Donald Trump reportedly called Milwaukee a “horrible city.” The former president is set to be formally crowned the GOP’s presidential nominee there in July. Republicans offered a variety of explanations for Trump’s reported remark. Former President Donald Trump on Thursday reportedly insulted Milwaukee, the site of the Republican National Convention in just a few weeks. “Milwaukee, […]
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Trump’s Strange Nancy Pelosi Claim Draws Instant Fact Check From Her Daughter
A startling claim that former President Donald Trump allegedly made Thursday about yearslong political enemy Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her family received a swift debunking from one of the former House speaker’s daughters, who called the presumptive GOP candidate “unwell, unhinged and unfit.” Trump privately met with Washington’s Republican lawmakers in what was labeled […]
The strange case of a ‘new’ Nigerian national anthem
The News Nigeria’s president signed into law a bill to change the national anthem, sparking criticism from Nigerians. The “new” anthem returns to a version used from independence in October 1960 until 1978, a year before the first era of military rule ended. The lyrics and music of the former anthem, titled “Nigeria We Hail […]
The strange exception where a lower stock price can be better for investors
NEW YORK (AP) — In some rare cases, a lower stock price can actually be a boon for investors. Consider Nvidia, the chip company whose stock price has soared well above $1,000 as Wall Street’s frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology keeps revving higher. The company recently said it would undergo a stock split, where each of […]
The strange exception where a lower stock price can be better for investors
NEW YORK (AP) — In some rare cases, a lower stock price can actually be a boon for investors. Consider Nvidia, the chip company whose stock price has soared well above $1,000 as Wall Street’s frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology keeps revving higher. The company recently said it would undergo a stock split, where each of […]
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Something strange is happening with Earth’s magnetic field tail
You may not know this, but Earth’s magnetic field has a tail. As the sun‘s solar wind buffets the planet, it leaves behind a sort of long shadow that trails out in our planet’s wake. Scientists call this magnetic tail, appropriately, the magnetotail. Typically, the magnetotail is strewn with magnetic storms. But for the past […]
How do ‘moving rulers shrink’? The strange physics behind special relativity
Albert Einstein at the blackboard. Special relativity is beyond weird. Among its many statements are that moving clocks run slow and that moving rulers shrink. But how are we supposed to make sense of this? To understand the physics of relativity, we have to dip back in time a bit. In 1865, James Clerk Maxwell […]
Strange Photos Show NASA Astronauts Testing Spacesuits With No Arms or Visors
Arms Race New photos from NASA show the space agency’s astronauts testing spacesuits in the Arizona desert — but we’re not sure these things are quite spaceworthy yet. Why? Because they’re missing, among other things, arms, legs and visors, leading to an entertaining photoshoot in which astronauts Kate Rubins and Andre Douglas trudge around completing […]
Silence in church, Sunday hunting and pawning artificial limbs? Delaware’s strange laws
As the history of the United States has moved forward, two things have remained consistent. First, times change and what was considered taboo at one point isn’t that big of a deal anymore. Second, state laws throughout the country just don’t keep up with the times. No margarine or swearing? Here are odd state and […]
China Releases CGI Video of Moon Base and It Contains Something Very Strange
Bill Blurr The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has shown off a CGI video of its vision of a lunar base, a vastly ambitious plan the country is hoping to realize in a matter of decades. The showy — albeit dated-looking — render shows plans for the International Lunar Research Station, a Chinese and Russian […]