A Las Vegas gun range provided a man a Soviet-era submachine gun that exploded after a malfunction, which left him with “severe and debilitating injuries,” according to a lawsuit filed in Clark County ...

What just happened? SpaceX confirmed that one of its Starlink satellites has malfunctioned and is now descending toward Earth following what the company described as an anomaly. Elon Musk's firm ...

SpaceX said it experienced an anomaly with one if its Starlink satellites that was likely caused by a small explosion. "The anomaly led to venting of the propulsion tank, a rapid decay in semi-major ...

An anomaly caused a sudden drop in altitude and a debris field. An anomaly caused a sudden drop in altitude and a debris field. is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. I like gadgets, and so, at times, my digital detox has verged on technophilic decadence. A few months ...

The human brain has 86 billion neurons connected by roughly 100 trillion synapses, making it one of the most complex objects in the known universe. Each year neuroscientists make fascinating, ...

Supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, which sits within the Milky Way X-ray: NASA / CXC / SAO; Optical: NASA / ESA / STScI; IR: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Milisavljevic et al., NASA / JPL / CalTech; Image ...

ASHLAND — A natural-gas line accidentally cut Thursday morning — and in the process of being repaired by utility crews for some two hours — instead violently exploded, hospitalizing six people and ...

A building that exploded in August after a driver crashed into it will be demolished on Tuesday, WECT reports. The building was under construction to become an extension of Eastern Carolina Veterinary ...

When a delicate object crashes onto the floor, most people expect it to shatter into several pieces. What they might not know, however, is that the sizes of those fragments—whether from a broken plate ...

Diagnosis rates of autism among children have more than tripled over the past 15 years. One reason, which Minnesota’s welfare scandal lays bare with shocking details, is Medicaid fraud and abuse.

Consider the behaviors that constitute the diagnosis: inattention, disorganization, being more active than typical—nothing violent or extreme. The diagnosis doesn’t take into account family or social ...