Croatian authorities have issued an emergency alert as a wildfire rages on Brac Island, off the Dalmatian coast., Wildfire rages on Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast island of Brac NewsFeed Croatian authorities have issued an emergency alert as a wildfire rages on Brac Island, off the Dalmatian coast. Strong winds have hamperedContinue Reading
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 13 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by aContinue Reading
Federal forecasters issued flood alerts for 39 million people late Saturday into Sunday as a line of thunderstorms developed from Washington, D.C., to New Haven, Connecticut., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
A trio of influential senators is working on a bill addressing the potential “catastrophic risk” of artificial intelligence., Read MoreContinue Reading
The Traitor was absent from annual remembrance ceremony in New York City on Friday, choosing to deliver remarks at the Pentagon instead., Read MoreContinue Reading
Documents reveal “human oversight” and incompatible chemicals behind the rushed Reflecting Pool $114.7m reno mess Published September 12, 2026 2:30PM (EDT) The saga of the Reflecting Pool continues as the contractor now takes the blame for the expensive rush job, due to human interference and bad chemicals. (Finn Gomez /Continue Reading
In the theater, there’s an old saying about “Chekhov’s gun” that basically goes like this: If the playwright shows the audience a gun in the first act, you are locked into a certain plot inevitability—that gun will go off in the final act. It usually ends badly. This week, aContinue Reading
Yemen’s Houthis have seized the strategic Mayun Island as they cement control over the Bab al-Mandeb Strait., Yemen’s Houthis seize strategic Mayun Island in Red Sea NewsFeed Yemen’s Houthis have seized the strategic Mayun Island (also known as Perim Island) as they cement control over the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. TheContinue Reading
Video shows passengers screaming as turbulence rocked a Tunisia-bound Turkish Airlines flight., NewsFeed Video shows passengers screaming as turbulence rocked a Tunisia-bound Turkish Airlines flight. The plane was diverted to another airport after three landing attempts at Tunis-Carthage International Airport. ‘On the third attempt, we started to plummet’, a passengerContinue Reading
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Nearly one in four people are thought to have bruxism, although most are unaware they grind their teeth By Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter Ella can’t remember when she first started grinding her teeth at night, but she can vividly recall the excruciatingContinue Reading
The biggest U.S. legacy automakers look to turn the losses from their underutilized electric vehicle battery capacity into a new profitable business to seize the soaring demand for battery storage energy systems. GM and Ford, which, due to poor demand, have written down billions of U.S…Continue Reading
A NASA NIAC project will try to Mapping Alien Continents using formation-flying optical interferometer. Two hierarchical nullers ~100 km apart that first suppress the host star by ~10¹⁰ in visible light, then combine the leftover planet light as a Michelson interferometer. That baseline gives an angular resolution of order 1 µas at 500 nm. AnContinue Reading
NASA Advanced innovation study will try to enable the next generation of solar sails featuring very high characteristic acceleration–potentially up to 2 mm/s²–and large effective areas exceeding 10,000 m², to support future ultra–high delta-V missions. These advanced solar sails would significantly transform space exploration and utilization, making possible a range of missions currently beyond theContinue Reading