Jun 24 New York City hits 100 degrees under extreme heat wave baking Eastern U.S. By Associated Press Large swaths of the country were broiling under a heat dome, worsened by a humid atmosphere that’s circling the East. Continue reading
Jun 24 LIVE MAP: Track the path of Tropical Storm Andrea By Associated Press The tropical storm is expected to be short-lived. Continue reading
Jun 24 Tropical Storm Andrea, first of Atlantic hurricane season, has formed By Associated Press The tropical storm is expected to weaken Tuesday night and dissipate by Wednesday night. Continue reading
Jun 23 First images of universe taken by largest digital camera ever shows colorful nebulas, stars and galaxies By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, located on a mountaintop in Chile, unveiled vibrant images Monday of colorful nebulas, stars and galaxies. Continue reading
Jun 21 It’s been 50 years since the blockbuster movie ‘Jaws,’ but there’s more to be revealed about shark biology By Gareth J. Fraser, The Conversation A shark expert, whose own curiosity about these fascinating fish was sparked by the movie "Jaws," explains some of their unique features and the many discoveries made in the decades after its release. Continue reading
Jun 20 What to know about summer solstice, the longest day of the year By Associated Press Peak sunshine has arrived. Continue reading
Jun 19 SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodes after ‘major anomaly’ but no injuries reported, company says By Associated Press The company said the Starship “experienced a major anomaly” at about 11 p.m. while on the test stand preparing for the tenth flight test at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site at the southern tip of Texas. Continue reading
Jun 18 Meet the moths that map the stars to fly long distances By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press It's an impressive feat for Bogong moths, whose brains are smaller than the size of a grain of rice, to rely on the night sky for their odyssey, said study author David Dreyer with Lund University in Sweden. Continue reading
Jun 18 Adapting to extreme habitats set the stage for global human migration, study finds By Christina Larson, Associated Press “Our superpower is that we are ecosystem generalists,” said Eleanor Scerri, an evolutionary archaeologist at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena, Germany. Continue reading
Jun 18 Hurricane Erick threatens to bring flooding and mudslides to Mexico’s Pacific coast By Luis Alberto Cruz, Associated Press Up to 20 inches of rain could fall across the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Guerrero. Continue reading