How far should we go in saving species from extinction?
This story was produced in partnership with The Virginia Quarterly Review. In the first flush of an Arctic spring, the boreal forest begins to stir, emerging from a silvered quiet.…
UN calls on tech and media to stop taking fossil fuel ad money — but gets nothing in response
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for an end to fossil fuel advertising yesterday in a fiery call to action following the release of alarming new climate data. “I urge every…
5G Airplane: Cessna is High-Altitude Platform Station
Skies over Tokyo are thick with air traffic these days amid an influx of international tourists. But one plane recently helped revive the dream of airborne Internet access for all.…
OpenAI Offers a Peek Inside the Guts of ChatGPT
ChatGPT developer OpenAI’s approach to building artificial intelligence came under fire this week from former employees who accuse the company of taking unnecessary risks with technology that could become harmful.Today…
NHL team in Utah is down to 6 finalists for a name
The NHL team in Utah is down to six finalists for a name.Smith Entertainment Group announced Thursday the choices have been narrowed to Blizzard, Mammoth, Outlaws, Venom, Yeti and Utah…
Fossil-hunting diver says he has found a large section of mastodon tusk off Florida’s coast
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — At first, fossil-hunting diver Alex Lundberg thought the lengthy object on the sea floor off Florida's Gulf Coast was a piece of wood. It turned…
Starliner NASA launch: A chance for Boeing reset after a tide of bad headlines
Boeing’s first spacecraft to carry a human crew is set to launch on Saturday. If all goes as planned, the mission will bring astronauts to the International Space Station and…
Structure and function of new lysosome transporter revealed
Cellular model for the role of MFSD1 in the recycling of amino acids (AA) derived from lysosomal proteolysis. Credit: Nature Cell Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41556-024-01436-5 Researchers have revealed the structure…
Boeing’s Starliner Liftoff Is Win for NASA
Astronaut Butch Wilmore can’t forget the time he landed on permafrost. It was 2015, and Wilmore was returning to Earth in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft after spending 167 days aboard…
Starship launch 4: What time is the SpaceX flight today and how to watch it
SpaceX is preparing Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, for its next test launch. Here is everything you need to know. What time is the launch expected to happen?…