In October 2002, a Russian scientist named Dimitri Malashenkov stood up at a space conference in Houston and quietly explained that the dog Laika, whom the Soviet Union had publicly mourned as a heroic week-long orbiter in 1957, had actually died of heat and panic within about five hours of launch.June 5, 2026
When survivors near Lake Nyos woke on the morning of 22 August 1986, the cattle were dead in the fields, the birds had fallen out of the trees, and 1,746 of their neighbours were lying where they had stood the night before, with no fire, no flood, and no wound to explain it.June 4, 2026
When survivors near Lake Nyos woke on the morning of 22 August 1986, the cattle were dead in the fields, the birds had fallen out of the trees, and 1,746 of their neighbours were lying where they had stood the night before, with no fire, no flood, and no wound to explain it. Saving Tips June 4, 2026 Just before 10 p.m. on 21 August 1986, a low rumble rolled across the hills above Lake Nyos in northwestern…
In August 2006, naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor waded into a remote grove in Redwood National Park and pointed a laser rangefinder at a tree that turned out to be 380 feet tall, and the National Park Service has refused to disclose its location ever since, fearing the foot traffic alone would kill it. Saving Tips June 2, 2026 In August 2006, two naturalists named Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor waded through ferns and fallen branches in a remote…
This 2008 ‘train wreck’ oil scenario could unfold if Hormuz isn’t opened by end of August Personal Finance May 23, 2026 There’s a new warning from the commodity market about the risks of a delayed reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
