Feb 23 Watch 5:16 Can 3D printing become a solution for the housing shortage? By Stephanie Sy, Maea Lenei Buhre It's often said that there’s no place like home. But what if that home was built with a 3D printer? Only a handful of people in the U.S. currently live in these types of houses, but some believe this will… Continue watching
Feb 23 International Space Station ‘largely isolated’ from tensions over Ukraine By Alex Sanz, Associated Press In 2020, the space station marked two decades of people continuously living and working in orbit. Russia kept station crews coming and going after NASA's Columbia disaster in 2003 and after the space shuttles retired in 2011. Continue reading
Feb 23 Climate change is causing more wildfires and governments are unprepared, says U.N. By Matthew Brown, Associated Press A warming planet and land use changes mean more wildfires will scorch large parts of the globe in coming decades. Continue reading
Feb 22 New COVID cases fall for the third consecutive week, WHO says By Associated Press The number of new coronavirus cases around the world fell 21% in the last week, marking the third consecutive week COVID-19 cases have dropped. Continue reading
Feb 18 Experts say Brazil’s deadly mudslides reflect poor planning in the face of climate change By Diane Jeantet, Associated Press Authorities have long blamed extreme rainfall as responsible for the many tragedies that have hit the region. But experts, former and current public servant disagree. Continue reading
Feb 18 After fraught end to Olympic figure skating final, some call for raising age limit By Dave Skretta, Associated Press The quadruple jumps that sent Russian world champ Anna Shcherbakova to the gold medal and teammate Alexandra Trusova to the silver could be a thing of the past by the 2026 Games. Continue reading
Feb 17 WATCH: President Biden announces $1 billion for Great Lakes restoration By News Desk The infusion from the bipartisan deal will enable agencies by 2030 to finish work on 22 sites designated a quarter-century ago as among the region's most degraded. Continue reading
Feb 17 A new report predicts more frequent, destructive flooding. What drives sea level rise? By Jianjun Yin, The Conversation A sea level scientist explains the two main ways climate change is threatening the coasts. Continue reading
Feb 16 U.S. sea levels could rise more than a foot over the next 30 years By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press A federal report warns that America's coasts will be hit hard by ever faster sea level rise between now and the year 2050. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 3:32 What the Sandy Hook settlement with a major gun manufacturer might mean for gun control By John Yang, Ryan Connelly Holmes The families of nine victims in the Sandy Hook School shooting agreed to settle with gun-maker Remington for $73 million. The company made the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle used to kill 20 first-graders and six teachers in 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut… Continue watching