Jul 23 Last Sunday was Earth’s hottest day in recorded history By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus. Continue reading
Jul 23 WATCH: Tipping Point: Colorado River Reckoning- A PBS News Special By Miles O'Brien Forty million people depend on the Colorado River for water, but that vital resource is in peril, given the river's storage system is at an estimated 41 percent capacity as of June 2024. Continue reading
Jul 22 CrowdStrike customers and regulators are still waiting for details on what caused meltdown By Associated Press Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says a “significant number” of the millions of computers that crashed on Friday, causing global disruptions, are back in operation. Continue reading
Jul 22 Baby bull sharks are thriving in warming waters off the coast of Texas and Alabama By James Marcus Drymon, Lindsay Mullins, Philip Matich, The Conversation The Gulf Coast has seen an increase in baby bull shark numbers due to warming ocean temperatures. As adults, these are among the most aggressive species of sharks, but the babies aren’t cause for concern, as three scientists explain. Continue reading
Jul 17 Here’s how NASA and SpaceX will bring down the space station when it’s retired By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press NASA and Elon Musk’s company on Wednesday outlined the plan to burn the space station up on reentry and plunge what’s left into the ocean, ideally at the beginning of 2031 when it hits the 32-year mark. Continue reading
Jul 15 Ukrainian startups develop robots to fight war against Russia By Derek Gatopoulos, Anton Shtuka, Associated Press Ukraine hopes to kill Russian troops or save wounded soldiers and civilians with a robot army. 250 defense startups across Ukraine are creating the killing machines from the bottom up. Continue reading
Jul 15 A recently discovered cave on the moon could mean housing for future astronauts By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon, not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago… Continue reading
Jul 13 Watch 6:04 How extreme heat is damaging American transportation infrastructure By John Yang, Andrew Corkery Scientists say much of the persistent and dangerous heat blanketing wide swaths of the country is a long-term result of greenhouse gas emissions. Climate scientist Kristina Dahl joins John Yang to discuss how it’s affecting everything from the power grid… Continue watching
Jul 12 Malfunction on SpaceX rocket leaves company’s Starlink satellites in wrong orbit By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company’s internet satellites in an orbit so low that they're doomed to fall through the atmosphere and burn up. Continue reading
Jul 11 Inside the dangerous and unpredictable science of storm chasing By Yvette Richardson, Paul Markowski, The Conversation The science of storm chasing provides insight into the processes happening throughout the storm, before and during tornado development, and throughout the tornado’s lifetime. Continue reading