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A number of monstrous asteroids have flown by Earth recently, including the 2008 KV2 and 2006 QV89 making headlines for the possibility of them hitting Earth. Now, another giant space body is all set to approach our planet today and will reach the closest dis…

TOKYO (AP) — Few paid much attention when Mikio Oda won Japan’s first Olympic gold medal — and Asia’s first individual gold medal — way back at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. There was no podium ceremony. That protocol was introduced in 1932 at the Winter Game…

It sounds vaguely science fiction but actually, dark tourism is visiting destinations that are also sites where catastrophic, monumental and terrible events have taken place. These locations attract millions of tourists each year, some hoping to be better in…

To the hundreds of young fans gathered at the San Diego Public Library to hear her speak, Raina Telgemeier is that rare superstar whose books recounting her adolescent insecurities reflect their own personal struggles. And so in this standing-room only spotli…

Think of the most radioactive landscapes on the planet and the names Chernobyl and Fukushima may come to mind. Yet research published Monday suggests that parts of the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific, where the United States conducted 67 nuclear test…

North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the country might resume nuclear and missile tests in response to the United States’ scheduled military drills with South Korea this summer. The statement published on the official Korean Central News Agenc…

tech2 News StaffJul 16, 2019 18:18:42 IST Seventy years ago today, the first atomic bomb  the Trinity test was tested deep in a desert in New Mexico. Twenty-one days after that, the first bomb atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in Japan. Three days after…

Was President Harry Truman a murderer, as the renowned British analytic philosopher Gertrude Elizabeth Anscombe once charged? Were the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki indeed a war crime and a crime against humanity, as she and other academic luminar…

From slave islands and island prisons to the killing fields of Cambodia - tourism also has a dark side.  Here are some of the most notable dark tourism sights in the world:  1. Island of Goree, Senegal Just off the coast of Senegal's capital, Dakar, lies a…

Iran claims it has enriched uranium to 4.5%, breaking the limit of 3.67% set during the 2015 nuclear deal. The move was a response to the U.S. violating the terms of the deal under President Donald Trump's administration. But what does the enrichment news mea…