July 2019

Science Says: Airplane turbulence can strike out of the blue

They literally don’t see it coming. “Clear-air turbulence,” which evidently jolted an Air Canada flight Thursday over the Pacific Ocean, strikes almost literally out of the blue, with no visible warning in the sky ahead. An aircraft’s radar can’t spot it coming either. But passengers can certainly feel it. Some on the Air Canada flight

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Adam Scott Did Something Gross In Front Of Reese Witherspoon, And It Haunts Him

Adam Scott pulled a Jerry … in front of Reese Witherspoon. The former “Parks and Recreation” star, who stars as conflicted husband Ed Mackenzie in “Big Little Lies,” admitted on “Conan” this week that, even though he has worked with some big names in the past, he still gets intimidated by his super-famous co-stars on

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Fernando Corbató, a Father of Your Computer (and Your Password), Dies at 93

The early work done in computing at M.I.T., in which Dr. Corbató played a central role, helped confer legitimacy on computer science as a field of inquiry. “It was really the beginning of the computer science community,” he said. In the WGBH interview, Dr. Corbató showed that he could type commands on the modified typewriter

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House Passes $733 Billion Defense Bill Checking Trump’s War Powers

WASHINGTON — The House gave final approval Friday to a sweeping defense bill that would put a liberal stamp on military policy, shackling President Trump’s ability to wage war in Iran and Yemen, restricting the use of military funds at the southwestern border and returning transgender troops to the armed forces. The sprawling $733 billion

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