As extreme weather forecasts improve, warnings struggle to get through

Before Hurricane Helene began devastating parts of the southeastern U.S., Amanda Wright had expected some rain and perhaps some flooding in the area around Knoxville, Tennessee, where she lives. It wasn’t until friends more than two hours away in Asheville, North Carolina, started posting warnings on Facebook that Wright realized how dangerous the storm could … Read more

The Spiritual Cost of Fly Me to the Moon’s Conspiracy Romp

NASA made good use of the vault within a vault. The outer vault was where the space agency kept archival materials, classified documents, and other papers that weren’t meant to be released to the public. The inner vault was where they kept the materials that weren’t even meant for people inside NASA. That’s where the … Read more