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Powerful earthquake hits Naples as terrified residents flee into streets

The earthquake is one of the biggest to hit Naples in decades

Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2025

NASA workers plan 'Moon Day' protest on July 20 to oppose mass layoffs, budget cuts. 'This year has been an utter nightmare that has not stopped.'

Workers from within NASA will protest the space agency leadership's "preemptive over-compliance" of the White House's proposed budget, gutting science and eliminating jobs.

Space · Jul 18, 2025

Mount Thor: The mountain with Earth's longest vertical drop

Mount Thor, also known as Thor Peak, is a mountain in Nunavut, Canada with the largest vertical drop in the world — a terrifying escarpment with an average overhang of 15 degrees from vertical.

LiveScience · Jul 18, 2025

British astronaut Tim Peake wants to ‘put the data centers into space’: Here’s why

I discuss AI, data centers, nuclear fusion, ChatGPT and saxophone playing with Tim Peake/

TechRadar · Jul 18, 2025

This Jurassic-era relic has survived 150 million years on Earth – now it’s one big fire from extinction

Australian scientists say assassin spiders are a ‘window into the past’ – and many invertebrates face a similarly precarious situation

The Guardian - AU · Jul 18, 2025

The first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound dies in crash in Italy, city's mayor says

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound more than a decade ago, died in a crash Thursday along the eastern coast of Italy

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025

Scientists extracted water and oxygen from moon dust using sunlight. Could it work on the lunar surface?

Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing and for rocket fuel.

Space · Jul 17, 2025

The 10 Sci-Fi Books For People Who Hate Sci-Fi (And Science In General)

Science is boring, these novels make up for it.

The Mary Sue · Jul 17, 2025

Lunar lava tubes on Earth? China completes underground moon simulation test area (video)

China has taken a new step in its long-term planning for lunar exploration with the completion of a "simulated moon underground space."

Space · Jul 17, 2025

Giant meteor impact may have triggered massive Grand Canyon landslide 56,000 years ago

Researchers have found a link between two geological events in iconic locations of the U.S. Southwest that scientists previously didn't think had anything to do with each other.

LiveScience · Jul 17, 2025