May 25 WATCH: How to see the red blood supermoon lunar eclipse coming early Wednesday By Shannon Schmoll, The Conversation Also known as the super flower blood moon (so named because May's full moon is sometimes called the flower moon), the phenomenon combined several lunar milestones that resulted in a full moon that looks bigger than usual, turns red, and… Continue reading
May 24 Total lunar eclipse combines with supermoon this week By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Wednesday's eclipse is the first in more than two years and coincides with a supermoon. This super blood red moon will be visible across the Pacific, the western half of North America, the bottom of South America, and eastern Asia. Continue reading
May 24 Biden doubling spending to prepare for hurricanes, storms By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Last year alone, the nation endured 22 separate weather and climate-related disasters with losses greater than $1 billion each. The disasters, including wildfires, hurricanes and snowstorms, had a cumulative price tag of nearly $100 billion. Continue reading
May 24 Lava from Congo's volcano eruption emits toxic gas, 7 more dead By Jean-Yves Kamale, Associated Press Mount Nyiragongo turned the sky fiery red on Saturday night and spewed torrents of lava into villages, killing people and destroying more than 500 homes. Continue reading
May 22 China's Mars rover touches ground on red planet By Associated Press China landed the spacecraft carrying the rover on Mars last Saturday, a technically challenging feat more difficult than a moon landing, in a first for the country. It is the second country to land and operate a spacecraft on Mars,… Continue reading
May 21 Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1 – here's what forecasters are watching right now By Kristopher Karnauskas, The Conversation To get a sense of how bad the 2021 hurricane season will be, keep an eye on the African monsoon, ocean temperatures and a possible late-blooming La Niña. Continue reading
May 20 Senate panel advances Biden nomination for White House science adviser By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Lander, a geneticist and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, was the lead author of the first paper announcing the details of the human genome, the so-called "book of life." He has been nominated as director… Continue reading
May 19 Watch 9:26 'Vaccine passports' may be critical for equity, but polarization could undermine efforts By William Brangham, Jason Kane, Claire Mufson Despite good progress on vaccinations in the U.S., the Biden administration and most officials are weary of requiring "vaccine passports" to prove inoculation. William Brangham discusses the related concerns with Dr. Georges Benjamin, the executive director of the American Public… Continue watching
May 18 Would you use products made of recycled carbon dioxide? By Lucca Henrion, Joe Árvai, Lauren Lutzke, Volker Sick, The Conversation A large-scale survey asked people exactly that. One use of recycled carbon dioxide stood out. Continue reading
May 18 Blinken touts Biden climate policies as shift from Trump By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday touted the Biden administration's abrupt shift in its predecessor's climate policies as he visited Iceland for talks with senior officials from the world's Arctic nations. Continue reading