Shutterstock/Ingo Bartussek One of the meteor showers I look forward to every year is the Lyrids, which peaks this year on 22 April. Its display will be dampened this time round by the bright light of the waxing moon, but it is still worth finding a clear nigh... More »
On a nice spring day at the end of May 2020, 11-year-old Ruby Reynolds and her dad, Justin, were fossil-hunting on Blue Anchor Beach in Somerset, England, when they discovered a fragment of a titanic sea beast.As Justin studied the four-inch-long, oval-shaped ... More »
He arranged for artists to have access to astronauts, launchpads and more. “Their imaginations enable them to venture beyond a scientific explanation,” he once said.James Dean, a landscape painter who ran a NASA program that invited artists like Robert Rausche... More »
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Mike Johnson, facing a choice between potentially losing his job and advancing aid for Ukraine, forged ahead Wednesday toward a vote later this week on a package of funding that also includes Israel and Taiwan.After agonizing over h... More »
NEW YORK -- An independent monitor will oversee the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn's handling of sexual abuse allegations under a settlement between the diocese and New York Attorney General Letitia James.The agreement announced Tuesday will address “years... More »
Kate Beckinsale appears to be out of the hospital and back home after a months-long medical issue. The English actor was all smiles and back to her irreverent self in an Instagram series posted Tuesday. While the “Underworld” star didn’t directly state what ha... More »
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The New York state Legislature's bill drafting office was hit with an apparent cyberattack early Wednesday, officials said.The scope of the attack was not immediately clear but officials said the bill drafting system has been down since early W... More »
The Sydney Dance Company’s “ab [intra]” at the Joyce Theater is impressive but chilly.“Ab[intra],” the title of the work that Sydney Dance Company from Australia is performing at the Joyce Theater this week, is Latin for “from within.” But the Latinate words t... More »
They’re cute, they’re fuzzy — and they may just help bring their entire species back from the brink of extinction.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday the births last year of Noreen and Antonia, two baby ferrets cloned from cells frozen nearl... More »
The Hala Point neuromorphic computer is powered by Intel’s Loihi 2 chipsIntel Corporation Intel has created the world’s largest neuromorphic computer, a device intended to mimic the operation of the human brain. The firm hopes that it will be able to run more ... More »
Working as a DJ in Liverpool, UK, a decade ago, James Rand would often leave work hearing strange sounds that he knew weren’t real — a high-pitched whine or a low rumble. These symptoms of tinnitus always disappeared by the time he awoke… until, one day in 201... More »
Gabriele Marcotti, Senior Writer, ESPN FCApr 17, 2024, 10:45 AM ETOpen Extended ReactionsI was genuinely bummed out when Xavi announced, after the 5-3 home defeat to Villarreal in January, that no matter what happened from there, he'd be stepping down as Barce... More »