It's easy to minimize the potential effects of a "partial" federal government shutdown if Congress fails to act on a short-term budget extension by midnight on Friday. After all, such stoppages have already happened 18 times – most recently in 2013 and most famously in 1995 – after which...
Divers in Mexico have discovered the largest known underwater, flooded cave in the world. The discovery could reveal more about the pre-Hispanic, ancient community that existed in the region. The Yucatan Peninsula, where the cave is located, still holds treasures from the ancient Mayan community.
The cave is made of...
What should you do if you find a chunk of meteorite from the meteor that exploded Tuesday over southeastern Michigan?
Contrary to popular science fiction novels and movies, any materials believed to be meteorites aren't going to be hot or dangerously radioactive when they land on the surface of the...
Launch of an Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral with a U.S. Air Force infrared surveillance satellite was scrubbed Thursday evening after engineers encountered a balky valve associated with the first stage’s liquid oxygen system.
United Launch Alliance, a 50-50 joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, said the problem...
Apple Inc.has announced that it will increase what it “contributes” to the US economy. The company revealed details about what it plans to do with the money it will save on taxes and the billions of dollars it plans to repatriate. Apple contributions to the US economy will jump...
After falling to four digits earlier Wednesday, Bitcoin prices rebounded above $11,200 as some investors bought into the dip.
Demonstrating the continued volatility of the digital asset, the price of Bitcoin added some $1,400 over the course of less than half a day on the biggest U.S.-based exchange, Coinbase. That...
These are the images that show what will soon be known as the world's next tallest building rising from the desert. When the 3,280-feet-tall (1,000-meter-tall) Jeddah Tower, in Saudi Arabia, opens in 2020, it will knock Dubai's iconic Burj Khalifa off its throne as the tallest skyscraper in the...
The temperature in the world’s coldest village reached near-record lows, so much so that their digital thermometer broke as a result.
Oymyakon is a village in the Russian region of Yakutia.
It’s named after the Oymyakon River, which literally translates to mean: “unfrozen patch of water; place where fish spend the winter.”
The digital...
