Feb 03 What is an atmospheric river? A hydrologist explains the good, the bad and how they’re changing By Qian Cao, The Conversation Forecasters warn of dangerous conditions as another powerful atmospheric river takes aim at California. While these storms are dreaded for the damage they can cause, they are also essential to the region’s water supply. Continue reading
Feb 02 Feds won’t restore protections for gray wolves, propose national recovery plan By Matthew Brown, Todd Richmond, Associated Press The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials announced Friday that it has rejected petitions from environmental groups to add wolves in the northern Rockies and parts of the western U.S. to the Endangered Species List. Continue reading
Feb 01 A look at atmospheric rivers, the long bands of water vapor that form over oceans and fuel storms By Associated Press The storm that pummeled California this week was fueled by an atmospheric river, a plume of moisture that extended over the Pacific to near Hawaii. Continue reading
Feb 01 Newest COVID shots are 54 percent effective in preventing symptoms, CDC finds By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Studies coming out later this year will assess how effective the shot was at preventing symptoms severe enough to send patients to a doctor's office or hospital. Continue reading
Feb 01 Skyscraper-size asteroid to pass within 2 million miles of Earth poses no threat By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press It won't be back our way again until 2032, but it will be a much more distant encounter, staying 45 million miles away. Continue reading
Jan 31 WATCH: NASA celebrates Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s legacy after final flight By News Desk and Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The space agency announced last week that the 4-pound chopper named Ingenuity can no longer fly because of rotor blade damage, and its mission is officially over. Continue reading
Jan 30 Are insects drawn to light? New research shows it’s confusion, not attraction By Christina Larson, Associated Press Rather than being attracted to light, researchers believe that artificial lights at night may actually scramble flying insects' innate navigational systems. Continue reading
Jan 30 Washington state to develop guidelines for agencies using generative artificial intelligence By Hallie Golden, Associated Press The executive order was signed by the Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday and highlights the huge potential for generative AI as well as its risks. Continue reading
Jan 30 Elon Musk says the first human has received an implant from Neuralink, but details are scant By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Laura Ungar, Associated Press In a Monday post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Musk said that the patient received the implant the day prior and was recovering well. The billionaire did not provide additional details about the patient. Continue reading
Jan 27 Watch 5:13 14-year-old scientist Heman Bekele on his quest to fight skin cancer with soap By John Yang, Harry Zahn, Kaisha Young, Juliet Fuisz Heman Bekele spent the last year developing a bar of soap that could treat skin cancer. It was the winning entry at the annual 3M Young Scientist Challenge, considered one of the top science and engineering competitions for fifth through… Continue watching