In the weeks leading up to the Charlottesville, Virginia white nationalist march that left one counterprotestor dead, organizers discussed inserting screws into flagpoles to be used as potential weapons and concealing firearms in the case of a “gunfight,” according to chatroom logs. In the days after the march, participants in […]
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View photos In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 photo, conservationists of Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP) prepare a makeshift stretcher to carry a tranquilized male orangutan to be relocated from a swath of destructed forest located too close too a palm oil plantation at Tripa peat swamp in Aceh province, […]
View photos This NASA file photo taken on August 3, 2002 shows an artist’s rendition of the Voyager spacecraft, which is celebrating the 40th anniversary of its launch (AFP Photo/Handout) More Miami (AFP) – Are we alone? Forty years ago, NASA rocket scientists sought to answer this question by launching […]
When Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)’s Elon Musk made his fears surrounding artificial intelligence public, it came as a surprise to many. People failed to see logic in the opposition by an executive who’s spearheading new-age technologies such as electric vehicles, self-driving technology, sustainable energy and space travel. AI, according to […]
Quora Questions are part of a partnership between Newsweek and Quora, through which we’ll be posting relevant and interesting answers from Quora contributors throughout the week. Read more about the partnership here. Answer from C Stuart Hardwick, Award-Winning Scifi Author: Why is there no race to land man on Mars like the race […]
When the universe comes to an end and everything we knew and loved is gone, black holes will haunt the dark sky as they slowly fade to nothing themselves. And that’s a problem. Kurzgesagt explains that the eventual disappearance of black holes is at the center of an “information paradox” […]
The Trabant trembles. Its puny engine is running at idle, enough to visibly shake the small, boxy, creamy white car, made mostly of cotton waste. Its owner, a tall American guy, stands proudly by his car, encouraging an even taller man to climb inside and see the unexpected roominess of […]
It would be easier to climb up the hierarchy with some help from your friendsTAO Images Limited/Alamy Stock Photo By Aylin Woodward If you’re trying to overthrow the boss, you might need a friend to back you up. The same is true for female macaques, who need allies to resist […]