An early morning shooting Friday at Maquoketa Caves State Park campground in eastern Iowa left three members of a family dead: Tyler Schmidt, 42, Sarah Schmidt, 42, and Lula Schmidt, 6, of Cedar Fall… [+4757 chars]
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection could subpoena Virginia Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, over her attempts to press the Trump W… [+5903 chars]
Details about Apples upcoming high-end variant of the Apple Watch Series 8 have been trickling out in recent weeks. According to a report Bloombergs Mark Gurman published at the start of the month, t… [+1323 chars]
The BA.5 Covid-19 subvariant is now the most dominant strain in the country; the highly infectious variant has caused an uptick in cases and hospitalizations both in hotspots like New York City and t… [+8573 chars]
ByEuropean Space Agency (ESA)July 24, 2022 Ius and Tithonium Chasmata on Mars. This image from ESAs Mars Express shows Ius and Tithonium Chasmata, which form part of Mars Valles Marineris canyon str… [+6374 chars]
Happy birthday, Jennifer Lopez! The singer turned 53 on Sunday and celebrated her special day by enjoying a romantic stroll in Paris with her new husband, Ben Affleck. The newlyweds looked smitten … [+3280 chars]
Chinas military has become significantly more aggressive in the Pacific in the past five years, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, warned Sunday. Citing the number of inter… [+3683 chars]
The AirPods Pro launched 1,000 days ago today and are the oldest current-generation Apple device still on sale. Apple announced the AirPods Pro on Monday, October 28, 2019. The earbuds went on sale … [+2441 chars]
GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra addresses investors Oct. 6, 2021 at the GM Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. DETROIT In September 2017, General Motors CEO Mary Barra and her top executives visited the au… [+12710 chars]
Despite admitting in May she’d been wrong about the path inflation would take, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday she expected the Federal Reserve’s policies to be "successful." "The Fed i… [+2050 chars]
Herbert Diess is likely still entitled to be paid in full under his contract through October 2025. Volkswagen AG's dramatic move to oust its combative chief executive officer was set in motion a wee… [+4436 chars]
This article was originally published at The Conversation. (opens in new tab) The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights (opens in new tab). Alice Gor… [+7599 chars]