NASA(NEW YORK) — NASA officials gave a briefing Tuesday on Monday’s test flight of the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, better known as the flying saucer, that could one day help a spacecraft land smoothly on Mars. Despite high hopes for the Read More
Creatas/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A teacher in Italy wants to keep his students on their toes during the summer break, but probably not in the way their parents were expecting. Cesare Cata, who teachers at a secondary school in the central eastern region of Le Marche, Read More
United States Department of Defense(TEL AVIV, Israel) — Gen. Martin Dempsey, received a warm welcome at Tel Aviv’s military headquarters during his fifth official visit to Israel Tuesday. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is expected to focus mainly Read More
Eric McCandless/CBS(NEW YORK) — Beyoncé’s reach is global, and she’s now using her influence to highlight Haiti, the Caribbean nation that continues to suffer since it was devastated by an earthquake five years ago. Last month Beyoncé Read More
Jemal Countess/Getty Images(JOHANNESBURG) — The parents of Reeva Steenkamp believe their daughter’s convicted killer, Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius, should remain behind bars. The South African athlete is set to be released from prison on Aug. 21 for good Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — In the last two days, almost 6,000 people have been rescued from boats on the Mediterranean Sea, according to the Italian Coast Guard. Recently a rescue boat launched from the MOAS Phoenix, a U.S.-operated independent rescue ship, to Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NASSAU, Bahamas) — Five people who were aboard a downed aircraft were found safe, floating on a life raft off of the Bahamas, U.S. Coast Guard crews confirmed. The life raft was found at about 10:20 p.m. Monday, about nine miles southeast of Read More
NASA/JPL-Caltech(KAUAI, Hawaii) — A flying saucer could one day help a manned mission to Mars make a smooth landing on the surface of the red planet. NASA’s Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, which resembles a flying saucer, lifted off from Kauai, Hawaii Read More
homydesign/iStock/Thinkstock(BEIJING) — A new weapon is starting to be rolled out in Chinese schools to combat cheating on high-stakes college entrance exams. At two testing centers in central China, a new contraption flying overhead is being employed to scan for Read More
Christian Müller/iStock/Thinkstock(BRUSSELS) — Belgian police arrested 16 people on Monday in twin terrorism-related investigations, the federal prosecutor’s office confirmed to ABC News in a statement. The two groups, Chechen extremists and Salafists, Read More
