NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — For the first time, astronomers have taken a direct look at an exoplanet’s insides. An exoplanet about 800 light-years away is spilling its guts into space, and new observations with the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, have let astronomers read the entrails, astronomers report this week at a meeting of…
A human rights lawyer involved in a case featuring a prominent Ugandan opposition leader has been tortured after he was arrested and detained without trial, according to colleagues who have visited him. Eron Kiiza was assaulted and arrested by soldiers on 7 January while entering a military courtroom where he was representing Dr Kizza Besigye…
Author Annie Dillard wrote that “how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives”. So, how was it that I spent a large portion of my 20s terrified of the big, long life I had before me? After Stanford University, I’d moved to New York to work at Google but I…
For a backup catcher with limited physical talent, Bob Uecker enjoyed a larger-than-life career in baseball and beyond – due, in large part, to an uncanny ability to laugh at himself. Uecker, a baseball icon, television and movie funnyman and Hall of Fame Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer, died Thursday at the age of 90, following…
Megadroughts are increasing worldwide — and they’re also becoming both hotter and drier. Over the last 30 years, Earth has experienced an uptick in both frequency and intensity of these punishing, persistent droughts that can last years to decades, researchers report in the Jan. 17 Science. Such lengthy precipitation deficits not only shrink the drinking…
For some, making a personal budget sounds about as appealing as licking a subway floor. “They think of it as the dreaded ‘B-word’,” says Robin Snell, a certified financial planner and founder of Nested Financial and Tax Planning. Money is emotional – it determines where we live, what we eat, the education and healthcare we…
Not to be cliché, but if losing things was an Olympic sport then I’d at least get a bronze. To that end, I rely on Find My programs to keep track of my devices, but I’ve put off dishing out money on a Bluetooth trackers. Now, I don’t have an Android but, if you do,…
Good morning. Just hours after the mediating power Qatar confirmed that Hamas and Israel had agreed to a truce, Benjamin Netanyahu’s office accused the militant group of trying to gain “last-minute concessions”, with Israel’s security cabinet delaying a meeting to approve the deal. But after Israel’s statement, Hamas said it was committed to the ceasefire…