The deaths number in the thousands: A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, killing more than 2,300 people and taking down countless buildings. The earthquake prompted a search for survivors in the rubble in cities and … Continue reading →
Of course, it may not be new to you, but it’s new to me. I wonder whether earth will end up sporting a ring or rings like Saturn, only man-made ones instead? And will it make future space exploration difficult … Continue reading →
I recently posted a video on an open thread that featured an elderly British gentleman named Frank Prentice who was a survivor of the Titanic. He’d been a crew member at the time, and he told his story. I find … Continue reading →
RIP. At least 70 people are feared dead: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said at a news conference Saturday that the death toll may exceed 100. “This has been the most devastating tornado event in our state’s history,” Beshear said. The … Continue reading →
It could be true. I want it to be true. But I don’t think it’s true: A British aerospace engineer claims to have pinpointed the precise coordinates where Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crashed and dropped to the bottom of the … Continue reading →
Massive floods after torrential rains have affected Germany and Belgium, and to a lesser extent Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, with significant loss of life and property destruction. European leaders have blamed AGW, as you might have predicted, although there … Continue reading →
It’s a sorrowful task to find the bodies in the rubble of the collapsed Surfside condo, and not an easy one. A team of Israelis is helping. It’s an impressive operation: “We analyzed the collapsed building and built a three-dimensional … Continue reading →
What on earth caused a catastrophic failure of this nature?: Miami-Dade Police have confirmed that one person has died as a result of a building collapse in Surfside, Florida. Further fatalities are feared but not yet confirmed, as more people … Continue reading →
Yesterday an enormously large and destructive explosion occurred in Beirut, and no one is yet certain what caused it or how many people it killed. What is known is certainly bad, and probably will get worse as time goes on … Continue reading →
Epidemiologists deal with dry facts and figures, but the subject matter of those facts and figures can be very dramatic: illness and death, and how best to go about minimizing the former and delaying the latter. Usually we don’t pay … Continue reading →
I wonder who they think this stalling will please: On the Senate floor shortly after noon on Monday, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell lit into Democrats, specifically alleging they were trying to extract concessions from airlines over their “carbon footprint,” with … Continue reading →
Here are some estimates for the toll COVID-19 is likely to take in the US. Make of them what you will: One model from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggested that between 160 million and 210 million … Continue reading →