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NEW YORK — Capital One Financial said it will buy Discover Financial Services for $35 billion, in a deal that would bring together two of the nation’s credit card companies as well as potentially shake up the payments industry, which is largely dominated by Visa and Mastercard. Under the terms of the all-stock transaction, Discover […]
Black History Month kicks off on Feb. 1. and there are numerous ways to celebrate African American Heritage around D.C. all month long. Black History Month honors the achievements and struggles of African Americans throughout U.S. history. The theme of this year’s Black History Month is African Americans and the arts, according to the Association […]
Scientists using the H.E.S.S. observatory in Namibia have detected the highest energy gamma rays ever from a dead star called a pulsar. Phys.Org reports: The energy of these gamma rays clocked in at 20 tera-electronvolts, or about 10 trillion times the energy of visible light. This observation is hard to reconcile with the theory of […]
Scientists using the H.E.S.S. observatory in Namibia have detected the highest energy gamma rays ever from a dead star called a pulsar. Phys.Org reports: The energy of these gamma rays clocked in at 20 tera-electronvolts, or about 10 trillion times the energy of visible light. This observation is hard to reconcile with the theory of […]
A new study has revealed that black holes could be lurking much closer to Earth than anticipated. A black hole in space is when “gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out,” NASA explains. “The gravity is so strong because matter has been squeezed into a tiny space. This can happen when […]
This weekly round-up contains key nature and climate news from the past week. Top nature and climate stories: World nations agree global fund to protect nature; Severe drought in Panama causes shipping delays; Athens under threat from wildfires across Greece. 1. World nations launch historic fund to protect nature An alliance of 185 countries has […]
ST. LOUIS — On a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon, Saint and LaVada Rice sat outside of a downtown restaurant to talk about “No More Hiding Ministries (NMH). Their nonprofit serves as a conduit for Black men to help them engage in “straightforward and authentic” conversations about life’s daily challenges. Its website states that NMH “provides […]
In an address by turns haunting and uplifting, Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, recalled his campaign against white supremacy and systemic racism in his home state of Tennessee — and nationwide. (Photo by Catharyn Hayne / KLC fotos) Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones urged students at a recent UC Berkeley commencement ceremony to commit themselves to […]
Scientists have managed to find the single largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed by humanity, 10 times brighter than a supernova, and it’s been going on for three years, a new study noted. The explosion has been dubbed AT2021lwx and is far more powerful than anything ever seen before. The findings of this study were published […]
Scientists discovered a massive black hole pointed directly at Earth. PBC J2333.9-2343 is located nearly 657 million light years away from Earth and stretches nearly 40 million light-years across, according to the Royal Astronomical Society. That is about 40 times larger than the Milky . . .