The BLU-109/B is a hardened penetration bomb used by United States military aircraft. (BLU is an acronym for Bomb Live Unit.) It is intended to smash through concrete shelters and other hardened structures before exploding. The BLU-109/B has a steel casing about 1 inch (25.4 mm) thick, filled with 5...

The DRC is a competition of robot systems and software teams vying to develop robots capable of assisting humans in responding to natural and man-made disasters. It was designed to be extremely difficult. Participating teams, representing some of the most advanced robotics research and development o...

Robbie Lawlor was diagnosed with HIV at 21 and became one of the youngest people to come out on Irish television. Enda McGrattan, also known as Veda, promised to keep their HIV status a secret but eventually broke free with a song. And a group of Irish and migrant women, who cannot show their faces,...

2050 is only a short 34 years away. For centuries people have predicted that the future will be taken over by robust robots. But what will 2050 really look like?
10. The world’s population will increase from 7.2 billion to at least 9.6 billion
9. Minorities will reach 50% of the US population -

Idina Menzel and Ben Platt team up to perform 'A Whole New World' from Disney's 'Aladdin' as part of 'The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II.' Watch the full special and highlights on ABC and Hulu! #stayhome #withme

Our 2019 Outlook Report highlights the urgent need for our continued and accelerated action to improve the long-term outlook for the Great Barrier Reef. It is the third in a series of comprehensive reports on Reef health and management over 10 years, with the long-term outlook for the Reef’s ecosyst

Approximately 150 alums from the various iterations of Hairspray (Broadway, film, live TV) plus some additional familiar entertainers including Marissa Janet Winokur, Harvey Fierstein, Laura Bell Bundy, Kerry Butler, Matthew Morrison, Jackie Hoffman, Sean Hayes, Nikki Blonsky, Kristin Chenoweth, Ran

Stromboli volcano erupts, caused the formation of a tsunami 1.5 meters high. A strong eruption of Stromboli volcano Sunday afternoon, December 4, 2022 triggered a 1.5-meter-high tsunami off the island. Alarms sounded on the island but, according to the first investigations by the Civil Protection...

A Dangerous AI and Robot Dance, with Elon Musk, Tom Scott & Pissbot (aka Boston Dynamics' Spot). The robot will stand at 5’8, have eight cameras and help owners eliminate “dangerous, repetitive and boring tasks,” Musk said, adding that the bot will be friendly and harmless to humans. “At a mechanic

A look at PrEP, a prevention strategy for people at high risk for contracting HIV. Researchers at the University of California explain how pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) works as they describe a four-year, multi-pronged study of men who have sex with men in Los Angeles and San Diego. Participants a...