Oct 17 Watch 3:27 A Brief But Spectacular take on being a wildland firefighter amid climate change By Brief But Spectacular Sarah Jakober is a U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighter who serves on the Grand Ronde Rappel Crew based in Grande, Oregon. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on being a wildland firefighter. Jakober provides a window into a day… Continue watching
Oct 16 Surprise, it’s twins! A brown dwarf discovered 30 years ago is actually two circling each other By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press Scientists have puzzled over the object known as Gliese 229B, the first known brown dwarf discovered 30 years ago, but which appeared too dim for its mass. Continue reading
Oct 16 Many schools in North Carolina still closed weeks after Hurricane Helene, worrying teachers about long-term impact By Jocelyn Gecker, Moriah Balingit, Michael Melia, Associated Press Tens of thousands of students in the Southeast are dealing with school disruptions after Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc so severe — on homes, campuses and municipal power and water systems — that some districts have no idea when they will… Continue reading
Oct 14 Panda-monium returns to Washington By Ashraf Khalil, Didi Tang, Associated Press A pair of 3-year-old giant pandas, named Bao Li and Qing Bao, will soon be flown to Washington from a research facility in the southwestern Chinese city of Dujiangyan. Continue reading
Oct 14 WATCH: NASA launches Europa Clipper to scour Jupiter moon for life’s ingredients By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life. Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch 7:28 New book ‘Threat Multiplier’ details the fight for the Pentagon to adapt to climate change By Ali Rogin, Claire Mufson At a 2021 climate conference, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, “No nation can find lasting security without addressing the climate crisis.” That sentiment reflects the Pentagon’s three-decade evolution on climate change. Ali Rogin sat down with Sherri Goodman, a former… Continue watching
Oct 13 In engineering feat by SpaceX, mechanical arms catch Starship booster back at its launch pad By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms. Continue reading
Oct 12 Two comets from the spooky Oort Cloud are passing by our planet as Halloween approaches By James Wray, The Conversation The Oort Cloud’s residents may be a reason why life ignited on Earth; crashing on our planet eons ago, these ice bodies may have supplied at least some of the water that all life requires. At the same time, these… Continue reading
Oct 11 Wondering why the aurora borealis was visible so far south last night? Here’s why it’s all thanks to the sun By Amoré Elsje Nel, The Conversation During the peak of the cycle, called solar maximum, more sunspots and solar flares occur, increasing the likelihood of solar storms. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 6:09 Winner of Nobel Prize in chemistry describes how his work could transform lives By Amna Nawaz The Nobel Prize in chemistry went to three scientists for groundbreaking work using artificial intelligence to advance biomedical and protein research. AlphaFold uses databases of protein structures and sequences to predict and even design protein structures. It speeds up a… Continue watching