May 21 Court says dinosaur fossils worth millions aren’t minerals By Amy Beth Hanson, Associated Press Wednesday's ruling has implications in an ongoing legal battle over the ownership of millions of dollars of fossils found on an eastern Montana ranch where the surface and mineral rights are owned by different people. Continue reading
May 20 WATCH: NASA holds news conference on SpaceX launch By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press It will be the first time a private company, rather than a national government, sends astronauts into orbit. Continue reading
May 19 COVID-19 is eroding scientists’ ability to conduct field work By Casey Setash, Richard B. Primack, The Conversation The COVID-19 pandemic is interrupting scientific field work across North America, leaving blank spots in important data sets and making it harder to track ecological change. Continue reading
May 12 COVID-19 worsens the role environmental injustice already plays in marginalized communities By Katherine Bagley, Yale Environment 360 Scientist Sacoby Wilson, who has long focused on health issues related to environmental injustice, discusses how social and environmental inequality have contributed to the outsized impact of COVID-19 on low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. Continue reading
May 09 NASA monitors Mars mission ‘remotely’ during the pandemic By PBS NewsHour NASA researchers and scientists are familiar with working “remotely” from millions of miles away, literally, and the global pandemic has now forced most to adapt to working from home. But how are NASA employees who are monitoring the Mars Rover… Continue reading
May 06 Astronomers find closest black hole to Earth ever, hints of more By Associated Press European astronomers have found the closest black hole to Earth yet, so near that the two stars dancing with it can be seen by the naked eye. Continue reading
May 05 Greek lawmakers approve controversial environmental bill By Associated Press Greek lawmakers have approved a controversial environmental bill that the opposition and environmental groups slammed for opening the door to exploratory oil and gas drilling in protected areas. Continue reading
May 04 Billions projected to suffer nearly unlivable heat in 2070 By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Right now, 20 million people live in areas where the annual average temperature is 84 degrees or hotter. In half a century that will likely be way past 1 billion people, and in an unlikely but worst-case scenario 3.5 billion… Continue reading
Apr 30 NASA goes private for 1st astronaut lunar landers in decades By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced Thursday the three companies that will develop and build lunar landers, with the goal of returning astronauts to the moon by 2024, and ultimately on to Mars. Continue reading
Apr 30 Alabama student names NASA’s first Mars helicopter By Associated Press Ingenuity, the name submitted by Vaneeza Rupani, was selected for the 4 pound (1.8 kilograms) solar-powered helicopter, NASA said in a statement on Wednesday. Continue reading