On Sunday, June 19, 2022, Americans will observe
both Father's Day and Juneteenth, the nation's
youngest federal holiday. Officially recognized in
2021, it commemorates the end of slavery in the
United States. On this day in 1865, America's last
enslaved people — a group in Texas — were notified
that slavery had been made illegal and that they ...
Tardigrades are perhaps the most resilient creatures
on Earth. Popularly called water bears, or moss
piglets, they can thrive in the most extreme of
conditions — from the peaks of mountains to the
bottom of oceans, to even the vacuum of space.
Now, researchers have finally found the one thing
capable of killing the otherwise indestructible micr...
Rafael Nadal has once again proved he is the "King
of Clay." On June 5, 2022, the tennis phenom
defeated Casper Rudd in three decisive sets to win a
record-extending 14th French Open title. The
36-year-old is the oldest men's singles French Open
champion and the first male tennis player to win 22
Grand Slam championships — the Australian Open...
Americans are mourning the loss of innocent lives in
yet another school shooting. On Tuesday, May 24,
2022, a gunman took the lives of nineteen children
and two teachers, and wounded seventeen others,
at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The
tragic incident is the second deadliest school
shooting in US history, behind the 2012 Sandy Ho...
Those looking for an excuse to indulge in some
delicious donuts will be thrilled to know that June 3,
2022, is National Donut Day. This makes it your civic
duty to eat at least one — or even a dozen — of the
sugary treats. The yummy holiday, observed
annually on the first Friday of June, is credited to the
Salvation Army.
Electric vehicle (EV) sales have sharply escalated
over the past three years. However, their overall
global market share remains extremely low. It ranges
from about 16 percent in China to just 4.5 percent in
the US. One of the biggest hurdles to widespread EV
car adoption is the fear of running out of charge
while on the road. Israeli startup Electreon hopes t...
Most of the athletes that participated in the 126th
Boston Marathon on April 18, 2022, probably took
some time to recuperate before embarking on
another exhausting run. But not Jacky
Hunt-Broersma. The Arizona-based ultra-runner
completed another marathon the next day — and
the day after. In fact, Jacky ran the grueling 26.2-...
On May 12, 2022, an international team of
astronomers led by scientists at the
Harvard—Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
revealed the first image of a supermassive black
hole at the center of the Milky Way. Researchers
have known about the black hole, called Sagittarius
A*, or Sgr A* (pronounced sadge-ay-star), since th...
Laura Young had a feeling that the 52-pound marble
sculpture she bought from a Goodwill Store in
Austin, Texas, in 2018, was worth more than the
$34.99 she paid. However, the vintage store owner
never thought it would be a priceless, 2000-year-old
Roman relic dating back to the first century AD.
