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Israel aiming to land on moon with SpaceX launch
Marcia Dunn, Associated Press | Posted Feb 21st - 10:42am
Israel aims to land on the moon after hitching a ride with SpaceX.
Why do zebras have stripes? Perhaps to dazzle away flies
Danica Kirka, Associated Press | Posted Feb 21st - 3:54am
Zebra stripes are dazzling — particularly to flies.
Swedish teen leads Belgian students on 7th climate march
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 21st - 3:04am
Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg led a march of thousands of Belgian students who are skipped classes for the seventh Thursday in a row to march through Brussels and draw more attention to fighting climate change.
Japanese spacecraft to attempt landing on distant asteroid
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 20th - 11:31pm
A Japanese spacecraft began its approach Thursday toward a distant asteroid on a mission to collect material that could provide clues to the origin of the solar system and life on Earth.
Hurricanes create natural climate change labs in Puerto Rico
Danica Coto, Associated Press | Posted Feb 20th - 10:02pm
The hurricanes that pounded Puerto Rico in 2017, blasting away most of its forest cover, may give scientists clues to how the world will respond to climate change and increasingly severe weather.
Climate threat doubter is leading effort to advise Trump
Kevin Freking and Seth Borenstein, Associated Press | Posted Feb 20th - 4:23pm
The Trump administration is exploring the idea of forming a special committee to look at climate change and security risks, with the effort being coordinated by a 79-year-old physicist who rejects mainstream climate science.
Tortoise feared extinct found on remote Galapagos island
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 20th - 3:04pm
A living member of species of tortoise not seen in more than 110 years and feared to be extinct has been found in a remote part of the Galapagos island of Fernandina.
BYU engineers use origami to make discovery even Iron Man would approve of
Liesl Nielsen, KSL.com | Posted Feb 20th - 2:47pm
Even Tony Stark himself would approve of a new discovery by Brigham Young University engineers that’s one step closer to making his Iron Man suit a reality.
Neptune's newest, tiniest moon likely piece of bigger one
Marcia Dunn, Associated Press | Posted Feb 20th - 11:16am
Neptune's newest and tiniest moon is probably an ancient piece of a much larger moon orbiting unusually close.
Samsung folding phone is different - but also almost $2,000
Michael Liedtke and Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press | Posted Feb 20th - 10:44am
Samsung unveiled a highly anticipated smartphone with a foldable screen in an attempt to break the innovation funk that has beset the smartphone market.
Northern Red Sea coral reefs may survive a hot, grim future
Alon Bernstein and Isabel Debre, Associated Press | Posted Feb 19th - 11:48pm
As the outlook for coral reefs across a warming planet grows grimmer, scientists in Israel have discovered a rare glimmer of hope: The corals of the northern Red Sea may survive, and even thrive, into the next century.
50M gallons of polluted water pours daily from US mine sites
Matthew Brown, Associated Press | Posted Feb 19th - 11:04pm
Every day many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flow from some of the most contaminated mining sites in the U.S. and into surrounding streams and ponds without being treated, The Associated Press has found.
Officials: Arizona will miss US deadline for key water plan
Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press | Posted Feb 19th - 3:32pm
Arizona won't have all the pieces of a Colorado River drought plan finished by the federal government's deadline to finalize protections for water used by millions across the U.S. West, state water officials said Tuesday.
This AI is so good at writing that its creators won't let you use it
Rachel Metz, CNN | Posted Feb 19th - 2:31pm
A new artificial intelligence system is so good at composing text that the researchers behind it said they won't release it for fear of how it could be misused.
And now for the weather on Mars, courtesy of new NASA lander
Marcia Dunn, Associated Press | Posted Feb 19th - 1:49pm
And now for the weather on Mars: NASA's newest lander is offering daily reports on the red planet's frigid winter.
Former UN leader tours climate adaptation projects in Miami
Jennifer Kay, Associated Press | Posted Feb 19th - 12:56pm
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he's impressed with Miami's efforts to cope with rising sea levels— and he wishes President Donald Trump were paying attention, too.
Trump orders creation of Space Force, but within Air Force
Darlene Superville, Associated Press | Posted Feb 19th - 9:10am
President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed the Pentagon to develop plans to create a new Space Force within the Air Force, accepting less than the full-fledged department he'd wanted.
Scientist who popularized term "global warming" dies at 87
The Associated Press | Posted Feb 18th - 2:30pm
A scientist who raised early alarms about climate change and popularized the term "global warming" has died. Wallace Smith Broecker was 87.
2019's biggest supermoon lights up the sky tonight and tomorrow
Ashley Strickland, CNN | Posted Feb 18th - 9:05am
February's full moon will brighten the skies as the biggest supermoon of the year.
