BBC This has been one of the most eventful years since I began covering global security for the BBC in the aftermath of the 11 September attacks in 2001. The sudden toppling of Syria’s President Assad, North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia. British and US missiles sent to Ukraine and fired at Russia, Iranian missiles […]
Kieran Turner, a documentary filmmaker who created the web series “Wallflowers,” died Dec. 23 in West Hollywood. He was 56. Turner’s death after a battle with cancer was confirmed by Christy Grosz, president of CLG3 Communications. In addition to creating “Wallflowers,” Turner wrote and produced the online web series which ran for two seasons from […]
QUICK FACTS Name: Indian Ocean geoid low Location: Laccadive Sea, southwest of India Why it’s incredible: The huge gravity hole formed on the site of a prehistoric ocean. The Indian Ocean “gravity hole” is the site of the deepest dent in Earth’s gravitational field. It’s a circular ocean region with a gravitational pull that’s so […]
Astronomers have analyzed the largest map of the universe — and found that Einstein was right yet again about gravityaccording to a series of new studies. The analysis, which looked at nearly 6 million galaxies and quasars spanning 11 billion years of cosmic time, found that even at colossal scales the force of gravity behaves […]
On a late July afternoon in Bloomington, Indiana, I stood on stage in a darkened theatre, looking over a sea of unknown faces. As a researcher focused on environmental challenges — normally, I study how communities respond to climate change — I was amazed to find myself introducing an international film festival. I wound up […]
U.S and Israeli national flags are waved during a demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv on Sept. 20, 2023. Photo: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images As Beirut burns under Israel’s bombs, it is obvious for anyone who is paying attention that America has long incubated the emergence of the worst possible version of […]
Oct 15, 2024, 08:00 AM ET “We don’t see goals like that anymore.” That was former Liverpool defender and Sky Sports analyst Jamie Carragher’s reaction having just seen Aston Villa striker Jhon Durán unleash a ferocious strike from 35 yards that slammed into the back of the net, sealing a 3-2 win over Everton last […]
