Oct 14 Watch 6:30 Musk says SpaceX can no longer fund internet service Ukrainian military uses in war By John Yang Elon Musk said SpaceX can no longer fund the Starlink satellite internet service in Ukraine. The service has helped both the Ukrainian military and civilians stay connected during the war with Russia. Musk said the cost is nearly $20 million… Continue watching
Oct 13 ‘We’re on our own.’ How people with disabilities are left out of climate planning By Drew Costley, Associated Press As climate-related disasters become more common and more severe, most countries in the world are “neglecting their obligations to respect, protect, and fulfill the rights of persons with disabilities in their responses to the climate crisis,” according to a June… Continue reading
Oct 12 Here are this year’s 2022 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ recipients By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press A specialist in plastic waste management, artists, musicians, computer scientists, and a poet-ornithologist who advocates for Black people in nature are among the 25 winners of the MacArthur Foundation's prestigious fellowship this year. Continue reading
Oct 12 477 pilot whales die, beached on remote New Zealand beaches By Nick Perry, Associated Press Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say. Continue reading
Oct 11 What will the EV revolution mean for Detroit? By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang Detroit and the global auto industry are on the cusp of a radical transformation. How the city and the industry navigate the electric vehicle revolution will have consequences for Detroit auto workers, car buyers and people across the nation. Continue reading
Oct 11 WATCH: NASA says DART spacecraft successfully redirected asteroid By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away succeeded in shifting its orbit, NASA said Tuesday in announcing the results of its save-the-world test. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 4:23 News Wrap: More violent protests erupt in Iran, hurricane hits Central America In our news wrap Monday, new violence erupted in Iran amid anti-government protests over the death of a young woman in police custody, North Korea said recent missile tests simulated the use of nuclear weapons to hit South Korean and… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch 8:07 University of California, Berkeley repatriates cultural artifacts to Indigenous tribe By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson The studying and exhibiting of human remains and sacred objects taken from Native American graves and sites have been a source of bitter relations between many cultural institutions and Indigenous tribes. After facing criticism, the University of California, Berkeley is… Continue watching
Oct 10 Underground microbes may have swarmed ancient Mars, scientists say By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Ancient Mars may have had an environment capable of harboring an underground world teeming with microscopic organisms. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 4:46 Salmon shortages in Alaska’s Yukon River are changing Native ways of life For the second year in a row, a severe and sudden salmon collapse is impacting Indigenous residents on Alaska's Yukon River and causing food insecurity. The traditional villages whose ways of life have revolved around the fish for thousands of… Continue watching