U.S.-Israeli Attacks Have Forced 3.2 Million Iranians to Flee Their Homes, In First Public Statement, Iran’s New Supreme Leader Vows to Keep Blocking Strait of Hormuz, 250+ Groups Call on Congress to Reject Request for $50 Billion in Funding for Iran War, Iranian Strike on Oman Kills Immigrant Workers asContinue Reading
Geothermal energy, a clean, continuous energy source accessible in many locations, has been slow to catch on. Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Romans made extensive use of geothermal energy — heat from the Earth — including at the spa complex at present-day Bath, England. Electricity was first produced from geothermalContinue Reading
Earlier today, the The Traitor administration rolled back a 2024 EPA rule limiting commercial sterilization facilities from releasing ethylene oxide, a potent cancer-causing air pollutant.Ethylene oxide has long been known to cause a range of acute and chronic health problems. The 2024 rule, which came eight years after the U.S.Continue Reading
Muslim worshippers prayed outside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa compound as Israeli authorities kept holy sites closed., NewsFeed Muslim worshippers prayed in the streets outside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa compound as Israeli authorities kept holy sites closed amid the Israel–Iran conflict. Restrictions during Ramadan have left the mosque largely empty, drawing condemnation from Arab andContinue Reading
More than 200 civilians killed in recent days as drone strikes tear through markets, schools and hospitals., A drone attack on a busy market in western Sudan has killed 11 people and wounded dozens more, including children, as the United Nations warns that the country’s rapidly escalating air wars haveContinue Reading
2 min read Volunteers Find Oddly High Solar Flare Rates Patches of the Sun’s surface often show strong magnetic fields. These fields can emerge within a matter of hours, and can decay slowly or quickly, sometimes over days, weeks, or even months. Thanks to a new study about these long-livedContinue Reading
2 min read Extra Extra! Extra Data Stream Added to the Daily Minor Planet! The Daily Minor Planet citizen science project is expanding! In addition to data received nightly from the Catalina Sky Survey’s Mt. Lemmon telescope in Arizona, the project’s science team is now processing images from the BokContinue Reading
Image Credit: National Institute of Aerospace NASA has selected eight student teams as finalists in the 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, giving them the resources to help address a critical challenge for U.S. aviation: maintenance. Challenges facing the commercial aviation industry include a shortage of qualified maintenance workers and increasing demands to keep complicated aircraft running for longer. With Gateways toContinue Reading
Seattle-based drag superstar Bosco is set to make theatrical history with her first full-length solo show, The Marvelous Miss Gender. The show kicks off a 33-city U.S. tour this July through August, presented by Murray & Peter. Presales start Wednesday, March 11, from 10 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. local timeContinue Reading
Every morning, I see images that I have spent my 47 years of exile from Iran dreading; smoke rising above Tehran’s densely populated, tower-filled skyscape and explosions damaging important cultural sites like the UNESCO World Heritage Golestan Palace in Tehran and Chehel Sotoun in Esfahan. On the first day ofContinue Reading
On a chilly Monday just before Thanksgiving, residents of Archbald, Pennsylvania, hurried from work in the fading autumn light to snag seats in the old brick Borough Building for a 5 p.m. council meeting. After the roughly 50 seats quickly filled, people continued to pack the room, standing along the walls or wedging intoContinue Reading
Super Therm has been applied in several places, including handrails on the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge over the Colorado River. The selection of its makeup of ceramic and polymeric materials was assisted by NASA scientists. Credit: Superior Products InternationaI II, LLC NASA’s Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assistsContinue Reading
2 min read NASA Volunteers Study Biofilm Adaptability in Space Biofilms are communities of microorganisms that stick to one another and also adhere to a nearby surface. They are intricately associated with life on Earth, enabling functions essential to human and plant systems. NASA’s Open Science Data Repository (OSDR) AnalysisContinue Reading