Sharon Adarlo

Stardust Dreams Finding the proverbial needle in a haystack seems like an impossible job. But try finding tiny rocks from space — as small as a grain of sand — inside piles of dust and debris strewn all over the roofs of cathedrals. That's the daunting task some planetary scientists are doing in the United […]

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Grim Tale Billionaire Angela Chao, who accidentally backed into a pond at her Texas ranch while driving her Tesla and drowned, had a blood alcohol level that was almost three times more than the state's limit, The BBC reports. Blanco County Sheriff's Office confirmed the findings to news media this week and called the events […]

Attention male PC gamers! Put down that computer joystick if you want the joystick in your pants to work. That's the implicit message running through a new study published in the science journal Andrology: scientists from China have uncovered results that suggest a strong association between the risk of developing erectile dysfunction and "extended computer […]

Sacre Bleu Google is facing a $270 million fine, The New York Times reports, after French officials found the tech giant guilty of vacuuming up articles from media companies in order to train its flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Gemini, without notifying these publishers or the French government, among other violations. The fine is part of […]

Reefer Madness A dead coral reef destroyed years ago by fishermen has been brought back to life after scientists installed specially-made steel frames into the sea floor and coaxed transplanted coral to grow and flourish on these metallic skeletons. The scientists were able to restore the coral reef in just four years, which points to […]

Going Nova Between now and September, have your eyes peeled for a truly spectacular night show. Not for manmade fireworks but for a rare celestial event: a nova explosion from 3,000 light years away is predicted to flare into our night sky and become visible to our naked eyes in the Northern Hemisphere. NASA says […]

People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) suffer from fear and anxiety well past the traumatic event that triggered their PTSD. We try to stop these crippling emotions with a gamut of remedies, from counseling to medication, but what's the neural mechanism that sustains fear in people even when their environment is now safe? A team of […]

Sheepy Situation The Marco Polo argali sheep is also the biggest sheep in the world. These creatures, native to the mountains of Asia, weigh as much as 300 pounds and they sport on their heads massive, heavy spiraling horns that can span as much as 70 inches. Now imagine a sheep even bigger than that […]

Oh Dear Just weeks after reports swirled about Russia possibly sending nuclear weapons into orbit, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a not-so-subtle message to the West on Wednesday: he's got nukes and he is ready to use them, NBC News reports. Putin relayed this combative message during an interview with Russian state news, right before […]