Feb 10 New ‘smart mound’ can help analyze pitchers’ efficiency By Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press The Minnesota Twins will be working with a new piece of smart technology at spring training this year. Continue reading
Feb 10 Solar Orbiter blasts off to capture first look at sun’s poles By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Europe and NASA's Solar Orbiter has rocketed away on an unprecedented mission to capture the first pictures of the sun's poles. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 11:57 Natural gas pipeline proposal fractures Oregon community By Christopher Booker, Connie Kargbo, Sam Weber A protracted battle in Oregon over a proposal to build a 229-mile natural gas pipeline and processing terminal in the southern part of the state is pitting those hungry for economic development against those wary of the project's environmental risks. Continue watching
Feb 09 Where did they go? Millions left city before quarantine By Erika Kinetz, Associated Press For weeks after the first reports of a mysterious new virus in Wuhan, millions of people poured out of the central Chinese city, cramming onto buses, trains and planes as the first wave of China’s great Lunar New Year migration… Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 5:00 SpaceX and OneWeb face off in quest for internet domination In what has already been a busy year in space, the London-based telecommunications company, OneWeb, on Friday launched a second round of satellites into orbit in a bid to expand global internet coverage. The launch followed the return of NASA… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch 6:27 Climate change, development batter Mississippi Delta oysters By Josh Landis, Nexus Media Record flooding, human-made channels and environmental disasters have exacerbated the already harsh effects of climate change in Louisiana's Mississippi Delta, impacting the region's coastal wildlife and seafood supplies. Special correspondent Joshua Landis reports on how local oyster farmers are coping… Continue watching
Feb 07 Watch 4:29 Death of Chinese doctor who tried to warn of new coronavirus sparks public outrage Chinese officials are now struggling to contain a political revolt while also grappling with outbreak of novel coronavirus. The death of a young doctor who was punished for trying to warn about this new illness has triggered a wave of… Continue watching
Feb 07 Why clouds are key to new climate change projections By Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360 Recent climate models project that a doubling of atmospheric CO2 above pre-industrial levels could cause temperatures to soar far above previous estimates. A warming earth, researchers now say, will lead to a loss of clouds, allowing more solar energy to… Continue reading
Feb 07 Preliminary data records Antarctica’s hottest temperature on record By Associated Press World Meteorological Organization spokeswoman Clare Nullis, citing figures from Argentina's national weather service, said the Esperanza base recorded 18.3 degrees C elsius ( 64.9 Fahrenheit) on Thursday — topping the former record of 17.5 degrees tallied in March 2015. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 4:45 With record space mission, astronaut Christina Koch inspires women back on Earth By Amna Nawaz After spending nearly 11 months in orbit aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Christina Koch returned to Earth Thursday, parachuting into Kazakhstan with two crewmates aboard a Soviet Soyuz capsule. Koch set a record for the single longest female stay… Continue watching