MLB 2026: Randy Johnson pitch strikes bird, 25 years later

In 2001, one of baseball's first viral moments played out on a spring training field. Those who were there relive the "Sea of ...

‘I thought it was an exploding baseball’: Remembering the Randy Johnson bird pitch, 25 years later

In 2001, one of baseball's first viral moments played out on a spring training field. Those who were there relive the "Sea of ...
The Conversation

Exploding head syndrome: the surprisingly common condition with a terrifying name

Have you ever been drifting off to sleep when suddenly you hear what sounds like a gunshot, a door slamming, or an explosion inside your head? You jolt awake, heart pounding, sit upright in bed, but ...
MarketWatch

It’s like the sun exploding: One Wall Street firm fears $200 oil — and says it’s not too late for investors to prepare

The fighting continues in the Middle East, and oil’s back on the move, as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s five-day deadline for resolving differences with Iran. That’s the backdrop for ...
SFGate

Arizona hiker tumbles off trail, gets stuck in cactus. He's not alone.

Only one U.S. state has recorded a death by cactus, and that is Arizona. In 1982, 27-year-old David Grundman was famously crushed after a saguaro cactus fell on him. Grundman and a friend had been ...
Mother Jones

Exploding Pintos, Imploding Politics: Celebrating 50 Years of Fearless Journalism

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Fifty years ago, in a small San Francisco office above a fast-food restaurant, a ...
The New York Times

Did Scientists Just Detect an Exploding Black Hole?

An underwater observatory recently detected a startlingly energetic cosmic neutrino. One possible cause involves a phenomenon that so far exists only in theory. By Dennis Overbye On Feb. 13, 2023, a ...
The New York Times

Exploding Comet Is Spotted by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope

In a stroke of luck, astronomers saw the comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) break into four or five fragments in November after it passed close to the sun. By Robin George Andrews Astronomers on Wednesday ...
Austin American-Statesman

This rare Texas cactus blooms for just one night each year. Here’s when to catch it

A little-known desert cactus found in parts of Texas puts on one of the state’s most fleeting natural displays — blooming for just a single night before disappearing again by sunrise. Known as the ...
New York Post

NASA’s Hubble telescope spots K1 comet exploding into fragments, space agency says

NASA’s Hubble telescope captured an “extraordinarily” rare moment of a comet exploding into fragments, the space agency said. The comet K1, whose full name is C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), was caught fragmenting ...