Last year, NASA launched the spacecraft Osiris-Rex on a mission to bump into the asteroid Bennu, pickpocket a hunk of the space rock and map it in the process. This week it’s swinging back by Earth to use our planet’s gravity to help slingshot it toward Bennu. Telescopes and astronomers […]
Daily Archives: September 22, 2017
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The first brisk morning, the first snowfall, the first budding leaves—we can lose track of them in the bustle of daily life, yet they’re all quiet reminders that time is passing. But why do we even have seasons at all? View photos 09_21_autumn_seasons More Autumn leaves are a little gift from […]
WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey faced a gathering of chanting and jeering students at historically black Howard University on Friday, as some activists decried what they see as his efforts to “criminalize” Black Lives Matter. Protesters, who’d planned the demonstration all week on social media, jumped to their […]
After a 15-year hiatus, the queen of having it all is back. Kate Reddy was last seen at the end of I Don’t Know How She Does It, Allison Pearson’s 2002 paean to time-poor working mothers, having quit her high-powered City job to move up north and save her marriage. […]
Sometimes it’s wiser to focus on the future than to push out a few extra cars in the present. That appears to be Infiniti’s plan, as it discontinues two models for the 2018 model year. Infiniti will discontinue both the QX50 and the QX60 Hybrid for the 2018 model year, […]
Another day, another rumor that an automaker might be interested in purchasing Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Hyundai might be interested in purchasing Fiat Chrysler, The Detroit Bureau reports. Rumors to this end originally surfaced shortly after other rumors that Chinese automakers were interested in purchasing some or all of Fiat Chrysler’s […]
With more and more women reportedly losing interest in sex as they age, many have found a solution – an affair with a younger man. According to a new survey by IllicitEncounters.com, a dating website for married people, there has been a significant 30 per cent year-on-year increase in the […]
When a nitrogen atom is next to the space vacated by a carbon atom, it forms what is called a nitrogen-vacancy center. Now, researchers have shown how they can create more NV centers, which makes sensing magnetic fields easier, using a relatively simple method that can be done in many […]