When humans first populated North America and how they arrived has long been a matter of spirited debate. A recent study detailing what archeologists believe are the oldest known footprints in the United... continue reading

posted by newtboy 2 months 2 weeks ago • 197 views • 6:26

The world remains in a state of shock after spectacular satellite images of an undersea volcano erupting on the island of Tonga left a giant mushroom cloud in the Pacific region. With shocking visuals... continue reading

posted by eric3579 5 months 1 week ago • 39 views • 4:26

It's hard to know if she actually had a coherent point to make here--it sure didn't look like it. At the least, she was poorly served by her staff, which didn't educate her, didn't program her questions,... continue reading

posted by SFOGuy 10 months 1 week ago • 1,828 views • 2:12

Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco took office in 2011 with a bold plan: to create a cutting-edge intelligence program that could stop crime before it happened.⁠ ⁠ It sounded like a pitch for a Hollywood... continue reading

posted by newtboy 11 months 1 week ago • 554 views • 10:12

February 2017 saw one of the most serious dam-related engineering incidents in history with the failure of the service spillway at Oroville Dam. Whether they realized it or not, the people living and working... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 465 views • 18:27

In this episode of Forgotten Failures, I take a look back at the long forgotten TV spinoff of "Blazing Saddles". This sitcom tried to capture the humor and success of the film that inspired it but would... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 12 months ago • 938 views • 7:36

NASA's current fleet of spacesuits was built in 1974, and each was reported to cost between $15 million and $22 million. Today, that would be about $150 million. Having not built any new mission-ready... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 100 views • 10:41

In an exclusive interview, Attorney General William Barr spoke to NBC News' Pete Williams about the findings on the Justice Department Inspector General's report on the Russia investigation and his criticisms... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 10 views • 24:19

Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election will be read live in New York City. According to Reuters, there will be around 20 actors performing the reading. Those include,... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years ago • 131 views • 33 secs

YouTube description: David Owen reports on noise pollution, an intangible phenomenon with serious costs to human health and wildlife. (H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 378 views • 8:45

According to a new report from the United Nations, our planet is in worse shape than at any other time in human history. The Trump Administration has done everything they can to do nothing about climate... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,055 views • 3:01

Onion Senior Political Reporter Eliza Hayes provides a definitive breakdown of why you're wrong.

posted by newtboy 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 43 views • 51 secs

How fake news continues to fail to see reality of the Muller report

posted by bobknight33 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 24 views • 5:15

The frozen continent of Antarctica contains the vast majority of all freshwater on Earth. Now that ice is melting at an accelerating rate, in part because of climate change. What does this transformation... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 36 views • 10:16

About 10 years ago, the news was packed with reports about something called colony collapse disorder — a mysterious phenomenon that involved the disappearance of enormous numbers of bees. Then, the news... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 521 views • 3:30

YouTube description: Denmark has been consistently ranked in the World Happiness Report among the top three happiest countries in the world, owing, in part, to the presence of a stable government, access... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 10 months 1 week ago • 421 views • 4:45

Is it OK to give a woman flowers? Yes, as long as you don't put your penis in them. The new rules on sexual harassment explained.

posted by ChaosEngine 4 years 5 months 1 week ago • 704 views • 5:57

YouTube description: Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean… Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They are few and far... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 605 views • 8:27

This is very much not how I remember it being reported around the time of the repair mission. I'm sure that at the time it was incorrectly reported as being due to the effect of grinding the mirror under... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 10 months 4 weeks ago • 1,188 views • 7:52

YouTube description: In Mexico, seniors are traditionally cared for in the homes of relatives. But a boom of foreign retirees, many of them Americans, have begun moving to Mexico to live out their years,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 11 months 1 week ago • 792 views • 7:52