In Moon Unit, Zappa's memoirs, fame and family trauma collide
Book review From the Earth to the Moon By Moon Unit ZappaDey Street Books: 368 pages, $29.99If you purchase books…
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Video: California plane nearly hits golfer when it crashes
Call it a miracle. A golfer was nearly hit by a plane that crashed at a popular Sacramento golf course…
How our loneliness epidemic affects other species and natural phenomena
Book Review The Age of Solitude: Essays By Laura MarrisGraywolf Press: 208 pages, $18If you purchase books linked on our…
How to watch the peak of two meteor showers this week before the Perseids
When it comes to meteor showers, the showy Perseids usually steal the show. The shower's most spectacular spectacle will come…
The Earth's inner core spins more slowly. No one knows why.
Geophysicist John Vidale noticed something surprising while tracking how seismic waves move from the Earth's crust through its core. The…
'Widow Clicquot' Review: A Toast to a Groundbreaking Woman
Most Americans (and wine enthusiasts around the world) are familiar with Veuve Clicquot Champagnes and their distinctive bottles with golden…
Perseid meteor shower: enjoy the best light show of the year
The first time Bill Cooke saw a meteor shower, he was 11 years old and in the woods of north…
Review: Adult Cartoons 'Sausage Party' and 'Exploding Kittens,' One Charming, One (Intentionally) Not
With the sequel series 'Sausage Party: Foodtopia' and the game adaptation 'Exploding Kittens', Prime Video and Netflix are showing the…
Ranchers and farmers brace for 'biblical' grasshopper invasion in Northern California
When a torrent of grasshoppers devoured more than 100,000 acres of grassland and pasture three years ago in the northeast…
Earth exceeds 1.5 degrees C of warming for 12 consecutive months
In a worrying milestone, June marked the 12th consecutive month of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius or more –…