NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. of Littleton, Colorado, to develop a lightning mapping instrument as part of NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) satellite program.... More »
Book Riot Managing Editor Vanessa Diaz is a writer and former bookseller from San Diego, CA whose Spanish is even faster than her English. When not reading or writing, she enjoys dreaming up travel itineraries and drinking entirely too much tea. She is a regul... More »
Robert Caro’s mammoth study of the urban planner Robert Moses is coming out as an e-book this month, on the 50th anniversary of the biography’s publication.Robert Caro is obsessed with paper. He’s spent decades meticulously combing through the pages of archive... More »
A bill signed into law this week by California Governor Gavin Newsom may signal the beginning of the end of a decades-long dispute between the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid and the heirs of a Jewish collector over the rightful ownership of a work sold und... More »
WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., renewed his criticism of drugmaker Novo Nordisk on Tuesday, claiming that the CEOs of major generic pharmaceutical companies have told him that they can produce and sell its blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic for less th... More »
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, invites media to its annual Small Business Industry and Advocate Awards ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 19. The awards recognize small businesses and small business champions from government and industry ... More »
The airlines agreed to maintain some routes and meet other conditions to secure the Transportation Department’s approval of their merger.The Transportation Department said on Tuesday that it would allow Alaska Airlines to close its $1.9 billion acquisition of ... More »
After a second apparent assassination attempt, there is widespread concern that the November election will not end well and that American democracy has frayed to the breaking point.In the nine years since Donald J. Trump entered American politics, the global p... More »
Long before tacos exploded onto menus worldwide, they were quite literally explosive.During Mexico’s economic boom in the late 18th century, tacos were the makeshift sticks of dynamite that silver miners used to excavate rock. According to a popular theory fro... More »
Forget espresso machines and new silverware. Did you put a down payment fund on your wedding registry? Are you planning to do so?Espresso machines. Pizza ovens. A fancy new china set.Many things can go on a wedding registry, but what about asking guests to con... More »
EA says it expects to "outpace market growth and drive margin expansion through fiscal year 2027." At a recent Investor Day event, EA shared its long-term growth strategy, providing "an in-depth look at the initiatives driving its three strategic pillars" and ... More »
Share A healthy dose of purposeful bathroom humor sets the stage for exploration in engineer and illustrator Jorge Cham... More »