Robots, Not Humans, Are The New Space Explorers
Landing a man on the moon captures the public’s imagination. But in the decades after the Apollo program, robots have also generated public excitement about space exploration.
Landing a man on the moon captures the public’s imagination. But in the decades after the Apollo program, robots have also generated public excitement about space exploration.
It’s the latest move by festival planners in responding to a scandal that engulfed the festival after an 18-year-old woman was sexually attacked by a gang of five men at the festival in 2016.
The Justice Department did not provide an explanation for why it’s switching out lawyers representing the Trump administration in the ongoing legal battle over a potential census citizenship question.
The Guggenheim Museum in New York and Fallingwater in Pennsylvania now belong to a list that includes Machu Picchu and the pyramids of Egypt.
Jason Glass of Jeffco Public Schools wants the community to consider tearing down the site of the 1999 shooting, saying it’s become a magnet for disturbed individuals obsessed with school shootings.
The move signals that Iran is losing patience with the 2015 agreement after the U.S. blocked the economic relief promised.
The move comes as a result of Digital Rights Management, an approach that allows companies to prevent piracy. Every purchased book will disappear this month.
Police in the city of Tempe say a barista asked them to leave or move away from a customer who “did not feel safe” with officers nearby.
They defeated the Netherlands 2-0 to win a record fourth Women’s World Cup title. Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle both scored, helping the team to a perfect tournament.
U.K.’s ambassador to the U.S., Kim Darroch, paints Trump as an incompetent leader of a “diplomatically clumsy” administration, in memos sent to U.K.’s Foreign Office and leaked to the Daily Mail.
Advances in online tech are revolutionizing health care, with patients now emailing doctors, filling prescriptions or even getting therapy via a video session. But what if you can’t afford broadband?
The International Space Station is getting older, and NASA is hoping that commercial businesses will take over so that the space agency can focus its efforts on a return to the moon.
In neighborhoods with limited access to healthy foods, school gardens can help close the gap — for students and the wider community. Some schools are now expanding the season by growing indoors.
The multimillionaire financier has been taken into federal custody on allegations related to sex trafficking.
The Brazilian singer and guitarist, who won wide acclaim for his abundant technical skill and minimalist style, was behind one of the best-selling jazz albums of all time, 1964’s Getz/Gilberto.
No fatalities have been reported in the immediate aftermath of the explosion, which occurred Saturday at a shopping complex in Plantation, Fla.
The 15-year-old was down a set and two match points, but she defeated Slovenia’s Polona Hercog to advance to the tournament’s round of 16. She is the youngest woman to advance this far since 1991.
Iranian officials announced Sunday that the country would take its second step away from the 2015 nuclear deal by beginning to enrich uranium above permitted levels.
It’s almost as tall as the Taj Mahal. It smolders and festers. And it’s a source of income for slum dwellers nearby.
For years, women have fought for inclusion in the high-stakes world of national security. Now, they say, the effort to build a pipeline of qualified women leaders is paying off.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported the magnitude was 7.1. It’s the biggest earthquake in the area in 20 years and follows a 6.4 magnitude earthquake Thursday.
While the Justice Department continues exploring possible ways to add a question about citizenship to the census forms, a federal judge in Maryland is moving ahead with reopening two cases against it.
The city, condemned in the Bible and a source of black magic in the Quran, has been ravaged by war and neglect. For decades, preservationists have pushed for the site to be restored.
A woman seen in a viral video licking a carton of Blue Bell ice cream before placing it back on a store shelf could face legal repercussions.
For two soccer-crazed nations, just one question remains: Will the U.S. continue its march of greatness undaunted, or can the Dutch pull off an upset for the ages?
Chris Cline, a West Virginia native who came to be called the King of Coal, was en route to Florida when the copter went down in the waters off Grand Cay.
Puerto Rico has a plan to rebuild its energy grid and move to 100% renewable power by 2050. Many communities are working toward that themselves, without help from the government.
The Alaskan city just had its hottest and driest June ever, with average daily temperatures 5 degrees above normal. Crews are also battling wildfires across the state.
A hardwired, us-vs.-them mentality can easily pull kids away from kindness, toward cruelty. Here’s what parents can do about it.
The preliminary agreement, reached a month after a deadly military crackdown on protesters, calls for control to rotate between military and civilian leaders for three years, until elections are held.
In Southern California’s Tehrangeles, business owners feel the effects of the travel ban, sanctions and increasing White House threats of war against Iran.
Aden Batar directs a refugee resettlement program in Utah. It is the same organization that helped resettle his family 25 years ago, when they fled a harrowing civil war in Somalia.
The 39-year-old, whose father was a Palestinian refugee, wrote in The Washington Post that he supported Republican candidates throughout his early adult life and was elected as a Republican.
Homelessness is often considered an urban problem. But rural Americans often experience homelessness as well. Advocates struggle to reach homeless rural residents and connect them with services.
At MAD magazine’s peak in the early 1970s, more than 2 million people subscribed to it. The magazine will shift to printing collections of old content and end-of-year specials with new material.
The 29-year-old smiled at reporters upon arriving at the airport in Beijing Thursday, telling them he felt “great.” But he declined to elaborate on his whereabouts since he was first reported missing.