January 7, 2026 1 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA Postpones Spacewalk Just Hours Before Astronauts Were to Exit ISS Two NASA astronauts were scheduled to complete a six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk on January 8, but the agency has postponed it indefinitely By Meghan Bartels edited by Claire Cameron NASA astronaut Mike Fincke poses inside…
Every fall, dozens of maple and oak trees in my neighborhood shed their leaves. Thus begins the constant drone of gas-powered leaf blowers every day through early December. The noise is by far the most annoying thing about these yard tools, but I can appreciate it’s a necessary evil — unless you prefer to pick…
Alan Jackson, the lawyer representing Nick Reiner, removed himself from the case on Wednesday. The departure was announced during Reiner’s second appearance in Los Angeles Superior Court for his scheduled arraignment in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. Jackson announced that he is withdrawing from the case, and Reiner will…
The American president said a White House visit with Gustavo Petro was being arranged by the secretary of state.
The jawbone of an ancient hominin found at Grotte à Hominidés in Morocco Hamza Mehimdate, Programme Préhistoire de Casablanca Fossils nearly three-quarters of a million years old, discovered in North Africa, may belong to a common ancestor of Neanderthals, Denisovans and modern humans that lived shortly before the three hominin lineages split. It is thought…
The 2026 NFL Wild Card Weekend schedule features two games on Saturday, three on Sunday and one ‘Monday Night Football’ matchup between the Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers. Monday’s matchup will pit quarterback C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans against 21-year veteran Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Texans are favored by 3 points…
Disney Plus will be getting a vertical video feed later this year, Disney announced as part of its Global Tech & Data Showcase for advertisers at CES. Based on an interview with Erin Teague, Disney’s EVP of product management for Disney Entertainment and ESPN, Deadline reports that vertical video in the app could include “original…
7 January 2026 Rob Reiner’s family have the “utmost trust in the legal process”. Rob Reiner and Michele died in December The filmmaker and his wife Michele were both found dead at their Los Angeles home in December, and the Reiner family has now reiterated their faith in the legal system, shortly after attorney Alan…
The Trump administration said it had an agreement with Venezuela’s government, but the country’s state-owned oil company said negotiations were underway.
As a damaged U.S. helicopter struggled to stay aloft over Venezuela’s capital, the success of the entire operation hung in the balance.
