Tag: Science

Metal Detectorist in UK Discovers 2 Rare Gold Coins That Date Back to the Black Death Period

A metal detectorist in England discovered two very rare and valuable gold coins near Reepham, Norfolk, in late June. The coins unearthed consisted of a 23-carat leopard gold coin and a noble gold coin; both were found folded in half, buried, and were located 150 meters (approx. 500 feet) apart from each other. The leopard coin…


Tropical Storm Elsa Kills 1 in Florida, Hurts 10 at Georgia Base

SAVANNAH, Ga.—A weakened but resilient Tropical Storm Elsa killed at least one person in Florida on Wednesday and injured several others when a possible tornado struck a campground at a Navy base in southeast Georgia. The National Hurricane Center said Elsa still packed 45 mph (72 kph) winds more than nine hours after making landfall…


Tropical Storm Elsa Makes Landfall Along Florida Gulf Coast

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— A weakened Tropical Storm Elsa dumped rain across Florida’s Gulf Coast early Wednesday but appears to have spared the state significant damage and widespread power outages. Elsa wobbled through the Gulf of Mexico, briefly reaching hurricane strength, but moved ashore as a tropical storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Wednesday in…


UFO Witnesses From Mississippi and Alabama Disapprove of Recent UFO Report

Some folks from Mississippi and Alabama are not buying the federal report about UFOs that was released on June 25 by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The report was about Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sighted by members of the military since 2004. It doesn’t deny the possibility of some of the phenomena being…


Mexico: Lightning Storm Ignited Gas Leak in Gulf

MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s state-owned oil company said Monday that a bizarre chain of events, including a lightning storm and a simultaneous gas pipeline leak, set off a strange subaquatic fireball seen last week in the Gulf of Mexico. Petroleos Mexicanos said an intense storm of rain and lightning on July 2 forced the company to shut…


Tropical Storm Elsa Headed to Landfall on Central Cuba Coast

HAVANA—Tropical Storm Elsa swept along Cuba’s southern coast early Monday, and forecasters said it could make landfall on the island’s central shore by midafternoon. By Sunday, Cuban officials had evacuated 180,000 people as a precaution against the possibility of heavy flooding from a storm that already battered several Caribbean islands, killing at least three people….


Elon Musk Frustrated With ‘Broken’ Regulations After SpaceX Launch Is Interrupted

Article by Euni Han With just seconds left until takeoff on Tuesday, SpaceX’s launch was halted after an aircraft flew into launch range, according to CNBC. Founder Elon Musk voiced his frustrations on Twitter about the rules around rocket launching. “An aircraft entered the ‘keep out zone’, which is unreasonably gigantic. There is simply no…


Richard Branson Announces Trip to Space, Ahead of Jeff Bezos

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson is aiming to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days. Branson’s company announced Thursday evening that its next test flight will be July 11 and that its founder will be among the six people on board. The winged rocket ship will soar from New Mexico—the first…


Biden Revokes Trump-Era Rule That Eased Restrictions on Methane Emissions

President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed into law a bill overturning a Trump-era environmental rule that eased restrictions on methane emissions from oil and gas drilling. Called S.J.Res. 14, the joint resolution nullifies the Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources Review rule published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…


Cosmic Gulp: Astronomers See Black Hole Swallow Neutron Star

Talk about a heavy snack. For the first time, astronomers have witnessed a black hole swallowing a neutron star, the most dense object in the universe—all in a split-second gulp. Ten days later they saw the same thing, on the other side of the universe. In both cases, a neutron star—a teaspoon of which would…