Boeing Whistleblower Dies by Suicide Amid Involvement in Lawsuit with Company
John Barnett, a whistleblower who had been involved in a lawsuit against Boeing, died of an apparent suicide, according to officials in South Carolina.
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The Genius of Thought Itself
Appreciating how extraordinary every human mind is can reinforce our commitment to egalitarian politics.
Amazon’s Bestselling “Bitter Lemon” Energy Drink Was Bottled Delivery Driver Piss
Amazon immediately spotted an undercover reporter but missed that the bestselling ‘Release Energy’ was its drivers’ urine.
Colossal Cryovolcanic Comet That Exploded in Space Is Headed Toward Earth
A massive cryovolcanic comet, three times the size of Mount Everest, has burst into space and is now speeding towards Earth, scientists report.
Earth’s Core Appears to Be Leaking In the Arctic and Scientists Don’t Know Why
“We know very little about Earth’s core, other than that it exists.”
11,000-Year-Old Statue of Mysterious Giant Figure Unearthed in Turkiye
The unique find, accompanied by a life-sized limestone wild boar sculpture, was made at the historic temple sites of Gobekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe, shedding new light on pre-agricultural communities of the past.
How a Breached Microsoft Engineer Account Compromised the Email Accounts of US Officials
China-linked hackers breached the corporate account of a Microsoft Corp. engineer and are suspected of using that access to steal a valuable key that enabled the hack of senior US officials’ email accounts, the company said in a blog post.
A Mysterious Light In Space Keeps Switching On and Off. Now, We Know Why.
A dozen of the world’s best telescopes were enlisted to explain the behavior of an object that has puzzled scientists for more than a decade.
Supreme Court Ponders a Surprisingly Difficult Case About Poop Jokes
A case about a silly, poop-themed dog toy is also a case about free speech and judicial humility.
The Spy Law That Big Tech Wants To Limit
Top tech companies are mounting a push to limit how US intelligence agencies collect and view texts, emails and other information about their users, especially American citizens.
Mystery Of Sheep Walking In Circle In China For 12 Days Potentially Solved
Dozens of sheep have been eerily walking around in a circle for 12 days straight in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region.
Meet Hokule’a, the Amazing Hawaiian Surfer Cat! (VIDEO)
“I’m Hōkūleʻa, the surfing cat. I own two hoomans. I live Aloha and I love the waves.”
A Structure In Deep Space Is So Giant It’s Challenging Standard Physics
The Giant Arc is a newly-discovered structure spanning 3.3 billion light years, and it’s challenging our understanding of the universe.
Does The Milky Way Move Like A Spinning Top? (VIDEO)
An investigation carried out by the astrophysicists questions one of the most interesting findings about the dynamics of the Milky Way in recent years: that the precession, or the wobble in the axis of rotation of the disc warp is incorrect.
New Details On What Happened In The First Microsecond Of Big Bang
Researchers have investigated what happened to a specific kind of plasma – the first matter ever to be present – during the first microsecond of Big Bang. Their findings provide a piece of the puzzle to the evolution of the universe, as we know it today.