Jul 13 Watch 6:48 New COVID variant BA.5 prompts higher infections and reinfections A new coronavirus variant called BA.5 is fueling yet another wave of COVID infections across the globe. This week, the CDC said BA.5 is now the dominant strain in the U.S. accounting for more than 60 percent of cases. It… Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch 5:32 NASA’s Webb Space Telescope offers a window into the cosmos By Miles O'Brien, Dorothy Hastings NASA shared new revelations Tuesday from the James Webb Telescope, the largest space observatory ever made. The new images capture distant galaxies, new stars and planets, and the furthest look into the birth of the cosmos ever recorded. Science correspondent… Continue watching
Jul 12 5 new awe-inspiring images of the universe from James Webb Space Telescope By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas Four new breathtaking images, showing off far-away galaxies in radiant color, were unveiled as the telescope’s inaugural revelations, along with a picture shared Monday that looks deeper into space than ever before. Continue reading
Jul 12 Climate change caused by wealthy nations creates harm for poorer, study says By Seth Borenstein, Drew Costley, Associated Press A new study published Tuesday calculates just how much climate-related loss richer countries have caused poorer countries through their carbon emissions. Continue reading
Jul 11 Watch 7:01 News Wrap: Death toll rises in Ukraine after Russian strike on apartment block In our news wrap Monday, The death toll rose to 31 in a Russian missile strike on an apartment block in Ukraine's Donetsk region, police in South Africa hunt for gunmen who killed 15 people, a contagious Covid mutation gains… Continue watching
Jul 11 Here’s the deepest, clearest infrared image of the universe ever produced By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas Dubbed “Webb’s First Deep Field,” the image shows galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 in unprecedentedly clear detail. Continue reading
Jul 11 WATCH: Stunning new images from James Webb Space Telescope offer fuller picture of our universe By Marcia Rieke, The Conversation NASA released some of the very first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, marking the beginning of the next era in astronomy as the largest space telescope ever built offers scientific data that will help answer questions about… Continue reading
Jul 11 WATCH: Biden offers first peek of historic image from James Webb Space Telescope By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Our view of the universe just expanded. The first image from the $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope is the farthest humanity has ever seen in both time and distance, closer to the dawn of time and the edge of… Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 3:26 A Brief But Spectacular take on revolutionizing research By Moe Sattar, Melissa Williams Sharon Fontaine Terry is the president and CEO of Genetic Alliance, a nonprofit that advocates for advancing genomic research. While she is now heavily involved in the world of genetics, she was in fact the first non-researcher and lay-person to… Continue watching
Jul 07 Tuna supply dries up for Kenya’s local fishing community By Wanjohi Kabukuru, Associated Press Artisanal fisheries on Kenya's coast say climate change, overfishing by large foreign vessels and a lack of other job opportunities for coastal communities is draining the Indian Ocean of its yellowfin tuna stocks. Continue reading