A Solar Storm Supposedly Delayed a Train in 1841. But the Railway Didn’t Exist Yet
Victorian era train. Credit: Wikimedia Commons For more than 150 years, scientists believed it was the earliest documented…
Study: Famous ‘Space Weather’ Train Delay Actually Happened Seven Years Later
Although the famous Carrington Event of 1859 is often described as the first major space weather event to…
Gilead Faces Price Debate Over ‘Miracle’ HIV Drug Lenacapavir
For the first time in the four-decade fight against HIV, there is a “miracle” drug that can all…
What the Fall of the Telegraph Says About Fossil Fuels
The global electric power business is changing. The economic hegemony of fossil fuels (and perhaps nuclear as well)…