The story of space is a story of collisions. Sometimes, a meteor plummets through Earth’s atmosphere and slams into a doghouse. Sometimes stars crash into one another, violently. Other times, two dazzling spiral galaxies collide. Hawaii’s Gemini North telescope, atop the towering volcano Mauna Kea, recently captured a brilliant view of the galaxies NGC 4568…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Getting stuff done right now is a hard task, one you’d probably rather watch in an onscreen montage of your own life, a minute-and-a-half of soundtracked productivity without the IRL effort. Turning your own to-do list into an enthusiastic filmic moment is a hard ask in this uneditable reality, but I’ve come up with my…
Football’s entering the modern streaming age, and it’s time to explain that to every tech-averse parent in America. For the first time ever, there will be real, legit NFL games broadcast (almost) exclusively on a streaming platform in 2022. For 15 regular season games (and one preseason matchup), you’ll have to give Amazon your money…
Eight-year-old Chelsea Symonds carries a bucket of collected rainwater in her family’s yard in the drought-affected town of Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia, on February 17, 2020. Loren Elliott/Reuters Rainwater across Earth contains levels of “forever chemicals” unsafe to drink, a study suggests. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), linked to cancer, are pervading homes and…
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, with the Orion capsule atop, slowly makes its way down the crawlerway at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on March 17, 2022. NASA/Kim Shiflett NASA’s Space Launch System rocket is scheduled to launch an uncrewed mission to the moon August 29. Artemis I is a 42-day flight…
Jennifer Palmieri speaks at the Newseum in Washington on April 12, 2017. Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo The FBI seized “info re: President of France” during the raid on Mar-a-Lago. Jennifer Palmieri, formerly an aide to Hillary Clinton, referred to it as “kompromat” in a tweet. Palmieri also implied in the tweet that the information could be…
A Spirit Airlines plane at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Robert Alexander/Getty Images A Spirit Airlines agent has been suspended after an altercation with a passenger at Dallas airport. In a video posted by DTX Daily on Twitter, the agent tells her: “Don’t touch me ever in your life.” Spirit said it was working with authorities…
Mortgage rates held relatively steady this week. Overall, rates have been trending down from their June peak, when 30-year fixed rates appeared poised to hit 6%. Now, rates are closer to 5%. Current economic uncertainty has caused mortgage rates to be volatile in recent months. Investors fear that the Federal Reserve won’t be able to…
Serena Williams’ retirement made many women think: If she can’t continue a successful career and raise a family, can any child-bearing person? Robert Prange/Getty Images Serena Williams announced her plans to retire in a raw and candid Vogue essay. Williams said that as a woman, she’s forced to choose between her career and growing a…
Shoppers visit a Walmart store. Jeff Zelevansky/Getty Images A woman is suing Walmart for a parking lot fire that killed one of her daughters in 2019. Walmart has long welcomed people traveling overnight in RVs and vans into its lots. But the suit shines a new light on the popular practice. Walmart parking lots have…