Columbus, OH

Here’s why tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, former US Air Force pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon are going to orbit.

SpaceX pushes launch of daring Polaris Dawn mission back to Wednesday. Meet the 4-person crew spearheading it

Russia launched a “massive” missile and drone attack aimed at energy infrastructure across Ukraine at the start of the week, Ukrainian officials said. Moscow has since followed that with a second wave of strikes early Tuesday morning.

Russia targets cities and infrastructure in largest air attack since war began, Ukraine says

Foreign policy may not be most voters’ top issue, but it is top of mind on the presidential campaign trail this week.

Afghanistan withdrawal haunts Biden and Harris as another general raises the alarm about Trump

Retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, who served as national security adviser under former President Donald Trump, said Monday his onetime boss bears some responsibility for the US’ chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

Gen. McMaster says Trump bears some responsibility for chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal

Former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who suspended his campaign on Friday and endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump, has a long history of criticizing the man he now supports, including calling Trump a “threat to democracy,” and, as recently as July, a “terrible president.”

RFK Jr.’s long history of attacking Trump melted away after he endorsed him for president

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Many places across the world have been named "gates of hell" for various reasons. Here are a few well-known examples.

Just How Many “Gates To Hell” Are There On Earth?

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 An Incan child from Chile’s Cerro El Plomo ritually sacrificed over 500 years ago and well preserved as a frozen mummy did not die “peacefully” as previously believed, but from a blow to the head, a new study found.The iconic Plomo Mummy of the eight-year-old found in a sitting position, hugging his knees, has been studied for decades by archaeologists since its discovery in 1954. Researchers previously thought that the boy was fed narcotic substances, and put to sleep before being placed in his icy tomb where he succumbed to suffocation.Chile’s National Museum of Natural History says the child...

Sacrificed ‘frozen’ Inca child in Chile did not die peacefully as previously thought, study finds

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Mariah Carey is grieving the recent deaths of her mother and sister, who the singer says died “on the same day.”

Mariah Carey mourns the deaths of her mom and sister, who died ‘on the same day’

This story is a collaboration with Popular Mechanics. Far back in 1508, with only limited tools at his disposal, Nicolaus Copernicus developed a celestial model of a heliocentric planetary system, which he described in his landmark work De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. It was a complete overhaul of our conception of the universe—one that, unfortunately, drew him the ire of the Catholic Church for decades after his death—and changed the way we look at the stars forever.

Archaeologists Found a 500-Year-Old Compass. Turns Out It Might Have Belonged to Copernicus

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Authorities arrested a US border patrol agent this week after accusing him of forcing women to expose themselves to him, under the auspices of it being a requirement for their admission into the country.

US Border Patrol agent arrested and accused of forcing women to expose themselves in virtual interviews

You’re reading this because something catastrophic terminated the more than 150-million-year reign of the dinosaurs. What opened the doors for mammals to dominate Earth was likely an extraterrestrial object; probably an asteroid. Where that asteroid came from has not been entirely clear. But new research might have gotten a giant step closer to solving this mystery. According to a study published Thursday in the journal Science, the rogue space rock probably came from far beyond Jupiter, and was likely laced with traces from the stars that existed before the Sun.

Scientists Finally Know Where the Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Came From — At Least They Think

More than 100 people were rescued by the Arizona National Guard after catastrophic floods hit the Grand Canyon. One hiker, thirty-three-year-old Chenoa Nickerson has been missing since the floods started on August 22nd, according to the National Park Service. 

‘It’s time to run’: Grand Canyon hiker films escape as floods surround her

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Virgo season will progress well on August 27. Three struggling zodiac signs will tap Gemini’s immense energy which will help them end their grief. The Half Moon will test their resolve to heal and desire to continue facing hardships. Still, Gemini’s healing vibe will inspire them to end their hardships and change existing circumstances.

3 Zodiac Signs Whose Hardships End on August 27, 2024

Imagine this dire scenario: the Atlantic Ocean's sea currents which bring warm water to Europe collapses, making large swaths of the continent as cold as the Arctic Circle. In a grim turn, that's just the scenario that a team of European scientists are warning about in a new study in the journal Nature Communications: that this catastrophic collapse — along with the ruination of the Amazon rainforest and the melting of polar ice — is on track to actually happen if we continue along our current path.

Major Earth Systems on Track for Collapse, Scientists Find

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Climate change is causing the world’s glaciers to melt. The world’s biggest glaciers, once frosted over and cold, are becoming […]

Mountain Glaciers Before and After: See the Difference

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Horoscope of the Day, Tuesday, August 27th

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Geological evidence of the transition when Earth was plunged into a planetary-wide deep-freeze discovered in ancient Scottish rocks.

'Golden spike' showing the moment Earth turned into a giant snowball discovered in ancient Scottish rocks

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When I learned the brown tarantula is also native to Missouri, I gasped, and when I say I'm not too fond of spiders of any genus is an understatement. It's psychological. They have too many legs.

It's mating season for the Texas brown tarantula also known as the Missouri tarantula

A “worldwide catastrophe” is imperiling Pacific Islands and the world must respond to the unprecedented and devastating impacts of rising seas “before it is too late,” the United Nations chief has warned.

‘The ocean is overflowing’: UN chief issues global SOS as new reports warn Pacific sea-level rise outstrips global average

The eruption began shortly after 9pm following a series of strong earthquakes and within the hour a 4km fissure cut through the Sundhnúkur crater. Iceland authorities said the eruption’s effects remain localised with road closures but do not threaten the population. As news of the eruption spread, hundreds...

Eyewitnesses describe raw beauty of volcano eruption in Iceland

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5 things to know for Aug. 27: SpaceX launch, Presidential debate, Campus homicide, Ukraine, Ice cave collapse

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5 things to know for Aug. 27: SpaceX launch, Presidential debate, Campus homicide, Ukraine, Ice cave collapse

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