FEminist influencer Liz Plank begins her groundbreaking book For the Love of Men with the bold statement, “There is no greater threat to humanity than our current definition of masculinity.” She means that on several levels, from the most intimate level to the fact that male partners are the leading cause of death for pregnant … Read more
One morning in January 1969, an oil platform off the coast of Santa Barbara exploded. More than 3 million gallons of oil spread across California’s coastline, darkening the coast and killing marine life. It was the largest oil spill the United States had ever experienced. The disaster has already galvanized the environmental movement around pesticides … Read more
It started out as another exoplanet in a group labeled “ordinary.” No one expected that a world once thought to be a mini-Neptune would reveal super-Venusian characteristics and change the way we view certain types of planets. Astronomers used JWST data to learn more about an unusual place called Enaiposha, which orbits a red dwarf … Read more