Heavy Weapons Training May Cause Brain Injuries, But The VA Doesn't Cover It
The Department of Veterans Affairs is trying to figure out how to deal with veterans who may have brain damage from firing powerful weapons.
Science
Celestial Lineup Makes For A Very Bright Mars
Mars, Earth and the sun have lined up, a celestial orientation known as opposition. This is particular opposition occurs at a time when the orbit of Mars takes it closest to the sun.
Marines Who Fired Rocket Launchers Now Worry About Their Brains
The military is trying to figure out whether troops can sustain brain injuries from firing certain powerful weapons. Two Marines who used to shoot these weapons think they already know.
What Friday's Extra-Long Lunar Eclipse Can Tell Us About The Earth
The moon will turn orange or even red. And the eclipse — expected to be the longest this century — will be best to see in eastern and southern Africa, the Middle East, eastern Europe and south Asia.
Underground Lake Found On Mars Beneath A Mile Of Ice
Scientists say they've found what appears to be a briny lake near the south pole on Mars. It's possible that some kind of microbial life once lived in the lake.
Heat Waves: A Global Sweat
Is this just a particularly hot summer? Or are we experiencing a natural disaster?
WATCH: Why It's Usually Hotter In A City
The way we design and inhabit cities is making them retain heat.
Food Writer Becomes A Butcher To Better Understand The Value Of Meat
Camas Davis wanted to learn about conscientious farming, slaughtering and eating, so she moved to France and became an apprentice at a small, family-run slaughterhouse. Her memoir is Killing it.
14,000-Year-Old Piece Of Bread Rewrites The History Of Baking And Farming
Breadcrumbs found at an excavation in Jordan reveal that humans were baking thousands of years earlier than previously believed. It may have even prompted them to settle down and plant cereals.
We're Drowning In Plastic Trash. Jenna Jambeck Wants To Save Us
The engineer views a landfill as a living ecosystem, and the plastic that clogs it as a serious threat that crowds out life and never goes away. Can we eliminate the waste before it smothers us?