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Jun 30, 2017

Bullied Kids More Likely to Have Loaded Guns, Report Suggests

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. For school-aged youth, access to a gun can increase their risk for becoming a victim of or for committing a violent crime, including suicide and homicide. It also increases a...

Jun 30, 2017

The New 'Doctor': Yes, a Time Lord Can Regenerate As a Woman

The Doctor is in — sci-fi television series Doctor Who has a new Doctor, and for the first time in the show's history, she's a woman. Since the long-running program debuted in 1963, 12 actors have held the leading role of the Doctor, a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey....

May 31, 2017

House Pushes for Creation of Military 'Space Corps'

Congress took formal steps on Thursday toward requiring the US military to establish a dedicated Space Corps, as concern mounts over the vulnerability of American space assets and their central role in modern war-fighting. The move came with a stinging rebuke to the US Department of Defense from key members...

May 31, 2017

60% of Moms Have Been Mom-Shamed

It's a tough world out there. More than half of mothers of young children say they've been criticized for their parenting decisions. So-called mom-shaming comes most frequently from family members, a new survey found, with 37 percent of mothers reporting their own parents had criticized them, 31 percent reporting criticism...

Apr 30, 2017

The Sky's the Limit: 15 Key Milestones in Aviation History

Aviation pioneers American aviator Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902 – 1974), who in 1927 became the first person to make a non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic. (Image credit: Central Press/Getty Images)On May 21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh claimed his spot in aviation history when he landed in Paris, France, after...

Apr 30, 2017

Charles Lindbergh Made Flight History 90 Years Ago, Changing Aviation Forever

American aviator Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean on May 21, 1927, without stopping. On May 20, 90 years ago, after completing several test flights and setting a transcontinental record, Lindbergh hopped aboard his Spirit of St. Louis plane at Roosevelt Field in...

Apr 30, 2017

Why Is the Flag at Half-Staff Until Noon on Memorial Day?

For 149 years, Americans have taken the last Monday in May to remember those who have died in our wars. Like all deaths honored by the state, flags fly at half-staff. However, on Memorial Day, the U.S. flag flies at half-staff only for the first half of the day, and...

Feb 28, 2017

Why Do Songs Get Stuck in Your Head?

There are some songs that just beg to become embedded in your brain. It's a Small World. My Sharona. YMCA. Even a die-hard Village People fan is bound to get a little annoyed the 70-millionth time It's fun to stay at the Y, M, C, A! screeches through their skull....

Feb 28, 2017

What's Behind Phantom Cellphone Buzzes?

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Have you ever experienced a phantom phone call or text? You're convinced that you felt your phone vibrate in your pocket, or that you heard your ring tone. But...

Feb 28, 2017

What the Heaven's Gate Suicides Say About American Culture

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Heaven's Gate — also known as the UFO cult — burst into American consciousness 20 years ago this month, when, on March 26, 1997, law enforcement discovered 39 decomposing...

Oct 31, 2018

Help Put a Scientist's Face on the UK's New £50 Bill!

Pardon me, do you have change for a Hawking? English business owners may soon have to answer this question, or one like it — Can you break a Lovelace for me? — thanks to a new competition to put a U.K. scientist on the United Kingdom's next £50 bill. Who...

Oct 31, 2018

The Real Reason the Pilgrims Survived

Sometime in the autumn of 1621, a group of English Pilgrims who had crossed the Atlantic Ocean and created a colony called New Plymouth celebrated their first harvest. They hosted a group of about 90 Wampanoags, their Algonquian-speaking neighbors. Together, migrants and Natives feasted for three days on corn, venison...

Sep 30, 2018

Tiny Hawaiian Gecko Accidentally Calls 'a Bazillion' People from Hospital Phone, Wins the Internet

If you have never been prank-called by a lizard, you probably don't live in Hawaii. Dr. Claire Simeone, the director of the Kei Kai Ola hospital for Hawaiian monk seals, definitely does. Earlier this week, Simeone had just left work for lunch when her phone started ringing. A lot. I...

Sep 30, 2018

Giant, Prehistoric Bird Chowed Down on This Neanderthal Child's Bones

One Neanderthal child had a very bad day about 115,000 years ago. The child died — that much is certain — and the bones were gulped down and digested by a giant, prehistoric bird, according to archaeologists in Poland. However, it's unclear whether the giant bird killed the child before...

Sep 30, 2018

Why Do Some People Feel More Pain Than Others?

Anyone who came of age in the 1990s remembers the Friends episode where Phoebe and Rachel venture out to get tattoos. Spoiler alert: Rachel gets a tattoo and Phoebe ends up with a black ink dot because she couldn't take the pain. This sitcom storyline is funny, but it also...