In the pursuit of space exploration, humans have broken records that were previously thought impossible. At the same time, terrible accidents have marred the history of space flight, making later ...

If you blinked, you may have missed him. On Aug. 16 in Berlin, Usain Bolt shocked the world by running the 100-m dash in 9.58 sec.–eclipsing his own world record by more than a tenth of a second. The ...