Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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More bad weather could hit Iowa, where 3 powerful tornadoes caused millions in damage

The National Weather Service says three separate powerful tornados carved up long paths across Iowa

More bad weather could hit Iowa, where 3 powerful tornadoes caused millions in damage
Environment|Science

General Sherman passes health check but world's largest trees face growing climate threats

Researchers climbed the world’s largest tree to inspect for bark beetles and descended the giant sequoia with good news this week

General Sherman passes health check but world's largest trees face growing climate threats
News|Political|Technology|World

North Korean rocket carrying its 2nd spy satellite explodes shortly after launch

North Korea says its attempt to put another spy satellite into orbit has failed

North Korean rocket carrying its 2nd spy satellite explodes shortly after launch
Environment|Science

Volcano in Iceland erupts for fifth time since December

A volcano in southwestern Iceland sent glowing hot lava shooting more than 50 metres into the air on Wednesday, its fifth eruption since December and the most powerful one since

Volcano in Iceland erupts for fifth time since December
Environment|Science|Travel

An Iceland volcano spews red streams of lava toward an evacuated town

A volcano in southwestern Iceland is erupting again, spewing red streams of lava and triggering the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa

An Iceland volcano spews red streams of lava toward an evacuated town
Science|Technology

China lands a spacecraft on the moon's far side to collect rocks for study

A Chinese spacecraft has landed on the moon’s far side to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side

China lands a spacecraft on the moon's far side to collect rocks for study
Environment|Science

Three boys found a T. rex fossil in North Dakota. Now a Denver museum works to fully reveal it

Two young brothers and their cousin were wandering through a fossil-rich stretch of the North Dakota badlands when they stumbled across a T

Three boys found a T. rex fossil in North Dakota. Now a Denver museum works to fully reveal it
Science|Technology

Carrying lunar rocks, Chinese probe lifts off from far side of moon

China's Chang'e-6 probe has lifted off from the far side of the moon, starting its journey back towards Earth, China's national space agency

Carrying lunar rocks, Chinese probe lifts off from far side of moon
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Craft unfurls China's flag on the far side of the moon and lifts off with lunar rocks to bring home

China says its spacecraft unfurled the country’s red and gold flag on the far side of the moon before lifting off with rock and soil samples to bring back to Earth

Craft unfurls China's flag on the far side of the moon and lifts off with lunar rocks to bring home
Environment|News|Science

Indonesia's Mt Ibu volcano erupts, spewing clouds of ash

Indonesia's Mount Ibu volcano erupted on Tuesday, spewing thick columns of grey ash five km (three miles) into the sky, the volcanology agency said, but there were no immediate

Indonesia's Mt Ibu volcano erupts, spewing clouds of ash
Science|Technology

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft sends first astronaut crew to orbit

Boeing's new Starliner capsule flew its first crew of astronauts to orbit on Wednesday from Florida in a much-delayed test mission to the

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft sends first astronaut crew to orbit
Science|Technology

Chile to install world's largest astronomy camera on the edge of Atacama desert

With a resolution above 3.2 gigapixels, a nearly three-ton weight and the ambitious task of carrying out an unprecedented decade-long exploration, the largest digital camera ever

Chile to install world's largest astronomy camera on the edge of Atacama desert
Science|Technology

Boeing launches NASA astronauts for the first time after years of delays

Boeing has launched astronauts for the first time after years of delays

Boeing launches NASA astronauts for the first time after years of delays
Economy|Environment|News|Opinion|Political|Science

UN chief wants a tax on profits of fossil fuel companies, calling them 'godfathers of climate chaos'

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a “windfall” tax on profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming

UN chief wants a tax on profits of fossil fuel companies, calling them 'godfathers of climate chaos'
Science|Technology

Boeing's astronaut capsule arrives at the space station after thruster trouble

Boeing's space capsule has arrived at the International Space Station after encountering thruster trouble

Boeing's astronaut capsule arrives at the space station after thruster trouble
Science|Technology

SpaceX's mega rocket completes its fourth test flight from Texas without exploding

SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket has completed its first full test flight, returning to Earth without exploding after blasting off from Texas

SpaceX's mega rocket completes its fourth test flight from Texas without exploding
News|Science|Technology

Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash

William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, has been killed when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state

Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash
Science|Technology

Virgin Galactic spaceplane takes tourists on flight

Virgin Galactic flew four tourists to the edge of space and back aboard its spaceplane, marking the second flight this year, the Richard Branson-founded company said on Saturday.

Virgin Galactic spaceplane takes tourists on flight
Science|Technology

Apple leaps into AI with an array of upcoming iPhone features and a ChatGPT deal to smarten up

Apple has jumped into the race to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses

Apple leaps into AI with an array of upcoming iPhone features and a ChatGPT deal to smarten up
Environment|Health|Science

Researchers find higher levels of dangerous chemical than expected in southeast Louisiana

Scientists using new methods of measuring the carcinogen ethylene oxide have found much higher than expected levels of the chemical in the air along a corridor in southeastern Louisiana

Researchers find higher levels of dangerous chemical than expected in southeast Louisiana
News|Science|Travel

4,000-year-old Greek hilltop site mystifies archaeologists. It could spell trouble for new airport

A big, round, 4,000-year-old stone building discovered on a Cretan hilltop is puzzling archaeologists and threatening to disrupt a major airport project on the Greek tourist island

4,000-year-old Greek hilltop site mystifies archaeologists. It could spell trouble for new airport
Environment|Science

NYC bird group drops name of illustrator and slave owner Audubon

The conservationist group known as NYC Audubon has changed its name to NYC Bird Alliance to distance itself from the pro-slavery views of ornithologist and illustrator John James Audubon

NYC bird group drops name of illustrator and slave owner Audubon
Science|Technology|Travel

New research explores how a short trip to space affects the human body

New research shows space tourists experience some of the same body changes as astronauts who spend months in orbit

New research explores how a short trip to space affects the human body
News|Science|Travel

Wreck of the last ship of famed Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton found off the coast of Canada

The wreck of the last ship belonging to a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Wreck of the last ship of famed Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton found off the coast of Canada
News|Opinion|Science|Technology

G7 confronts China on commerce, pope talks about AI

Pope Francis made an historic appearance at the Group of Seven summit on Friday to speak about the pros and cons of artificial

G7 confronts China on commerce, pope talks about AI

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