MARYSVILLE — Michael Pitzo went from full head of hair to tonsured monk to first day of boot camp Friday.
The 14-year-old eighth-grader wasn't making a fashion statement.
"I wanted to do it to support a good cause," he said. "And frankly, I wanted a free haircut."
About 25 students — and...
Some of this week’s headlines, it turns out, vastly oversold what might happen to your genes when you spend almost a year in space.
The Hill: “NASA study: Astronaut’s DNA no longer identical to his identical twin’s after year in space.”
Time: “Scott Kelly Spent a Year in Space and Now...
The smallest member of Boeing Co’s (BA.N) upgraded narrowbody jetliner range, the 138-seat 737 MAX 7, began a maiden flight on Friday, the start of several months of trials before entering service next year, the company said.
The shortened 737, designed for hot and high conditions or longer journeys than...
Electric carmaker Tesla, facing pressure on a number of fronts, is asking shareholders for a show of support for chief executive Elon Musk.
The firm has called a special meeting this month for investors to vote on a 10-year compensation plan for Mr Musk.
Under the plan, Mr Musk could receive...
The "substantial doubt" that iHeartMedia's corporate leaders expressed around the company's likelihood of surviving another year, mentioned in its quarterly financial report last November, has been put to rest.
iHeartMedia, the country's largest radio broadcaster with around 850 stations and a leading outdoor advertising company, is filing for bankruptcy after...
NASA's Kepler spacecraft has been peering deep into the Milky Way galaxy for nearly a decade. It has spotted over 2,500 confirmed planets orbiting distant stars, and over 2,500 more possible worlds are waiting to be confirmed. Thirty of these confirmed planets live inside their host stars' habitable zones,...
Our ancestors in Kenya's Southern Rift Valley made some pretty innovative tools. And they made them far earlier than previously thought — over one million years ago.
The oldest innovations were axes designed to be held in the palm of the hand. They were shaped like a tear drop, with...
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday took the first concrete action to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to make them much less addictive, opening a regulatory process described as a “historic first step” by the agency's top official.
Commissioner Scott Gottlieb unveiled an “advance notice of proposed rulemaking,” the earliest...
One of the world’s most well-known physicists, Stephen Hawking, became famous for his efforts to explain black holes, the nature of time and the origins of the universe during his long career at Cambridge University.
He was also a symbol of triumph over physical adversity, since he did this work...
The death of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, reported today (March 14), prompted accolades from across NASA, including from its acting administrator and many astronauts.
Robert Lightfoot, NASA's acting administrator, spoke about Hawking's career in a statement on the NASA website.
"Today, the world lost a giant among men, whose impact cannot...
