It’s the epitome of small sample theater — especially since it came against a bad FCS opponent — but the BYU Cougars football team is leading the country in several statistics following its 69-0 drubbing of the Portland State Vikings last Saturday in its 2025 season opener. What’s more, the Cougars are in the top five in the country in …
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Ever wanted to know more about the ground beneath your feet? Well, thanks to a new geologic map of the lower 48 states of the USA, now you can – and in more detail than ever before. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. Geologic maps are pretty …
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A remote West Virginia school known as the quietest in America has finally been granted access to Wi-Fi for the first time in its history. Green Bank Elementary-Middle School is located within the National Radio Quiet Zone and has remained offline for decades. Its isolation from the internet and essentially the rest of the world was enforced over 50 years ago …
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday said she would ask the United States to share the $15 billion it expects to extract from convicted Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada with her country’s poor. Sinaloa drug cartel co-founder Zambada pleaded guilty in a New York court on Monday to murder and drug trafficking, particularly of fentanyl — a powerful …
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A metallic ring weighing over 1,100 pounds crash-landed in Kenya just before New Year’s Eve, sending shockwaves—literal and figurative—through the small community of Mukuku, about 115 kilometers southeast of Nairobi. Experts from the Kenya Space Agency (KSA) later confirmed the object was a separation ring from a space launch vehicle, raising urgent questions about the growing problem of space debris …
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