The moon is slowly shrinking over time, which is causing wrinkles in its crust and moonquakes, according to photos captured by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Unlike Earth, the moon doesn’t have tectonic plates. Instead, as the moon’s interior has cooled over the last several hundred million years, it has caused the surface to wrinkle as…… MORE
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Start your Monday smart: Mother’s Day, Julian Assange, Trump’s records, Russian hacking, Eurovision spotlight
Happy Mother’s Day to moms everywhere! And virtual hugs to those whose moms are not with them. Here’s what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. You give us five minutes, and we give you five things you must…… MORE
Duchess Meghan celebrates her first Mother’s Day with new photo of baby Archie
Though the UK celebrates Mother’s Day in March, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is still an American at heart. An Instagram account she shares with husband Prince Harry released a sweet new photo of the newborn royal as the US, along with Canada, Australia and several other countries, celebrated Mother’s Day on Sunday. The duchess,…… MORE
Over 180 countries — not including the US — agree to restrict global plastic waste trade
The governments of 187 countries have agreed to control the movement of plastic waste between national borders, in an effort to curb the world’s plastic crisis — but the United States was not among them. Nations agreed to add plastic to the Basel Convention, a treaty that regulates movement of hazardous materials from one country…… MORE
A dust devil passed over NASA’s lander on Mars
Dust storms on Mars have a bad reputation for covering the planet and spelling doom for solar-powered rovers, like Opportunity. But when a wind vortex, also known as a dust devil, recently passed over NASA’s InSight lander, it actually provided some assistance for the stationary mission. On February 1, InSight detected a wind vortex just…… MORE
Gliding dinosaur with bat-like wings discovered in China
A new species of dinosaur with bat-like wings has been discovered in China, shedding light on the origin of flight and how dinosaurs evolved into birds. The dinosaur’s fossilized remains were found in Liaoning, in northeast China, in 2017 and at first they confused Min Wang, a Chinese paleontologist and lead author of a study…… MORE
Archie?!? That doesn’t sound like a royal name
Archie! It doesn’t sound like a name for a potential future prince. Archie is an approachable, nicknamey, old-school sort of name. Guys like Archie don’t usually live in a palace. Archie is the buddy you go bowling with. The world is still processing Prince Harry and Meghan’s bold decision to name their first child Archie…… MORE
A woman could face prison for posters that show a famed icon of Jesus and the Virgin Mary with rainbow halos
Polish police say Elżbieta Podlesna put up posters of the revered Black Madonna that showed the Virgin Mary and Jesus with rainbows from the LGBT flag as the halos. Now she could face two years in prison for offending religious feelings. Police claim that Podlesna, 51, put up the posters in the small city of…… MORE
Trump’s foreign policy shows he is far from the master dealmaker he claims to be
He considers himself to be a President who delivers on his promises, but in the international arena, Donald Trump is struggling to notch up meaningful gains. Trump has turned his back on plenty of things: The US is leaving the Paris Agreement, out of the Iran nuclear deal, out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and…… MORE
Arctic permafrost is melting so fast it’s damaging the equipment scientists use to measure it
In the Arctic, a changing climate isn’t something that might happen in the near future. In the uppermost stretches of the Northern Hemisphere, it’s already happening now. Temperatures are warming; sea ice is retreating. And a new study says permafrost is melting so fast in the Arctic that it’s not only ripping up the landscape,…… MORE
