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Dimorphos got its name last week, just in time to reflect on the importance of understanding the threat from near-Earth asteroids. Near-Earth objects are asteroids and comets whose orbits place them 30 million miles from Earth. In 1908, a powerful asteroid hit the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in a remote Russian …

Johnny Mandel, the Oscar-winning and Grammy-winning songwriter of “The Shadow of Your Smile”, “Emily” and the theme song “MASH”, has died. He was 94 years old. “I was very saddened to learn that a hero of mine, Johnny Mandel, passed away,” wrote Michael Buble on Twitter. “He was a genius …

The leading US infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, will testify before the Senate about the government’s efforts for coronavirus on Tuesday, as cases continue to skyrocket and states across the country reverse their reopening efforts. It will do so as the White House insists that the outbreak has been …

A growing number of players have chosen to stay out of the 2020 MLB season. Ryan Zimmerman and Joe Ross of the current World Series champion, Washington Nationals, Mike Leake of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Ian Desmond of the Rockies of Colorado, they are choosing not to worry about the …

Carl Reiner, the writer, producer, director and actor who was part of the legendary Sid Caesar team and created “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and directed several successful movies, died. He was 98 years old. He died of natural causes Monday night at his home in Beverly Hills, confirmed his …