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Since 2015, more than 1,000 U.S. government personnel working across the world have reported symptoms linked to Havana Syndrome, an acute illness marked by sudden headache, nausea, and the hearing of ...
One of the most difficult things about being inside our own Universe is that we only get one perspective, from our location here on Earth, to measure it from. We are stuck within our Solar System — as...
In 1964, spirited debates erupted at a conference in Cardiff, Wales. The source of the consternation was extreme production delays that stemmed from malfunctioning equipment at iron and steel plants a...
Last month, I wrote a piece here in Big Think suggesting that the public is in denial over the emerging power and associated risks of AI. Many people reacted defensively, insisting that today’s AI sys...
Scientists drilled to the bottom of Greenland's 1,600-foot deep Prudhoe Dome and found it disappeared in the early Holocene, when temperatures were close to what we're predicted to reach by the end of...
Researchers have proposed a theoretical timepiece, dubbed the "CRASH Clock," which tells us how quickly satellites would start colliding if they lost the ability to avoid each other, such as during a ...
Sophie Germain was a brilliant, self-taught mathematician who won one of France's most prestigious prizes, yet she declined to attend the award ceremony because the committee members didn't respect he...
The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar flares, including a hidden X-class outburst, a new paper reveals. The study sets...
Recently discovered Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) will make its closest approach to the sun and Earth in late April and could potentially be visible to the naked eye. It may end up being the brightest c...
New satellite photos reveal that one of the world's largest and longest-lived icebergs, A23a, has developed vibrant blue striations on its surface. The striking snaps hint that the "megaberg" will soo...
A new study reveals a rare-breaking white dwarf star, dubbed RXJ0528+2838, that is somehow generating a rainbow-like "bow shock" as it zooms through the Milky Way. The cosmic zombie is also ripping ap...
President Donald Trump went into full panic mode on Truth Social as the Supreme Court prepares to rule on the legality of his sweeping tariffs, warning that an adverse decision could cost the U.S. hun...
Nebraska’s high school curriculum standards do not make George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four mandatory reading. The state, however, allows latitude to local districts so the novel might show up on an ...
The internet responded with outrage after a woman who was reportedly trying to drive to a doctor's appointment was pulled out of her vehicle by ICE agents and dragged into custody during a disturbing ...
A Trump administration official lashed out Monday after leaked emails revealed the EPA plans to abandon its decades-old practice of assigning a dollar value to lives saved by pollution regulations — w...
President Donald Trump gave the middle finger Tuesday to a worker screaming "pedophile protector" during a tour at a Detroit factory. Trump was touring a Ford F-150 plant in the Motor City just before...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's crusade to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for reminding military members they can refuse illegal orders is falling apart, and fast, legal experts say.Controversy exp...
A buried exchange in Donald Trump’s sprawling New York Times interview is now setting off alarm bells after the president declared that the only thing restraining his power on the world stage is his o...
Congressman Jamie Raskin got right to the point in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as he sought an answer to a question several Democratic lawmakers ...
Podcaster Joe Rogan sharply criticized the actions of President Donald Trump's immigration agents during one of his recent episodes, but it wasn't enough to save him from the backlash that ensued. Rog...