A veteran of two space flights, Dr. Cleave served as a mission specialist on STS-61B and STS-30. She went on to join NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and worked in the Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes as the Project Manager for SeaWiFS, an ocean color sensor which is monitoring vegetation globally. Dr. Cleave next served as […]
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius (artist’s illustration) buried the city of Pompeii, Italy, in at least six metres of volcanic debris.Credit: Culture Club/Bridgeman/Getty Editor’s note: this article includes a photograph of a plaster cast of a person who died at Pompeii. Bits of human bone recovered from Pompeii, Italy, have yielded DNA from people who […]
Steve Jurczyk’s NASA career began in 1988 at Langley Research Center as an engineer in the Electronic Systems Branch. During his time at Langley, he served in other roles, including director of engineering and director of research and technology. Jurczyk was named as director of Langley in 2014, then in 2015 he left Langley to […]
A daily roundup of the best stories and cartoons by Daily Kos staff and contributors to keep you in the know. Trump won. Now what? Time to grieve for our country and then figure out how to move forward. Trump makes election history with these shameful firsts It’s not always good to make history. A […]
It had long been suspected that the occurrence of breast cancer had a familial component, but early studies were confounded by the complexity of the disease. However, in 1990, researchers identified a key genetic determinant of inherited breast cancer risk1which fired the starting gun for what turned out to be a four-year race to identify […]
A new Mayan city, lost in the dense jungle of southern Mexico for centuries, has been discovered from the computer of a PhD student hundreds of miles away. This is the story of how he did it. The settlement, named Valeriana after a nearby freshwater lagoon, has all the characteristics of a classic Maya political […]
An artist and designer, she transformed simple craft paper into elaborate trompe l’oeil confections, creating stunning life-size reproductions of period garments.
New York’s Anthony Volpe and Aaron JudgeRobert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Heading into Game 4 of the World Series, the New York Yankees seemed deader than disco. Historically speaking, the series ended in Game 3. Of the 24 previous World Series in which one team jumped out to a 3-0 lead, 21 ended […]
Harry How/Getty Images Los Angeles Lakers fans didn’t have to wait long to see history this season. LeBron James and Bronny James checked in together during the second quarter of Tuesday’s season opener against the Minnesota Timberwolves and received a standing ovation. In checking in together, they became the first father-son duo in NBA history […]
© Paramount/Everett Collection. Dianne Wiest — 1995Bullets Over Broadway (1994) “Don’t speak!” Dianne Wiest is unstoppable as the actress Helen Sinclair, one of the all-time great “diva” roles in Woody Allen’s zany gangland comedy Bullets Over Broadway. (This was one of the few Allen films in which he had a cowriter; in this case, it […]
