Category: Technology
NASA: Three-million-year-old crater discovered beneath the ice in Greenland
On November 14, NASA reported that an international team of researchers, including a NASA glaciologist, has discovered a large meteorite impact crater hiding beneath more than a half-mile of ice […]
FBI sting: Ohio child predator busted trying to lure 13-year-old boys online for sex
Local law enforcement officials including the FBI in Cleveland announced on November 9 that they had arrested 46-year-old Luther Nash of Wooster, Ohio, “after he allegedly tried to lure a […]
Reward offered for identity of armed robbery suspect leaving Florida Lowe’s store
On November 8, in the hopes of identifying a would-be armed robber, the Broward Sheriff’s Office released a video depicting a suspect walking into an Oakland Park, Florida, Lowe’s store […]
Amazon launches childhood-to-career program to inspire underprivileged youth to build careers in computer science
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that by 2020 there will be 1.4 million computer-science-related jobs available – but only 400,000 computer science graduates with the skills to apply for […]
After 11 years, NASA’s Dawn Mission runs out of gas around dwarf planet Ceres
On November 1, NASA reported that the space agency’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system’s earliest chapter. Dawn missed […]
Class of 2018 college grads’ salaries keeping pace with last year’s salaries
The average starting salary paid to Class of 2018 college graduates is showing little change from that paid to their Class of 2017 counterparts, according to results of a survey […]
Cesar Sayoc arrested for sending pipe-bombs to U.S. politicians and celebrities
Yesterday, the Justice Department and FBI reported that Cesar Sayoc, 56, was arrested on October 26 in Plantation, Florida, about 20 miles from Miami, in conjunction with as many as […]
Chelsea Davies named Harford County Public Schools’ Presidential Award finalist
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) are the highest honors bestowed by the United States government specifically for K-12 mathematics and science teaching. Chelsea Davies, […]
iPhone XR available for pre-order on Friday, October 19
The new iPhone XR, integrating technologies from iPhone XS in an all-screen glass and aluminum design featuring a 6.1-inch Liquid Retina display — the most advanced LCD in a smartphone — […]
Space Station crew recovered following rocket launch failure (video)
At 7:52 a.m. this morning, NASA released a statement concerning Thursday’s Soyuz MS-10 launch headed to the International Space Station: “The Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in […]
