
Last Word On Nothing - 1 day 9 hours ago
The other week I was trudging through laps around the court I live on, and a neighbor yelled across the court, first “HI” and I yelled “HI” right back and then he yelled, “THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR!” So I asked why it was the best day of the year, and trudged […] The post My Neighbor, Me, and a Grand Principle appeared first on The Last Word On Nothing .

Australian Geographic - 1 day 17 hours ago
Local divers have raised concerns about a rapid surge in numbers of a once-rare native sea urchin along the New South Wales south coast and offshore islands, worried the area's essential kelp forests are at risk of decimation. The post Exploding sea urchin population threatens Great Southern Reef appeared first on Australian Geographic .

IEEE Spectrum - 2 days 4 hours ago
In one month, the European Space Agency's Hera mission will make history. Moving at 12 kilometers per second relative to Earth, the mission is about to rendezvous with the binary Dimorphos-Didymos asteroid pair. NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission slammed into Dimorphos in 2022, and now Hera will provide a follow-up view of the mission's resulting handiwork. The European Space Agency (ESA) recently released a thought-provoking look at the perspectives of Hera, and...

Los Angeles Times - 2 days 7 hours ago
Nikola Corp.'s former CEO was indicted for fraud. His company's vehicles were the most heavily subsidized in California's $1-billion clean truck incentive program on average.