They’re coming home. Our Saviors A Space Force Guardian is going on a mission none has ever attempted before: actually going to space. In a press release, NASA announced that Col. Nick Hague will take charge as the first ever active-duty Space Force Guardian to journey into space (astronaut Michael Hopkins was deputized into the Space [&helli

“He had multiple bullet wounds around his body.” Whale of Bullets Over the weekend, news emerged that believed “Russian spy” beluga whale Hvalidmir had died. But perhaps fittingly — considering his mysterious past as a possible foreign agent — the circumstances surrounding his death sound increasingly bizarre. Regina Haug, t

Last month, NASA officially announced that Boeing’s plagued Starliner is returning without a crew on board. The decision, which came as a black eye to the embattled aerospace giant, means that stranded NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will return to the surface on board SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission in February instead. Later t

Oops: you just committed bank fraud. Wild Goose Chase “Free” money? Not a chance. Viral videos on social media purportedly showed a “glitch” that let people withdraw “unlimited” amounts of cash from Chase Bank ATMs. It supposedly worked like this: you wrote a check for an ungodly sum, deposited it either through

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Researchers have developed a method that enables physicians to better distinguish between physical and psychosocial pain. Severe pain often has physical causes. But emotional, psychological, and social factors can influence how we perceive and rea

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A recent study finds that hope appears to be more beneficial than mindfulness at helping people manage stress and stay professionally engaged during periods of prolonged stress at work. The study underscores the importance of looking ahead, rather

Later this week, Boeing’s plagued Starliner is set to attempt its return journey from the International Space Station. But instead of ferrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to the ground, it’ll be undocking and reentering without any crew on board — after a software update, that is, because it was originally unabl

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, researchers report. Anyone who’s researched ways to lower their environmental impact has likely heard they should eat less meat, particularly beef. Even at scale, cows are a

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. The latest consumer inflation report indicates that grocery prices have stabilized, yet the perception of high food costs lingers for many. David Andolfatto, professor and chair of the University of Miami Patti and Allan Herbert Business School ec

“Its discovery represents a great significance both at a scientific level and at a museum level.” Amber Unheard An elderly woman in Romania was using a seven-pound rock as a doorstop for decades — which later turned out to be one of the largest known amber nuggets in the world. As Spanish newspaper El País […]