MIDLAND, MI — Watching a TV set up in her school, Marcia Rieke was one month shy of her 10th birthday the day she saw Alan Shepard blast off into space on the first Mercury spacecraft in 1961.

I grew up reading Superman comic books. One of his superpowers was X-ray vision. He could see through opaque objects to detect danger. I was mesmerized by this power. What would you say if I told you ...

An infrared beam of light shines from a security camera watching over the Beigulou alleyway in Beijing as a pedestrian passes, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) By David Goldman, Dake Kang, Felipe ...