Gabriel Fisher

This article has been corrected.

Before NASA scientists even had the chance to stop cheering and process yesterday’s (July 14) groundbreaking, high resolution photos of the dwarf planet Pluto from the New Horizons spacecraft, the internet was aflutter with memes of the new images.

Maybe it is time to put to rest the stereotype of the Frenchman refusing to speak English.

Tonight is all about long ball.

Gone are the days when talk of global destruction conjured images of nuclear bombs and mushroom clouds. Scientists are now warning that the modern-day parallel to the Cold Era threat of nuclear warfare is global warming.

South Carolina’s battle over the flying of the Confederate flag came to and end today (July 10), as state troopers lowered the flag from its post on the state capitol grounds. But the issue was still up for debate a few hours north on Capitol Hill in Washington DC.

The creation of a terrifying, genetically modified dinosaur in Jurassic World proved to be a commercial hit, with the movie grossing $500 million in its opening weekend, the most lucrative in history.

Raise your hand if you ate a vegetable today. Keep it raised if you ate several. If you’re American, chances are, your hands are down.

Over the July 4th weekend, many Americans celebrated the country’s independence with a tradition seemingly as American as apple pie: by shooting off fireworks.

If you’re eager to date a celebrity, the smartphone dating app Tinder will now help you avoid being scammed or “catfished.”

Google is jumping into the ridesharing market with a new carpooling service, RideWith, launched this week by Israeli mapping company Waze. The mapping startup, which Google purchased for $1.1 billion in 2013, is doing a test launch of the ride-sharing service in Israel.

The US women’s soccer team won the Women’s World Cup in emphatic fashion yesterday, scoring four goals in under 20 minutes en route to a 5-2 win over Japan in Vancouver. But just because the World Cup is over doesn’t mean you have to wait another four years for France to watch the best women players in the world.

Ever since Donald Trump’s official presidential campaign announcement on June 16, when the Republican real estate developer and reality star called Mexicans crossing the border into the US “rapists” and criminals, companies and people involved with his enterprises have been rapidly backing away.

For anyone in the publishing industry looking to get rich quick—or, at the very least, turn a profit—the secret to success is in academic publishing. Or, to be more exact, the five for-profit academic publishers that now control more than half of the science research produced worldwide.

There are those who believe that the ticket to a summer beach body is eating hoards of meat. Others opt for avoiding meat all together.

With all the backlash to Donald Trump calling Mexicans “rapists” and criminals—both NBC and Macy’s cut all ties with the real estate mogul—it would appear that the real estate developer-turned-reality star’s presidential campaign has gotten off to a poor start.

Besides being four of the biggest names in American music, what do Kanye West, OutKast’s Andre 3000, Lil Jon, and Ludacris have in common?

The future is nearly here.

Barnes & Noble, the largest US bookstore chain, officially filed to spin off its higher education arm into its own company.

Discovery Communications and its Eurosport subsidiary just landed the sole broadcasting rights in Europe for the Olympic Games through 2024. Once the deal €1.3 billion ($1.44 billion) kicks in, it means that the BBC or any other European broadcaster that wants to air a portion of the games will have to go through Discovery first.

The White House was quick to celebrate today’s historic decision by the US Supreme Court that legalized gay marriage in all 50 states of the nation.

Plastic is nearly inescapable in the world of children’s toys—especially if your child is into LEGOs. But the company behind the eponymous toy bricks says it wants to change that. The LEGO Group has announced plans to build a new center to research and develop “sustainable, raw materials” to use in making its LEGO bricks.

Since 9/11, almost twice as many Americans have been killed in the US by non-Muslim extremists than by radical Muslims, according to the New America research center .

The motto “think before you act” may be more powerful than people think.