NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory just released a stunning video showing a pair of magnetic fields as they duel for supremacy on the surface of the sun.
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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory just released a stunning video showing a pair of magnetic fields as they duel for supremacy on the surface of the sun.
Continue reading The Sun Boils Like a Cauldron in This Dramatic Close-up
Deshauna Barber, a 26-year-old Army Reserve officer from the District of Columbia, won the Miss USA crown on Sunday night.
Continue reading Miss USA 2016 Crown Goes To D.C. Army Reserve Officer Deshauna Barber
Last year, Converse redesigned its iconic Chuck Taylor sneakers for the first time in almost 100 years. The new version of the kicks went over so well that now Converse is updating its classic All Stars too with a modern take that replaces the canvas uppers with a lightweight and breathable knitted material.
Continue reading Converse Has Modernized the Classic All Stars After 96 Years
Space is not the soundless vacuum movies would have us believe. In fact, judging by these eerie recordings of the music being thrown off by the oldest stars in the Milky Way, space actually sounds like a bit of a party.
Continue reading Astronomers Recorded This Eerie Music From a 13-Billion-Year-Old Star
If you’re like me, you’re an entrepreneur. We are so busy growing our businesses that we may not think about the risk of identity theft. After all, hackers go after big corporations. Right? Wrong! We are at greater risk of identity theft than large corporations. Yet, we have all seen company after company hacked putting Americans’ private information at risk.
Continue reading 5 Fundamentals for Protecting Your Identity and Your Privacy
Between 1946 and 1958, the United States waged nuclear war on emptied islands in the Pacific. Bikini Atoll and the Enewetak Islands were evacuated first, their inhabitants moved from the blast. All in all, around 200 people were evacuated, but the plan was never that the islands be permanently abandoned. Now many of the displaced and their descendants want to move back to the islands, but leftover radiation is the greatest obstacle. When will it be it safe to move back to the site of 67 nuclear tests?
Continue reading BIKINI ATOLL LIKELY STILL TOO RADIOACTIVE FOR RESETTLEMENT
In an unusual discovery, electric eels leap from the water to attack predators with a high-voltage punch, a new study says.
In recent experiments, a scientist found that the South American fish go after large, moving, and partially submerged objects, pressing their chins against the target to discharge shocks. (Also see “The Electric Eel’s Superpower Just Got Even Cooler.”)
Continue reading Shocking Find: Electric Eels Can Leap Out of Water to Attack