Photo credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Earth Observatory of Singapore / ESA Of popular mechanics Last week’s explosion in Beirut claimed more than 200 lives, injured thousands and caused billions of dollars in damage. NASA researchers – in collaboration with colleagues from Singapore’s Earth Observatory – have mapped the extent …

There was anger when the players of FC Dallas and Nashville SC collectively took a knee during the national anthem before their Major League Soccer match on Wednesday in Frisco, Texas. Dallas defender Reggie Cannon said he was disgusted by the anger at Toyota Stadium when players and officials nodded …

Simulated landscape of mountains and valleys created by cuddling in graphene. The brightly coupled dots are electrons that are slower and have strong interaction. Credit: Yuhang Jiang Graphene, an extremely thin two-dimensional layer of graphite used in pencils, stretches as it cools when hooked to a flat surface, resulting in …

An Australian surfer has told how he escaped the jaws of a 16ft large white shark by shaking his surfboard in his mouth and stabbing him in the face. Phil Mummert, 28, was surfing at Bunker Bay – 150 miles from Perth – when he was struck off his board …

For years, NASA has studied Mars closely and personally with its various rovers and spacecraft, the latter of which includes the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). This spaceship orbited Mars, using cameras on board to capture images of the Red Planet below. This has resulted in an enormous number of images, …