My telescope, set up for astrophotography in my light-polluted San Diego backyard, was pointed at a galaxy unfathomably far from Earth. My wife, Cristina, walked up just as the first space photo streamed to my tablet. It sparkled on the screen in front of us.
“That’s the Pinwheel galaxy[1],” I said. The name is derived from its shape...
On April 14, 2025, Blue Origin[1] launched six women – Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn and Lauren Sánchez – on a suborbital journey to the edge of space.
The headlines called it a historic moment[2] for women in space[3]. But as a tourism educator, I paused – not because I questioned their...
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Reports that prominent American national security officials used[1] a freely available encrypted messaging app, coupled with the rise of authoritarian policies around the world, have led to a surge in interest in encrypted apps[2] like Signal and WhatsApp. These apps prevent anyone, including the government and the app companies themselves, from...