

Quote of the Week
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover."
Mark TwainTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS

UC Irvine’s new map predicts which California homes are most likely to burn in a wildfire
An analysis of 100,000 inspections identifies where California buildings face the greatest wildfire damage risk.

Researchers studying the Assyrian Empire’s history discover three new kings
A damaged clay tablet, an overwritten stone monument, and a headless royal statue tell the same unsettling story. Three Assyrian kings may have been deliberately removed from the record, challenging…

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage is about to slam into the Moon on August 5
Astronomers will watch a discarded rocket stage hit the moon at 5,400 mph in a rare controlled lunar impact.

Inside the strange physics of why time stops at the speed of light
Motion reshapes time and distance, allowing fast travelers to age less while years pass for observers left behind.






