Monthly Archive: April 2021
4 Astronauts Float Into the International Space Station and Open Arms
The crew arrived on Saturday on the Dragon Endeavour, a spacecraft built by SpaceX, Elon Musk’s space exploration company.
Hubble celebrates its 31st birthday with image of a stunning but unstable star
Today is the 31st anniversary of the launch of Hubble, and to celebrate researchers have used the telescope to image one of the most famous stars...
NASA to roleplay what would happen if an asteroid struck Earth
This week, space agencies from around the world will drop everything to figure out an emergency response to our planet being struck by an enormous asteroid.
Turtle crashes through a car’s windshield, sending a woman to the hospital
A turtle crashed through a car’s windshield in a story that seems on-brand with the weird news that comes out of Florida. What may surprise you...
Opinion: What Biden’s first 100 days might tell us about the rest of his presidency
President Joe Biden’s first 100 days are coming to a close. This benchmark was set by Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had a wildly productive start to...
Biden Declares Mass Killings of Armenians a Genocide
The Turkish government, as well as human rights activists and ethnic Armenians, had a muted response to the news, describing the move as largely symbolic.
Biden Calls Mass Killings of Armenians a Genocide
The Turkish government, as well as human rights activists and ethnic Armenians, had a muted response to the news, describing the move as largely symbolic.
What the Armenian Genocide Means Today
After years of avoiding the topic, the U.S. government now officially views the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire a century ago as...
The Nervous Person’s Guide to Re-Entering Society
How to cope with a less cautious world as pandemic restrictions loosen.