Drop a soccer ball onto a dead patch of grass, and the problem is immediately obvious: the ball rebounds strangely or just dies at a player’s feet. In the run-up to this year’s FIFA World Cup across the U.S., Mexico and Canada, videos and photographs of soccer pitches have already…
GLOBE Mission Earth Educators Participate in Land Cover Community of Practice
During the 2025-2026 school year, educators from the NASA Science Activation Program’s GLOBE (Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment) Mission Earth project participated in a specialized Community of Practice led by NASA Langley Research Center to refine how students interact with NASA’s land cover data (MODIS, Landsat, and…
How Canadian rock duo Angine de Poitrine play with neurobiology and physics to make viral music
One of the strangest viral music phenoms of the year is the Quebecois duo Angine de Poitrine. In February a 27-minute-long YouTube video of the pair exploded. In it, they wore outfits covered in black-and-white polka dots and strange masks that reflected the conceit they are aliens. Playing music that…
Trident: Powerful Religious Symbol Found In Many Ancient Cultures
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – According to Greek legends, Poseidon (equated with the Roman god Neptune) possessed a magical trident. When angry, the Greek god of the sea could cause storms, tsunamis, and earthquakes, submerge lands and islands, and split rocks with his magical trident. With this powerful three-pronged spear,…
Annular solar eclipse 2027 —everything you need to know about the ‘ring of fire’ on Feb. 6
An annular solar eclipse will occur on Feb. 6, 2027, when the moon’s cone-shaped central shadow will not quite reach Earth. The result will be a ‘ring of fire’ visible to those within a broad path across southern Chile, Argentina and coastal parts of West Africa. At the point of…
A Waymo nearly hit me, but I’m still optimistic about driverless cars
Waymo driverless cars are in London, but is this a positive move for road safety? Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty images Waymo’s driverless cars have been rolling through London for months, although they aren’t taking passengers yet and a human sits ready to seize control if needed. Every time I’ve…
Esta Copa Mundial podría ser la más calurosa en la historia del juego » Yale Climate Connections
by Johani Carolina Ponce, Yale Climate Connections June 10, 2026 Durante una semifinal del Mundial de Clubes en julio de 2025 en el MetLife Stadium de East Rutherford, Nueva Jersey, el centrocampista argentino Enzo Fernández —que sufría un golpe de calor— tuvo que tumbarse en el césped. La temperatura era…
MIT’s new spacecraft engine could send tiny satellites to Mars
MIT engineers are developing a new spacecraft propulsion system that combines the strengths of traditional chemical rockets with the efficiency and precision of electric thrusters. The technology could give small satellites far greater flexibility in space. Instead of relying on separate fuel systems for different types of maneuvers, future spacecraft…
Unusual Bronze Age Neck Rings Discovered In Norrköping, Sweden
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Two unusual Bronze Age neck rings have been found in a grave during an archaeological survey in Marby, east of Norrköping, Sweden. The rings, which are over 2,500 years old, were probably deposited as offerings. Credit: Arkeologerna, SHM “Finding them in a context like this is…
Trump EPA move sparks fears over kids’ health » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: In February, under the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency announced the repeal of its endangerment finding. This finding provided the legal basis for regulating climate pollution under the Clean Air Act. Cooper: “I was dismayed. … And as a mother and a grandmother, I couldn’t imagine that the…