A surprisingly weak July employment report has intensified expectations that the Federal Reserve will resume cutting interest rates as soon as September, with mounting evidence of a slowing U.S. economy and faltering labor market offsetting persistent inflation worries driven by new tariff hikes. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) had previously left rates unchanged at a range of 4.25% to …
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What Your Kids Are Watching This Summer
This story will run in Buffering, Vulture’s newsletter about the streaming industry. Head to vulture.com/buffering and subscribe today! Love Island is pretty high up there (and so is Bluey). Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Ben Symons/Peacock via Getty Images, Disney+/Everett Collection Nielsen knows what your kids did (at the start of) this summer: spend a whole lot of time streaming Ginny & Georgia, Bluey, and …
Read More »5 science facts that come from simply watching the Moon
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he answers the biggest questions of all. The Moon is Earth’s brightest, largest night sky object. Animation showing the umbral phase of the November 19, 2021 partial lunar eclipse. At 9:03 AM UT, maximum eclipse was reached, where only 0.9% of the Moon …
Read More »Scientists Just Found a Massive Earthquake Threat Nobody Was Watching
A once-overlooked fault line beneath North America may pose a far greater threat than previously realized. Canadian geologists have raised the alarm over the Tintina Fault, a hidden seismic hazard stretching from Yukon Territory into interior Alaska, that could potentially unleash a magnitude 7.5 earthquake or greater without warning. The newly spotlighted fault could impact communities across Alaska, British Columbia, …
Read More »NASA Is Watching a Huge Anomaly Growing in Earth’s Magnetic Field
For years, NASA has monitored a strange anomaly in Earth’s magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies above the planet, stretching out between South America and southwest Africa. This vast, developing phenomenon, called the South Atlantic Anomaly, has intrigued and concerned scientists for years, and perhaps none more so than NASA researchers. The space agency’s …
Read More »NASA Is Watching a Huge Anomaly Growing in Earth’s Magnetic Field : ScienceAlert
For years, NASA has monitored a strange anomaly in Earth’s magnetic field: a giant region of lower magnetic intensity in the skies above the planet, stretching out between South America and southwest Africa. This vast, developing phenomenon, called the South Atlantic Anomaly, has intrigued and concerned scientists for years, and perhaps none more so than NASA researchers. The space agency’s …
Read More »76 Million-Year-Old Footprints Show Tyrannosaurs Were Watching Their Prey
In the rugged badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada, a groundbreaking discovery has recently captured the attention of paleontologists and dinosaur enthusiasts alike. In July 2024, an extraordinary set of dinosaur footprints was uncovered at this UNESCO World Heritage Site. Footprints from the Past According to Discover Wildlife, Dinosaur Provincial Park has long been a rich source of …
Read More »National Hurricane Center Watching Gulf For Small Chance Of Tropical Development
Play Tropical Downpours To Impact Florida, Gulf Coast A rainy disturbance will slide over Florida and into the waters near the northern Gulf Coast over the next couple of days, where there is a small chance it could try to form into a tropical depression before it moves inland. Tropical Development Overview A stretched out area of low pressure meteorologists …
Read More »8 Falcons camp battles worth watching this summer
The Atlanta Falcons kick off training camp Thursday, with players arriving Wednesday. This is a time of anticipation for fans who have been waiting nearly eight months to see any sort of real NFL action again, and an opportunity for many a would-be Falcon, would-be star, and maybe especially would-be practice squad player to prove themselves. This Falcons team is …
Read More »Vikings training camp: 10 things I’ll be watching when it kicks off
Hope is synonymous with this time of the NFL year. You look at the roster and the schedule, and you believe. It’s human. The Minnesota Vikings have offered fans and experts many reasons to be excited over the last three years. First it was the new leadership structure. Then it was the new defensive coordinator. Now it’s not just the …
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