WASHINGTON >> Astronomers have obtained the highest-resolution images to date of our sun’s visible surface, observing swirling, vortex-like patterns in superheated solar gases reminiscent of the shapes depicted in the nocturnal sky in Vincent van Gogh’s 1889 painting “The Starry Night.” The researchers made the observations of a portion of the sun’s photosphere, a relatively … Read more
One human’s harmless virus can be another animal’s worst nightmare, as a recent report well illustrates. Veterinary researchers at the University of Florida have confirmed the first cases of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in lemurs, one of which may have been infected via a shared yoga class. Though the virus typically only causes … Read more
Gianni Infantino has apologised for “errors” he made in controversial plans to sell off stakes in competitions to private investors, but will remain Fifa president after receiving the backing of senior executives in a meeting in Morocco.Infantino summoned members of the management board to Fifa’s Africa office in Rabat on Wednesday following mounting criticism of … Read more
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (7News) — The Virginia man killed in a crash with a stolen car driven by a 13-year-old has been identified, according to Montgomery County police.Investigators said William Vance Payne, 58, died on Tuesday after the wreck at the intersection of Clopper Road and Great Seneca Highway in Germantown. RELATED | 7 kids … Read more
A vessel sank after it was attacked in the Red Sea’s Bab al-Mandeb Strait, the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) center reported. UKMTO did not name the ship or state who was responsible for the attack, but the Iran-backed Houthis have repeatedly threatened to disrupt shipping through the strait, a key chokepoint at the southern … Read more
SpaceX (SPCX) reported second quarter results on Tuesday that topped estimates — its first report as a public company — which comes as the stock has been in a recent free fall. Rising capital expenditures in its Q2 report didn’t help matters. SpaceX’s AI segment posted an operating loss of $1.26 billion versus estimates of $2.39 … Read more
Microsoft says the WiFi at your hotel might be compromised.In a post on its Threat Intelligence website (via ABC News), Microsoft warned of a new hacking operation called “CaptiveCrunch,” which the company claimed had some ties to Russia. Starting in May, Microsoft said it had observed a “widespread compromise of Wi-Fi networks at hospitality-related organizations,” … Read more
When the Ravens rewarded receiver Zay Flowers with a new deal that carries a new-money average of $35 million per year, plenty of other receivers surely took notice.The most obvious raised eyebrows belong to Rams receiver Puka Nacua and Cowboys receiver George Pickens. Nacua, who’s making $5.767 million in the final year of his rookie … Read more
The fact that you, or I, or any living creature, is here at all is a series of astonishing strokes of luck stretching back more than 4 billion years. One of the biggest hurdles was the very first one: How did life emerge from a primordial soup of stuff that very much wasn’t alive?A radical new … Read more
Avoiding three health factors may delay the odds of developing dementia by about 13 years, a new study has found: type 2 diabetes, smoking and high blood pressure. Scientific research has long established that these risk factors are three of the strongest for dementia, and that the neurodegenerative disease’s development begins long before symptoms arrive, … Read more