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CosmicWatch: Handheld device democratizes study of cosmic particles from exploding stars

The CosmicWatch device costs only $100 to make, making it accessible for both high school students and spacecraft operators.
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The major mistake weight-loss jab users are making

Several trials have shown that when people stop taking slimming jabs, most start putting the weight back on. And a new review of six such studies suggests the average person will regain all their lost ...

Adam Clermont Releases New Book – Profit Before People: When Corporations Knew It Was Dangerous and Sold It Anyway

It begins with a catastrophic injury: a 22-year-old Hong Kong law student burned at a fraternity gathering in Massachusetts. The cause was 190-proof grain alcohol—a product whose warning label ...

The Golden Globes are back — but don’t count on the golden age of Hollywood making a return

Sunday. The 83rd Golden Globe Awards. On CBS if you can recall that. Or whatever’s in your unwashed palm. Airing live from ...

The Los Angeles wildfires were ‘the perfect storm’. Is the city ready for the next one?

After the devastating fires, neighborhoods pledged to build back stronger and better than before. A year later, they’re still untangling issues ...

Heartbreak in Houston: Rockets Fall to Trail Blazers in Nail-Biting 1-Point Defeat

The Houston Rockets walked off the floor stunned after a 102-103 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, a game that ended with equal parts brilliance and heartbreak. In a thrilling finish, Kevin Durant ...

Stars that die off the beaten path

Astronomers have created a detailed forecast of where they expect to observe future stellar explosions in a nearby galaxy, ...