said his No. 1 goal is the reinstatement of weekly…
Near-total lunar eclipse is coming up with the Americas in prime position
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Now it’s the moon’s turn to pull a disappearing act. After being shut…
Physics Wallah’s Full-Stack Bet: Looking Into The Revenue Engine
For a generation of Indian students preparing for competitive exams, “Hello bacchon…” became more than a classroom greeting.…
Researchers in Japan documented carrion crows placing walnuts in front of cars stopped at traffic lights, then letting the vehicles crack the shells before retrieving the food — behaviour recorded repeatedly over 21 months.
A road junction in Sendai, Japan, in the early 1990s. The light turns red, a line of cars…
We may have finally cracked the explosive mystery behind Saturn’s rings
There are many mysteries about the planet Saturn and its entourage of moons. One, of course, is how…
In 2012, a man in Panama began collecting plastic discarded along streets and beaches: Years later, those bottles had become a village
The project collected waste from across the island, and Bezeau later expanded the effort by collecting discarded bottles…
How will NASA’s astronaut training hub change with commercial space stations?
HOUSTON — What does NASA’s astronaut training hub look like these days, as the agency aims to bring…
This frozen fiber makes light and sound interact 1,000x more strongly
The transformation of a liquid into a solid is familiar in nature. Lava flowing from a volcano eventually…