Science

Watch NASA launch its first astronauts aboard the Boeing Starliner at 10:34PM ET

Albert Wagner

NASA will attempt to send a pair of astronauts to space aboard Boeing’s Starliner aircraft for the first time soon, ...

The One Thing Holding Back Heat Pumps

Albert Wagner

So the demand is there, as is growing support from the federal and state governments. What’s lagging is the workforce—at ...

AI to drive natural gas boom as utilities face surging data center demand

Albert Wagner

A chimney from the Linden Cogeneration Plant is seen in Linden New Jersey April 22, 2022.  Kena Betancur | View ...

Orangutan treats facial wound with medicinal plant in documented first – National

Albert Wagner

In what scientists are calling a first for any non-human species, a Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia was seen creating and ...

Space photo of the week: A planet-size explosion rocks the sun’s ‘mossy’ corona

Albert Wagner

What it is: A fiery landscape on the surface of the sun Where it is: About 93 million miles (150 ...

Sister cities can help communities better navigate the climate crisis

Albert Wagner

Anthropologists at Rice University suggest in a new study that establishing networks of ‘sister cities’ dedicated to addressing the impact ...

Microsoft made the biggest renewable energy agreement ever to fuel its AI ambitions

Albert Wagner

Microsoft just agreed to support the development of 10.5 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity around the world, a massive ...

Nikon is making a mirrorless camera that works on the Moon

Albert Wagner

Nikon is working with NASA to make a mirrorless camera that astronauts will use during the agency’s incoming Artemis III ...

The highest observatory in the world just opened in Chile

Albert Wagner

The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) officially opened on Tuesday after 26 years of planning and construction. Sitting 18,500 ...

Get Ready for Monster Hurricanes This Summer

Albert Wagner

Three main factors converge to intensify hurricanes. The first is that as the world in general warms, so too do ...