An incident at an Education Department employee’s office that was initially believed to be vandalism was in fact an act of gravity, an internal investigation by the department found. A framed poster of Ruby Bridges, a famed American civil rights activist, was found shattered on the employee’s office floor in the initial incident. Other items…… MORE
Two years ago astronomers for the first time observed the collision of two neutron stars, which created gravitational waves and light and created heavy elements such as gold, platinum and lead. These elements were scattered across the universe in a kilonova — similar to a supernova — after the initial fireball. Now, astronomers have also…… MORE
The 372-million-year-old fossils of tetrapod — creatures that evolved from fish living in water to creatures that walked on land — have been discovered by researchers in Russia. And given how well they were preserved, we can tell this was one weird-looking creature. Had humans been around at the time, they might have seen large,…… MORE
A power station that used to be the biggest polluter in western Europe has made a near-complete switch to renewable energy. The Drax Power Station in Yorkshire, England, used to spew out millions of tons of carbon dioxide a year by burning coal. But over the past eight years, it has overhauled its operations by…… MORE
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he was lifting all sanctions on Turkey after it agreed to halt its attack on America’s former Kurdish allies in northeastern Syria, shortly after his special envoy to Syria told Congress Turkey’s incursion was a “tragedy” and that Ankara-backed forces are likely behind several war crimes. Speaking in the White…… MORE
The Justice Department sued California on Wednesday, claiming that the state bypassed federal authority when it entered into an environmental agreement with the Canadian province of Quebec to combat air pollution. In a complaint filed in California federal court, Justice Department prosecutors argued that the 2013 program, which established a cap-and-trade system between the Golden…… MORE
Earlier this week, the conservative Daily Caller website asked the offices of each of the 53 Republican senators whether they opposed the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump. Just seven of them said yes. Which is, well, verrrrrrry interesting. The seven who did confirm they oppose impeachment to the Caller are: Sens. James Inhofe…… MORE
A trip to a tourist attraction in Scotland turned out to be a life-changing moment for one woman after a thermal camera detected she had breast cancer. Bal Gill, 41, was looking back over images from her trip to Camera Obscura and World of Illusions, in Edinburgh, when she noticed a heat patch over her…… MORE
Roughly two-dozen House Republicans on Wednesday stormed a closed-door deposition in secure House Intelligence Committee spaces to rail against the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry, a political stunt ratcheting up the GOP complaints about the process that delayed Wednesday’s scheduled deposition for five hours. The conservative lawmakers, led by Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, barged into…… MORE
Neil Young’s last album with Crazy Horse was seven years ago. Now he and the band are back with a new one, “Colorado,” recorded in that state in a studio near Telluride that sits at 9,000 feet above sea level. Young also has a new movie coming out about the making of the album. Plus…… MORE
