Environment
Satellite launch kicks off a new effort to monitor wildfires from space
A Google-backed mission to detect wildfires from space launched a prototype satellite last week, which is now communicating with its ...
The 5 senses of spring: How climate change is shaping our seasonal experience
Singing frogs are looking for love. Sweet sap is flowing from the maple trees. Striking migratory birds are returning to ...
Watch this ultra-detailed animation of the seafloor
The world has a more detailed map of the seafloor than ever before thanks to observations taken from space. NASA ...
What it means for aviation, according to travel expert
The closure of London’s Heathrow Airport due to a nearby fire on Friday has put the focus on the aviation ...
How 3D-printing ‘microfactories’ can transform plastic waste
A new era of 3D printing “microfactories” is helping to turn waste plastics into “highly competitive” products fit for use ...
The U.S. is falling behind China in nuclear fusion, needed to power AI
China and the U.S. are in a race to create the first grid-scale nuclear fusion energy. After decades of U.S. ...
Solar and wind beat coal in the US for the first time
In a first for the US, wind and solar produced more electricity than coal last year, according to a new ...
Space collisions could become a bigger risk thanks to greenhouse gas pollution
Greenhouse gas emissions could affect satellite launches in the future, new research suggests. As it builds up, the pollution causes ...
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One Photographer’s Quest to Redefine the Shark
I expected to meet a dreaded “man-eater,” but when I saw it, I realized that it was a defenseless animal, ...
Uranium is in the crosshairs of the US-Canada tariff battle
President Donald Trump’s tariff threats could raise the price of uranium used to fuel US nuclear reactors, which could have ...
