Recycle Your Eclipse Glasses

After today’s total solar eclipse in the United States, many who took proper precaution find themselves with flimsy cardboard eclipse sunglasses. Thankfully, these glasses don’t need to occupy table space or end up in the trash. Astronomers Without Borders is soon to announce a program where they’ll be redistribute these glasses to schools in Asia and South America for the solar eclipse in 2019. “This …

NASA’s Night Photography Tracks Cracking Glaciers

Following the Larsen C ice shelf’s behavior quite closely, since one of the largest icebergs in history broke off in July, scientists came across a problem: it’s winter in Antartica and therefore it’s entirely dark. To solve the issue, NASA scientists have added a special instrument to a satellite in order to photograph and track the ice shelf. Instead of using regular light like normal …

Farewell Jerry Lewis

The prolific, much-adored (and somewhat disdained) comedian and filmmaker Jerry Lewis has died aged 91 at his home in Las Vegas. Lewis performed in Manhattan nightclubs as a contrasting character to his stage-mate Dean Martin—and the duo rose to fame fast. From acting on Broadway and in films (perhaps most famously, “The Nutty Professor”), producing and writing his own movies, and penning multiple autobiographies, Lewis …