Get the Popular Science daily newsletterđĄ Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. One of historyâs most famous military marches has been misunderstood for centuries. According to the prevailing English accounts, King Harold made a momentous, 200-mile march over land to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 CE after dismissing his naval…
NASAâs quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft made its second flight on Friday, kicking off a series of dozens of test flights in 2026. Although the flight duration was abbreviated due to a technical issue, the team was able to collect information that will inform future tests. âDespite the early landing, this is a good day for the team. We collected more data, and the pilot landed safely,â said Cathy Bahm, project manager for NASAâs Low-Boom…
Before Pompeii was engulfed in volcanic ash, its walls may have been battered by an ancient “machine gun” while the city was under siege. With a third of Pompeii still buried beneath volcanic debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., archaeologists continue to discover evidence of the cityâs turbulent past, including battle…
After two powerful storms struck Hawaii over the past week, officials are warning that one of the largest dams on the island of Oahu is at risk of imminent failure. Water was flowing over the top of the Wahiawa dam on Thursday morning local time. Officials issued evacuation notices for two towns, Waialua and Haleiwa,…
Towering flash floods and an imminent dam failure in the northern part of Oahu triggered evacuation warnings in Hawaii on Friday, as the state continued contending with a powerful storm this week. The waters came on quickly in the middle of the night, and videos on social media captured inundated streets and cars being swallowed…
An unprecedented heat wave in the West broke the record for the hottest March temperature anywhere in the United States: 108 degrees. Itâs an alarming signal of how hot the planet is getting and how fast itâs happening. Yuma, Arizona, hit 109 degrees on Friday afternoon, which broke the national March record of 108 degrees…
Most of Europe’s original natural forests have been transformed for agriculture and managed forests producing energy, paper, and timber. The few remaining “old-growth” natural forests are relics of the past that illustrate how forests would have looked in the absence of human management. They can, therefore, tell us how people have transformed forests. Source: Read…
Those statements suggested the Space Force was likely to transfer the GPS slated to fly on the next Vulcan rocket to a different launch vehicle. Thatâs exactly what happened. On Friday, Space Systems Command confirmed that GPS III SV10 will now launch on SpaceXâs Falcon 9 rocket in late April. Read our earlier story on…
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Archaeologists have unearthed an intact bronze cannonball used at the Battle of the Alamo. They made the discovery one day before the 190th anniversary of the historic conflict between Mexican troops and white settlers in Texas. The Alamo’s director of archaeology, Tiffany Lindley, announced the find in an episode of the Alamo’s podcast, “Stories Bigger…
