Sep 23 California moves to end sales of new gas-powered cars By Adam Beam, Associated Press California would be the first state with such a rule, though Germany and France are among 15 other countries that have a similar requirement. Continue reading
Sep 23 Bus-size asteroid to zoom by Earth, ducking below satellites By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A newly discovered asteroid is headed our way, but NASA says the space rock will zoom safely past Earth on Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 6:12 How a focus on cleaning surfaces can distract from actual virus spread By Stephanie Sy, Frank Carlson Our understanding of how the novel coronavirus spreads is still evolving. Early in the pandemic, there was great concern about the potential for infection from surface contact. But since then, evidence has pointed to human-to-human transmission as the primary vehicle… Continue watching
Sep 20 Southern California wildfire grows, burns nature center By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press The destruction wrought by a wind-driven wildfire in the mountains northeast of Los Angeles approached 156 square miles (404 square kilometers) Sunday, burning structures, homes and a nature center in a famed Southern California wildlife sanctuary in foothill desert communities. Continue reading
Sep 20 Analysis: U.S. to hit 200,000 dead; Trump sees no need for regret By Associated Press As the coronavirus pandemic began bearing down on the United States in March, President Donald Trump set out his expectations. If the U.S. could keep the death toll between 100,000 to 200,000 people, Trump said, it would indicate that his administration had… Continue reading
Sep 18 Alabama reports 2nd death from Hurricane Sally as new storm 'Alpha' forms near Portugal By Associated Press A second death from Hurricane Sally was reported Friday in Alabama on a day that also saw the National Hurricane Center have to resort to using the Greek alphabet for storm names in a record-setting season. Continue reading
Sep 17 Poop knives, arachnophobic entomologists win 2020 Ig Nobel awards By Mark Pratt, Associated Press This year's winners also included a collection of world leaders who think they're smarter than doctors and scientists, and a team of Dutch and Belgian researchers who looked at why chewing and other sounds people make drive us crazy. Continue reading
Sep 15 Scientific American favors Biden in first-ever presidential endorsement By David Bauder, Associated Press The magazine said that “the evidence and the science show that Donald Trump has basically damaged the United States and its people because he rejects evidence and science.”… Continue reading
Sep 15 World isn't meeting biodiversity goals, U.N. report finds By Christina Larson, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press A new U.N. biodiversity report card highlights the decline over the past 10 years in fragile ecosystems such as coral reefs and tropical forests. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 3:53 Western wildfires highlight divergent stances of Trump, Biden on climate change By Lisa Desjardins The wildfire disaster in the American West is highlighting a major political difference between President Trump and Joe Biden: their perspectives on climate change. While scientists increasingly warn that climate change is driving extreme weather events like the western fires… Continue watching