More than 4.3 million households were without power after a severe winter storm hit Texas. The frigid temperatures froze power lines and water pipes. Snow and ice cover the roadways. Rolling power blackouts will be used to balance the huge…
GameStock has become part of a struggle between major hedge funds and amateur day traders. Major investors have been short selling GameStock, betting that the stocks will fall. Instead, the stock is going up due to a Reddit community called…
The stock marketing closed out 2020 with double-digit gains, but January 2021 may start out slow. The pandemic is still spreading, causing the economy to slow. Elections can also affect the market. The important runoff election for Georgia’s Senate will…
NASA announced the names of the 18 astronauts that will start training for its new moon mission, Artemis. Of the 18, half are women. One of them will be the first woman to walk on the moon. Safety is a…
American's beloved fries could be in danger—climate change is affecting the potato crop. Idaho, Washington, and Wisconsin grow the best spuds due to their cooler climates. Warming temperatures can cause defects in potatoes, like bumps and knobs. Diseases and pests…
The 2020 election is one for the books in more than one way. Voters by the millions turned out to shatter the previous turnout record. About 150 million ballots were collected. Biden won by 75 million, which is the highest…
While countries were in lockdown during the pandemic, greenhouse gas emissions went down. However, this was not enough to affect the rise of global temperatures, according to Nature Climate Change. Instead, renewable energy and carbon-neutralizing technology are the key to…
The first three astronauts shuttled up to the International Space Station on Nov. 2, 2000. This week, NASA and other space agencies around the world celebrated 15 years of continuous inhabitance on the station. The astronauts currently living on the…
NASA scientists found evidence of flowing water on the surface of Mars. If confirmed, this could be a game-changer. Namely, access to water on mars could make a manned voyage there much more likely. But scientists — and non-scientists — still have many…
International ships are no longer unknowingly releasing invasive species into the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, a new report has found. Many big ships carry water in ballast tanks. This ballast water makes the ships heavier and easier to control. However, officials…