Here's everything you need to know about the Perseid meteor shower, including when and where to get the best view.
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Astronomers have obtained the highest-resolution images to date of our sun's visible surface, observing swirling, vortex-like patterns in superheated solar gases.
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Anthropic said a misconfiguration allowed Claude models to reach the internet from testing environments that were supposed to be isolated.
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While laughing seems uniquely human, it is not. Researchers now have compared laughter in humans to laughter in the various great apes — chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans.
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A fishing trip of the California coast last week produced an extraordinary catch: a type of octopus that constructs its own shell to ride ocean currents.
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Findings could help us better understand why some people remain physically and cognitively resilient at exceptionally advanced ages.
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The findings of a large-scale review of more than 7,200 studies on alcohol-related disease are at odds with federal health guidelines.
Pity the poor fly that lands on a Venus flytrap. When the insect touches hair-like structures on this remarkable plant, its trap snaps shut, dooming the victim to be digested.
Desalination plants are notoriously large electricity users. The company OceanWell estimates its technology will cut that electricity use by up to 40%.
There will be plenty of celestial events this June, from planetary conjunctions and the summer solstice to a micro full Strawberry Moon.
NASA and Blue Origin had high hopes that the company's towering rocket would be able to jump-start the agency's plans for a moon base in 2026. Then it exploded.
New research shows that though the world sees more rain overall, it's getting drier at the same time. How can that be?
The moon is about to have more company for one night in May, and skygazers should easily be able to see it.
Read through the obituaries published today in Franklin News Post.
Read through the obituaries published today in Franklin News Post.
Read through the obituaries published today in Franklin News Post.
Read through the obituaries published today in Franklin News Post.
The body of a teenger was recovered from the Rivanna Reservoir Monday morning. Authorities say he had gone out fishing the day before and never came home.
The woman arrested for carrying a gun into Monticello High School says she disclosed her weapon to an SRO. She was arrested anyway.
Virginia's third through eighth graders made slight gains on annual Standards of Learning exams this year, seeing a 0.4 percentage point increase on both math and reading tests.
Henry County approved its first data center zoning rules, creating a new district that requires developers to pass three public hearings before proceeding with projects, ensuring thorough community involvement and oversight.
Iceberg lettuce. Jalapeños. Alfalfa sprouts. Eggs. Frozen berries. For the past several months, these common grocery foods have all landed on food recall lists.
A week after the deadly flash floods in Nepal, rescue operations were focused on the ruins of power plants where those trapped in tunnels could have managed to survive.
A judge ruled that Tyler Robinson should face trial, which could carry the death penalty, for the shooting on a Utah college campus last year.
The stopgap was needed as Congress failed to finish work on the 12 spending bills that fund government programs for the full fiscal year.
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A Henry County man, Drew Conner Plaster, faces nine charges following a February Franklin County investigation that led to the seizure of nearly 2 pounds of methamphetamine, other drugs, and a firearm. He was arrested in August and remains in custody pending court proceedings.
A Rocky Mount man is charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors after allegedly threatening to shoot someone and then leading police on a chase.
A Rocky Mount woman was arrested in connection to a homicide that occurred early Tuesday morning.
The case stems from a incident that took place between Patterson and staff at the Raine and Perdue law firm in Rocky Mount in April.
Three Franklin County officials have been officially cleared of any wrongdoing following an anonymous formal complaint filed last month.
Martinsville Sheriff Steve Draper, Virginia’s longest-serving sheriff, died following a terminal pulmonary illness after several weeks in hospital.
Bedford County Supervisor Edgar Tuck’s family farm in Moneta, among the roughly 1,600 county addresses that will get high-speed internet through the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, laid out the welcome mat Aug. 25 for a milestone announcement.
Rocky Mount Mayor Holland Perdue has responded to accusations made in divorce papers filed last week by his wife in Franklin County Circuit Court.