Sunday’s Summer Solstice 2026: Events And Exact Times Near You

Sunday, June 21, 2026, will mark the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Here’s what will happen in North America, from extreme sunrises to events.

Pseudoscientific Cancer ‘Treatment’ Involves Gassing Naked People in Plastic Bags With Bleach

A London clinic owner has claimed he is treating people with stage 4 cancer by sealing them into a plastic bag while they’re naked from the waist down and gassing them with chlorine dioxide.

Instagram’s Icon, Reimagined By Artists

Instagram invited six artists to rethink the icon users see day after day, resulting in flowers, whimsical cartoon bunnies and all-around razzle-dazzle.

Northern Lights Forecast: Some States May See Aurora Thursday Night

The northern lights may be visible from states along the U.S.-Canadian border overnight on Thursday, June 18 into Friday, June 19, after a space weather forecast.

Scientists trace high-energy ghost particle to the ‘Shadow Blaster’ galaxy

“If confirmed, Shadow Blaster would be the first-ever individual dusty star-forming galaxy directly linked to a high-energy neutrino event.”

Geoffrey Hinton Says Chatbots Are Conscious—But There’s A Major Catch

Geoffrey Hinton says chatbots are conscious. But treating human consciousness as mechanical to make room for AI carries a safety risks

5,000-Year-Old Stonehenge Prototype Revealed Days Before The Solstice

A new discovery near Stonehenge has revealed what archaeologists believe may be an early prototype for the monument’s solar alignment. It comes days before the solstice.

Storm Prompts Rare High Excessive Flooding Risk For Gulf Coast

A rare “high risk” for excessive rainfall has been issued for the U.S. Gulf Coast. That only happens 4% of the time, but those situations cause most flood damage.

NASA picked Eric Schmidt’s Relativity Space to fly to Mars. It has never reached orbit.
NASA picked Eric Schmidt’s Relativity Space to fly to Mars. It has never reached orbit.

NASA is partnering with Relativity Space, the rocket company run by former Google chief Eric Schmidt, to fly a science mission to Mars. Announced on June 17, the mission is called Aeolus, the first flight in Relativity’s new Interplanetary Sciences Pro…

MIT built a memory system that lets robots remember where you left your keys
MIT built a memory system that lets robots remember where you left your keys

Robots are still surprisingly bad at remembering where things are. You might recall that your keys were on the kitchen counter last night. A robot working beside you would struggle to connect that object and location in a useful way. MIT researchers bu…