Hitting the Books: How a radio telescope cost this West Virginia town its modernity
Deep in the heart of Appalachia, modern science and America's bucolic past meet at a unique crossroad of scientific discovery and luddite lifestyles. The…
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Hitting the Books: How our lying eyes trick the brain into seeing motion during movies
Visual media has come a long way since the first proto-human cave dwellers used the flickering of torch light to bring the hand-drawn art on their walls to…
Hitting the Books: Buck Rogers flew so that NASA astronauts could spacewalk
You've all seen the iconic picture of the US astronaut riding gracefully upon his NASA-built MODOK chair. That astronaut was Bruce McCandless II, Houston’s…
Global chip shortage is hitting close to home
Manufacturers, suppliers and companies must rethink their supply chain operations, experts say.…
Hitting the Books: Digital youth activism can help save America from itself
Social media routinely proves itself a cesspool of racist, bigoted and toxic opinions — and that's just coming from the adults. But for the younger…
Hitting the Books: The correct way to make coffee, according to science
The best part of waking up is, of course, hot bean juice in your cup. But, as Dr. Kate "The Chemist" Biberdorf explains in her new book It's Elemental, if…
Hitting the Books: How NASA selected the first Lunar Rover to scoot across the moon
The concept of space travel was so new to us that when President Kennedy issued his famous moonshot speech, not even NASA's top scientists were completely…
Here are the free games hitting PlayStation Plus in July 2021
Every month, PlayStation offers a few games at no additional cost to those subscribed to its…