Apr 14 Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounds remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds By John Seewer, Kathy McCormack, Jennifer Kelleher, Associated Press Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounded the Northern Mariana Islands for hours before daybreak Wednesday, slowing just to inflict more damage across the islands of Tinian and Saipan, home to nearly 50,000 people. Continue reading
Apr 12 It's OK to love all bees — including honey bees By Christina Grozinger, Andony Melathopoulos, Clare Rittschof, Harland Patch, Jay Evans, The Conversation The accusations you may have heard about nonnative honey bees aren’t backed by evidence. Entomologists explain that there are plenty of ways bees make the world a better place. Continue reading
Apr 12 NASA sets its sights on Artemis III following astronauts' historic moon flyby By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Now that the first lunar travelers in more than a half-century are safely back in Houston with their families, NASA has Artemis III in its sights. Continue reading
Apr 11 Cheers welcome Artemis II astronauts home after record-breaking trip By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The crew of four arrived at Ellington Field near NASA's Johnson Space Center and Mission Control, flying in from San Diego, where they splashed down just offshore the evening before. Continue reading
Apr 10 Will more Americans embrace renewable energy after the latest oil price surge? By William Brangham As the impact from the war in Iran grinds on, Americans are feeling it at the gas station. Evangelists for clean energy say the oil shock is an opportunity to embrace the transition to renewable power like wind and solar. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch Will more Americans embrace renewable energy after the latest oil price surge? By William Brangham, Solveig Rennan, Madison Staten, Satvi Sunkara, Juliet Fuisz, Alexa Gold, Zoie Lambert As the impact from the war in Iran grinds on, Americans are feeling it at the gas station. Evangelists for clean energy say the oil shock is an opportunity to embrace the transition to renewable power like wind and solar. Continue reading
Apr 10 Watch 7:03 How worried should Americans be as AI threatens jobs? By Geoff Bennett, Murrey Jacobson Americans are anxious about their jobs and whether artificial intelligence is coming for them. Some prominent voices call it catastrophic, others say it's hype. The data, so far, is somewhere in between and deeply contested. Geoff Bennett spoke with Josh… Continue watching
Apr 10 How will NASA get the Artemis II crew safely back on Earth? Here's the science behind splashdown By Marcos Fernandez Tous, The Conversation While splashdown can be harrowing – the spacecraft will hurdle through the atmosphere faster than the speed of sound and reach temperatures in the thousands of degrees – NASA has been doing it for decades. Continue reading
Apr 09 States are struggling to meet their clean energy goals. Blame data centers By Jessica Hill, Associated Press Nevada's largest utility says it will need three times the electricity required to power Las Vegas just to handle proposed data centers — and it probably can't do that without fossil fuels. Continue reading
Apr 09 The U.S. smashed heat records in March. Just wait for El Niño this summer By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press March’s persistent heat was unseasonably intense, and the next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth even more, as some forecasts predict a brewing El Niño will reach superstrength. Continue reading