Wednesday morning, conservative corners of the internet were furious to discover that @HopeHicks45, the Twitter account belonging to Donald Trump’s newly official Communications Director, had been suspended. The only problem? That’s not Hope Hicks. @HopeHicks45 was nothing more than an imposter. The ordeal kicked off when journalist Jules Suzdaltsev noted […]
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Bleak outlook for Asian glaciers: climate study More Paris (AFP) – Asia’s mountain glaciers will lose at least a third of their mass through global warming by century’s end, with dire consequences for millions of people who rely on them for fresh water, researchers said Wednesday. This is a best-case […]
Let’s be real here: the iPhone has never, ever been cheap. Even when it debuted in 2007, it started at the then-eye-watering price of $500. The thing is, many Americans who bought iPhones since then have never paid attention to the price of their devices; the off-contract cost was often […]
What makes skies over quakes glow?IMPACTO El Diario/YouTube By Mika McKinnon After an 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico on 7 September, videos of fuzzy green smears in the night sky went viral online. Earthquake lights are a phenomenon so unusual that they border on myth. The […]
It’s the closest modern life has come to Harry Potter’s Felix Felicis potion: Stand up tall, with your feet spread and your hands on your hips, and, thanks to real changes in your body’s chemistry, you’ll feel confident, ready to take on the world—even if you aren’t. The technique, nicknamed […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Astro Digital, an Earth imaging and analysis company, has confirmed that two satellites it launched as secondary payloads on a Soyuz rocket in July have failed, joining several other satellites that mysteriously failed on that mission. In a Sept. 8 blog post, the company declared that the […]
WASHINGTON — The current Congressional proposal to create a special Space Corps to lead U.S security programs for that realm likely will amount to nothing, suggested Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson. Addressing the proposal Sept. 12 during a panel discussion on space hosted by Politico, Wilson said simply, “That’ll sort […]
(ROY, Utah) — A small plane struck a car and burst into flames when it made an emergency landing on a busy northern Utah roadway Tuesday afternoon but authorities said both the pilot and driver did not appear to have major injuries. The single-engine plane took off from the Ogden-Hinckley […]