April 17, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm What’s this fast-moving wave of darkness creeping across Mars? Observations by the Mars Express orbiter reveal rapid changes on the Red Planet’s surface from windblown volcanic ash By Joseph Howlett edited by Lee Billings Volcanic ash is creeping across the surface of Mars with…
Super Typhoon Sinlaku hammered the Northern Mariana Islands, flipping over cars, toppling utility poles and ripping away tin roofs. Authorities were just beginning to assess the damage left behind by the typhoon, which first hit the islands on Tuesday night local time and continued with a barrage of fierce winds and relentless rains for hours…
The elephant in the room for the Lakers as they enter the playoffs has been, and will continue to be, the status of their starting backcourt, Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves. Both are out because of injuries — Doncic with a grade 2 left hamstring strain and Reaves with a grade 2 left oblique strain…
Dubai-based radio personality Kris Fade could replace Kyle Sandilands at the Australian Radio Network (ARN), according to industry experts. Hosts of RadioToday and industry veterans Jen Seyderhelm and Steve Ahern, revealed the “fascinating hot tip” regarding the potential replacement for Sandilands in an episode posted on April 9. Seyderhelm tells Ahern that during the global…
A stele with the inscription “European Central Bank – Eurosystem” stands in front of the European Central Bank (ECB) in the east of Frankfurt. Arne Dedert | Picture Alliance | Getty Images With less than 2 weeks remaining until the next European Central Bank meeting, the bloc’s policymakers appear undecided on the future of interest…
Ashly Robinson, a US lifestyle influencer, died last week while on vacation in the Tanzanian islands of Zanzibar with her boyfriend, Joe McCann. Robinson’s death on 9 April, just days after her birthday and a marriage proposal from McCann, has sparked suspicion on social media, with users doubtful of the current narrative surrounding her death….
The specter of price hikes caused by the current AI-driven demand for memory and storage appears to have convinced a fair share of people to buy a new computer. According to data analyzed by Counterpoint Research, global PC shipments grew around 3.2 percent year-over-year in Q1 2026, “driven by pre-emptive buying before memory-led price increases…
Lucid electric vehicles are seen at the New York International Auto Show on April 2, 2026. Danielle DeVries | CNBC Lucid Group has named the former chairman and CEO of Schindler Group, an industrial manufacturer of escalators and elevators, as its new chief executive. Silvio Napoli, who spent nearly 31 years at Schindler, is set…
NewsFeed ‘This will be a great and brilliant day for the world’ US President Donald Trump said at a Turning Point USA event as Iran fully opens the Strait of Hormuz. He also thanked Gulf states for their ‘tremendous’ support. Published On 18 Apr 202618 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes…
Dragon Claws/Getty Images Something very bad is going to happen in the near future unless we change course. Researchers know what will cause it and roughly when it will happen, and have ideas to mitigate it. Yet policy-makers may not do enough to avert it in time. This could be describing climate change, or perhaps…
