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Can Artificial Rain, Drones, or Satellites Clean Toxic Air?

Can Artificial Rain, Drones, or Satellites Clean Toxic Air?

Albert Wagner

Amid all of these concerns, the city has been turning to drones to monitor pollution hotspots, in addition to those ...

Thanksgiving Travel Latest: TSA braces for ‘busiest ever’ holiday

Thanksgiving Travel Latest: TSA braces for ‘busiest ever’ holiday

Bob Elliott

The Thanksgiving travel rush is expected to be bigger than ever this year. AAA predicts that nearly 80 million people ...

People on breathing machines struggle without power after weather disasters

People on breathing machines struggle without power after weather disasters

Craig Fedirighi

HOUSTON — Kimberly Rubit had one priority in mind as Hurricane Beryl ripped through Houston this summer: her severely disabled ...

Microplastics Could Be Making the Weather Worse

Microplastics Could Be Making the Weather Worse

Albert Wagner

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Clouds form when water vapor—an invisible gas in ...

Draconid meteor shower will light up Canadian skies. How to see it best – National

Draconid meteor shower will light up Canadian skies. How to see it best – National

Albert Wagner

The conditions are ripe for people to catch the Draconid meteor shower on Monday evening and into Tuesday morning. And ...

Milton Disrupted the Flow of Drinking Water—so Florida Deployed a Machine to Harvest It From Air

Milton Disrupted the Flow of Drinking Water—so Florida Deployed a Machine to Harvest It From Air

Albert Wagner

David Stuckenberg, cofounder and chief operations officer at Genesis Systems, explains that the WaterCube uses proprietary liquid and solid sorbents—materials ...

Darpa Thinks Walls of Oysters Could Protect Shores Against Hurricanes

Darpa Thinks Walls of Oysters Could Protect Shores Against Hurricanes

Albert Wagner

On October 10, 2018, Tyndall Air Force Base on the Gulf of Mexico—a pillar of American air superiority—found itself under ...

Through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Amateur Radio Triumphs When All Else Fails

Through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Amateur Radio Triumphs When All Else Fails

Albert Wagner

The morning after Hurricane Helene pummeled the eastern seaboard of the US, Thomas Witherspoon inspected the damage to his western ...

Airlines, theme parks, cruise lines prepare

Airlines, theme parks, cruise lines prepare

Bob Elliott

A message board at the Tampa International Airport shows all American Airlines departing flight canceled Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, in ...

Generator maker Generac soars, insurance stocks fall on Hurricane Milton

Generator maker Generac soars, insurance stocks fall on Hurricane Milton

Lawrence Booth

A worker unloads a 24-kilowatt Generac home generator off a truck at Captain Electric on February 18, 2021 in Orem, ...