Virginia Hall Was America’s Most Successful Female WWII Spy. But She Was Almost Kept From Serving
When Gina Haspel became the first female director of the CIA in 2018, she talked of how she had stood “on the shoulders of heroines …
Watch Live: Elon Musk Announces Plans for SpaceX Mars Mission
Elon Musk is expected to announce plans for the colonization of Mars today during a speech at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico. Musk, …
The Palestinian Issue Used to Be a Major Factor in Israeli Elections. Here’s Why It Hasn’t Been This Time
IDEAS Waxman is Professor of Political Science, International Affairs, and Israel Studies, and the Stotsky Professor of Jewish Historical and Cultural Studies at Northeastern University …
This Controversial History Book Is Causing a Stir in France and Beyond. Here’s Why
A history of France, newly available in English, has shocked some readers by what it omits, as much as what it includes. Patrick Boucheron, a …
How to See the 2017 Geminid Meteor Shower
Stargazers will be treated to an awesome sight later this month — if they’re willing to stay up late. The 2017 Geminid meteor shower will …
Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse Rises Over Africa
Known as a “ring of fire“, an annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes in front of the sun, but is not near enough …
Even J.K. Rowling Thinks This Spider Looks Like the Harry Potter Sorting Hat
Harry Potter-literate scientists have discovered a new species of spider in the forests of India that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Sorting Hat used …
A First Map of the Entire Milky Way
Nearly a million miles from Earth, at a gravitationally stable point in space on the opposite side of our planet from the sun, is the …
Here’s How Everyone in the U.S. Could Witness the Total Solar Eclipse in Person
For a show that lasts less than three minutes, the total solar eclipse that will traverse the U.S. on Aug. 21 is already inspiring an …
Why Total Solar Eclipses Are So Rare
The solar eclipse that will cross the continental U.S. this Aug. 21 will attract a huge audience — and rightly so. The millions of people …