| Big on the Internet, Astronaut, things we saw today, Valentina Tereshkova By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,5:25 On June 16, 1963, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman ever to travel into space, piloting the Vostok 6 capsule for 48 orbits and 71 hours before her descent. By the time she got back to Earth, she had spent more time in space than all U.S. astronauts combined up til then. Read More > Science, China, extreme weather, octopus By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,4:30 Citizens of the Chinese coastal city Qingdao experienced a bizarre natural phenomenon this week, when a storm rained down octopi, shrimp, starfish and more aquatic sea life. The fishy weather was due to a tornadic waterspout, otherwise known as a tornado that occurs over a body of water. The high speed winds act as a vacuum, sucking up sea life, which ends up raining back down when the weather disperses. Read More > News, #MeToo Movement, sexual harassment, workplace harassment By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,3:08 The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has published an in-depth study on sexual harassment in the workplace, and their findings show that the cultural climate of the workplace is a chief indicator of harassment potential. Read More > Movies, Gal Gadot, Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman 1984 By Chelsea Steiner on Sat,1:21 Gal Gadot released the first image of herself in the Wonder Woman outfit on the set of Wonder Woman 1984 today on Twitter. The outfit looks very similar to the one she rocked in the original film, only shinier, but that may be a trick of the light. Or maybe Diana is partaking in that wacky modern invention known as dry cleaning. Read More > |
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