NASA’s newest Mars rover Curiosity is taking its first tentative drives across the Martian surface and leaving tracks that have been spotted all the way from space in a spectacular photo snapped by an orbiting spacecraft. The newview of Curiosity’s tracks from space was captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter […]
Earlier this week 22-year-old California woman Denise Helms made some disastrous social media choices after President Barack Obama won re-election. Helms wrote on Facebook: “Another 4 years of this [N-word]. Maybe he will get assassinated this term.” The racist comment immediately went viral and Helms was criticized for her racism […]
Photos of the Space Shuttle Enterprise Enterprise Window Yes, you can get this close to Enterprise. Enterprise Wing Below the wing of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. Enterprise Tiles Here, a detail shot of Enterprise’s exterior tiles. Wheels UP A shot of the landing gear, but not the exact same gear […]
Twitter relinquished Occupy Wall Street protester Malcolm Harris’s tweets to Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino on Friday, after months of fighting a subpoena for three months of data. The tweets will remain under seal until a decision is reached at an Article 78 appeal hearing on Sept. 21. The […]
A bomb in Aleppo, Syria, leveled a hotel that government troops had used as a base on May 8. Image: Anadolu Agency / Contributor/Getty Images An enormous bomb leveled a luxury hotel in Aleppo, Syria that government soldiers were using as a base on Thursday, reportedly causing many casualties, though […]
Employees of Ilyich Iron & Steel Works of Mariupol OJSC walk past rail freight wagons outside the steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Monday, March 24, 2014.Image: Vincent Mundy/Bloomberg/Getty Images Can money buy peace in Ukraine? Thousands of Ukrainian steelworkers have hit the streets in eastern Ukraine, working to bring […]
In this Jan. 23, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Image: Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press The White House on Wednesday issued voluntary cyber standards aimed at defending key private networks essential to U.S. society – but it could be years […]
The iconic Voyager 2 spacecraft celebrated its 35th birthday Aug. 20 in a milestone for NASA’s longest-running mission ever. Voyager 2 launched in 1977 just 16 days before its twin, Voyager 1. The probes were tasked chiefly with studying Saturn, Jupiter and the gas giants’ moons, but have continued on […]
Image: Michael Chen One of the hardiest fungi on the planet, a fungus known as AMA that lives in Nova Scotia, may be able to do more than survive from the Arctic to the Dead Sea: It may restore the efficacy of antibiotics, say authors of a new study in […]
Tax season is upon us. And you know what that means: filling endless paperwork and hopefully getting some refunds. But what most people don’t think about is how to stay safe during this time of the year. Identity theft is a concern. According to the IRS, identity theft cases involving […]