A Structural Engineer Explains Why the Baltimore Bridge Collapsed
A large container ship “totally removed” a critical pier from Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge
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Here Are the Best Places to View the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Weather predictions and population statistics show the best spots to see the total solar eclipse over North America this April
A Dead Star Will Soon Spark a Once-in-a-Lifetime Display in Earth’s Skies
A nova called T Coronae Borealis spectacularly erupts every 80 years. Your only chance to see it will come any day now
How Much Vitamin D Do You Need to Stay Healthy?
Most people naturally have good vitamin D levels. Overhyped claims that the compound helps to fight diseases from cancer to depression aren’t borne out by recent research
Earth Has More Than One Moon
Quirks of orbital mechanics make a cadre of sun-orbiting asteroids appear to be moons of Earth
Lava-Lit Lenticular Cloud Crowns Volcano in Spectacular Photo
These bizarre-looking clouds form in stable atmospheric eddies
Banning TikTok Would Do Basically Nothing to Protect Your Data
Proposed restrictions on TikTok would be “security theater” in the face of the staggering amounts of data that foreign and domestic tech companies collect