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SpaceX Starship Explosion Likely Caused by Propellant Leak, Elon Musk Says
SpaceX Starship Explosion Likely Caused by Propellant Leak, Elon Musk Says The seventh test flight of SpaceX’s Starship ended with a successful landing of the rocket’s first stage but also the loss of the Starship vehicle By Mike Wall & SPACE.com The two stages of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket separate during the vehicle’s seventh test flight…
What Caused the L.A. Wildfires? How Investigators Will Find Out
How Will Fire Investigators Trace the Source of the L.A. Wildfires? Wildfires like the Los Angeles blazes destroy so much, but they often spare some evidence of the cause of their ignition By Stephanie Pappas edited by Jeanna Bryner A fire-fighting helicopter drops water near the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood and Encino, California, on January 11,…
What’s the latest on the LA fires, and what caused them?
Out-of-control wildfires are ripping across parts of Los Angeles, leading to at least five deaths, burning down hundreds of buildings, and prompting more than 130,000 people to flee their homes in America’s second-largest city. Despite the efforts of firefighters, the biggest blazes remain totally uncontained – with weather conditions and the underlying impact of climate…
Filth and frolics – how pointy shoes once caused moral outrage in London
Perhaps one of the oddest moral panics – a fear that some evil threatens the wellbeing of society – was one that arose in medieval times. Fashionable pointy-toed shoes called poulaines were alleged to promote sexual deviancy and, as a resulting sanction from God, were blamed for bringing about the plague. The long points were…