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The universe is a strange place — filled with exploding stars, ancient galaxies, and unseen worlds. Now, astronomers are about to get a brand new tool to explore it. The $4.3-billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled for launch Aug. 30. Named for NASA’s first chief astronomer, the observatory is expected to reveal new…

King Harald V of Norway, who went into exile in the United States as a child during the Nazi occupation of his homeland and refused a string of European noblewomen to marry his school sweetheart, died Friday. He was 89. The palace said he died at the National Hospital in Oslo at 6:35 a.m. Harald…

Two days after waves nearly 30-feet high gushed down a river between Tibet and Nepal, wiping away communities for miles downstream, the death toll Friday had risen to 547 people in Nepal, according to police. Authorities in China, which rules Tibet, said their death toll was five. Even as authorities raced along with efforts to…

Brazilian Alison dos Santos, also known as Piu, broke the world record in the 400-meter hurdles by clocking 45.80 seconds at the Diamond League in Zurich, Switzerland, an elite track and field competition. On Thursday afternoon (Aug. 27), Piu finished the race 14 hundredths of a second faster than the previous record holder, Norway’s Karsten…

Meta has agreed to change the ways teens use its platforms and pay states up to $17.1 billion to settle claims its products are addictive and harmful to kids. It’s the latest sign that long-running public frustration with tech companies is turning into concrete changes for the industry. 2026 has already seen a wave of…

Country music icon and humanitarian Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80. Her family confirmed she passed away peacefully at her home in Nashville on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. Details of Her PassingAccording to a family statement released by her nephew, Bryan Seaver, Parton passed away peacefully at her Nashville home. A small,…

My trek into Tijuca National Park started on a crowded tram that carries tourists up Corcovado Mountain, rising more than 2,000 feet above the city. The big draw here is the famous Christ Redeemer statue, one of Rio’s biggest attractions. I came for a taste of wildness. Rio boasts the world’s largest urban rain forest,…

In a memo issued in August, the Trump administration announced a program that could authorize some U.S. businesses to pursue government-selected foreign cybercriminals. In the past, that work has been performed by government agencies. The presidential memorandum doesn’t fully explain how it would allow a private business to take the lead on work traditionally performed…

We all know a sprint feels different than a longer, take-it-slow kind of workout. Your heart is pounding. You gasp for air. Maybe your muscles burn. Now, new research reveals this kind of high-intensity training provokes a remarkably robust response throughout the bloodstream. The training substantially mobilizes more proteins and other molecules in the hours…

The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the United States. If it happens, the move would be the largest single mass revocation of visas in U.S. history and would likely face legal challenges. Unless…