NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has temporarily stopped its science observations while the mission team investigates an issue. On Tuesday night (Jan. 18), the observatory, a gamma-ray hunting space telescope originally called the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer, went into safe mode and paused all science work. This maneuver may have been in response to a reaction wheel failure, which the mission team continues to explore.

For years, Google has attempted to kill employee-led unionization efforts under an initiative codenamed “Project Vivian.” In the words of one senior manager, Project Vivian existed “to engage employees more positively and convince them that unions suck.”

The comedian's brand of satire once made him the perfect culture critic. But as his latest Internet imbroglio proves, his smarter act is out while righteous indignation runs amok.

The iPhone 13 series has been in the market for about three months but there have been several reports regarding its successor. From the reports so far, it appears that the iPhone 14 series will be significantly better than the iPhone 13 series. According to reports out of China, Apple intends to return the fingerprint recognition function to the iPhone’s flagship model.

A Philadelphia mother has given birth to what is believed to be the world’s first Tesla baby: an infant delivered in the front seat of an electric smart car while it was driving on autopilot. The remarkable delivery, reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer, took place in September while Yiran Sherry, 33, and her husband Keating Sherry, 34, were taking their three-year-old son Rafa to pre-school.

The characters in HBO’s prestige hit let us set aside judgment and just marvel at how ardently, how comically, people will chase after the worst thing for them. Two years ago, as HBO’s “Succession” finished its second season, we saw Logan Roy, the head of a right-wing media empire, looking for someone in his inner circle to serve as the scapegoat for a corporate scandal. One candidate was his hapless son-in-law, Tom Wambsgans.

Since May 2021, people living in counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump during the last presidential election have been nearly three times as likely to die from COVID-19 as those who live in areas that went for now-President Biden. That's according to a new analysis by NPR that examines how political polarization and misinformation are driving a significant share of the deaths in the pandemic.

Politically conservative Americans are less likely than liberals to comply with recommended health-protective behaviors such as mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic, but this is not true of conservatives in other nations, according to new cross-cultural research published in PLOS One.

2021 could end with a huge close call. NASA has warned that a giant asteroid bigger than the Eiffel Tower will break into Earth’s orbit in a week.

Unless carefully designed, pandemic office culture risks hurting the least experienced workers in our organizations.

President Joe Biden's national security adviser told his Israeli counterpart on Tuesday that diplomacy is the best way to rein in Iran's nuclear program. Biden senior aide Jake Sullivan also reaffirmed Biden's warning to Tehran that Washington could turn to other options if negotiations fail.

In honor of Disney+ Day on November 12, Star Wars fans got their official first look at the highly-anticipated Obi-Wan Kenobi series. And though it’s not the first trailer many had been hoping for, we at least have a glimpse at what’s to come with a behind-the-scenes featurette.

NASA has set its sights on the moon's south pole in its quest for ice. This week, the space agency and the company Intuitive Machines announced Shackleton Crater landing site at the south pole of the moon for a small lander set to launch next year. The location is called the "Shackleton connecting ridge" and NASA data hint at ice lurking below the surface, the agency said in a statement Wednesday (Nov. 3).

India, the world's third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has said it doesn’t want to commit to carbon neutrality, instead staking its claim on the right to development and asking for more international aid to reduce emissions. It has also sought to boost domestic coal production.Indigenous protesters marched 300 km to the Chhattisgarh state capital to demand the government...

Covid-19 vaccines in use today have to be stored at cold temperatures, but a patch covered in tiny plastic spikes coated in a vaccine could provide an alternative.