But with that milestone apparently came another: the first astronaut class in 40 years without any Black candidates. The most recent class to not include any Black men or women was group 11 in 1985, ...

The 1963 loss of the nuclear submarine USS Thresher with all 129 personnel aboard was a pivotal disaster that transformed U.S ...

The 1968 loss of the U.S. nuclear submarine USS Scorpion with all 99 crew members remains one of the Navy’s most haunting and unresolved mysteries. -The submarine disappeared in the Atlantic while ...

Keeping a clean room truly "clean" is not as easy as it sounds. Even the tiniest dust speck or a human hair can ruin sensitive work, damage products, or cause safety risks. That's why knowing how to ...

Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries most commonly power cordless electric lawn mowers. In push mowers, they’re usually ...

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

Q: We bought a triplex about a year ago and hired a home inspector to find the defects. But he missed something that could cost us a lot of money. Recently, we re-rented one of the units, and the new ...

For years, proposals have circulated to stop abuse of the H-1B program. The Trump administration’s big changes largely ignored them. For years, proposals have circulated to stop abuse of the H-1B ...

It’s looking likely that Europe’s deforestation regulation (EUDR) will be delayed, for the second time. The reason? According to Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall, who has asked fellow ...

Gun control as a solution to spectacular public murders doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. In the aftermath of multiple murderous outrages — political assassinations, school shootings, attacks on law ...

The global campaign to gain control of plastic waste is one of the fastest-growing environmental causes ever mounted. Yet it hasn’t been enough to make a dent in the growing tonnage of discarded ...