2 astronauts will finish upgrading ISS solar arrays during spacewalk today: Watch it live

Two spacewalking astronauts will finish upgrading the International Space Station’s power system today (Nov. 5), and you can watch the action live. NASA astronaut Anil Menon and the Canadian Space Agency ‘s Joshua Kutryk will install the eighth and final International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) today, during a roughly seven-hour spacewalk that’s scheduledContinue Reading

NASA Announces X-70 Experimental Aircraft to Advance Flight Research 

On Wednesday, NASA unveiled its newest experimental aircraft, the X-70 Fractal, during the UP.Summit at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This high-performance, highly adaptable research platform is designed to accelerate the development and testing of advanced aviation technologies.  The crewed X-70 features advanced, rapidly reconfigurable flight-control technology that will allow NASA to exploreContinue Reading

how-to-douche-before-sex:-a-no-shame-guide-for-bottoms

Douching is optional. You do not owe a partner a perfectly rinsed body, and anal sex can involve a little stool even after careful preparation. If you choose to rinse, the goal is a small, gentle clean-out of the rectum. Trying to flush your whole bowel can turn a quickContinue Reading

what-a-historic-‘blue-wave’-midterm-means-for-climate-action

The Democratic Party won a commanding victory in Tuesday’s midterm elections. As of Wednesday morning, the party had secured control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as several state governments. The party’s strong performance, driven in part by voters’ anger over inflation and the warContinue Reading

what-next,-democrats? 

The following story is co-published with Luke Savage’s Substack . This week’s midterms look all the more remarkable when you turn back the clock. In November 2024, Traitor 47’s 49.8% showing against Kamala Harris in a cost-of-living election was proof positive that the country had lurched irredeemably to the right. America,Continue Reading

nothing-about-us-without-us,-on-the-big-screen

“Being Heumann,” the new film from “CODA” director Siân Heder, begins in the middle of a busy New York street. Judith Heumann (Judy to her friends) is navigating her way through the city in a wheelchair, unable to get onto sidewalks or cross traffic safely. Finally she’s had enough, and,Continue Reading

police-find-missing-woman-alive-four-days-after-russian-bombing-of-komyshuvakha-underground-school-death-toll-rises-to-43.

The death toll from Russia’s 2 November bombing of an underground school in Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, has risen to 43. Seven residents previously reported missing have also been found alive, Ukrainian authorities said on 5 November. The latest developments bring some relief to families awaiting news of their relatives, butContinue Reading