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How to weigh a killer asteroid at 22 kilometers per second

Estimating a mass for a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) is perhaps the single most important thing to understand about it, after its trajectory. Actually doing so isn't easy though, as the mass for objects in the tens to hundreds of kilometers in size are too small to have

On-demand pay access spurs savings for low-wage workers

Research recently published in the journal Information Systems Research finds that giving low-wage workers access to their earned wages before payday can significantly increase saving behavior, financial monitoring and long-term planning. The study found that On-demand Wage

Dense, dark forests in Europe are a modern phenomenon

For over 20 million years, the landscape of Europe has been a tree-rich mosaic of grasslands, scrubs and more or less open woodlands with an abundance of wildflowers. This is the conclusion of a new and comprehensive study of Europe's vegetation history—a study that suggests

Zinke announces he won't seek reelection

Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.), a former Interior Secretary during President Trump’s first term, said Monday he will not seek reelection this November. Zinke, who has represented Montana in the lower chamber for three non-consecutive terms, wrote in a letter to Montanans that he has

Revolutionary Guard say Strait of Hormuz is “closed”

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday the Strait of Hormuz is now “closed” and threatened to attack any vessel attempting to transit, in the most explicit warning yet against the Gulf’s main maritime chokepoint. A Guards commander said they would set any ship “ablaze” if

Bombing Iran, Trump has 'epic fury' but endgame undefined

US President Donald Trump says he attacked Iran to eliminate a threat. How he sees the war ending is much less clear. Trump at first said he was eliminating a nuclear threat. After Saturday's first strikes killed the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, he called on Iranians

Acting CDC director Bhattacharya urges measles vaccines

Jay Bhattacharya, the recently appointed acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on Monday urged families to consider vaccinating against measles as outbreaks across the country continue. In a video statement posted on the social media platform