Biden Campaign Defends Decision to Put President on TikTok U.S. President Joe Biden officially has a presence on TikTok. But his reelection campaign is having to defend its decision to put him on the video sharing app. That is because his administrat...
Scientists: Icy Moon of Saturn Likely Has an Underground Ocean Researchers say new evidence suggests Saturn's icy moon Mimas likely has a large underground ocean. Astronomers based their finding on data collected by the American space agency NASA's C...
Climate Change Fueling Disappearance of Central Asias Aral Sea Climate change is quickening the disappearance of the Aral Sea. Once a single body of water, the lake now exists in pieces in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Many years ago, it was one of the...
Monarch Butterfly Population Declines in Mexico The Monarch butterfly population has dropped to its second-lowest number on record in Mexican forests this winter. The forests are the insects' winter home. The population decrease is worrisome as the b...
NASA Launches New Satellite to Study Oceans, Atmosphere The American space agency NASA has launched a new satellite designed to closely study the world's oceans and atmosphere. NASA launched the PACE satellite on February 8. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket...
Experts Propose a Stronger Category 6 for Hurricane There have been a few very powerful ocean storms in the last 10 years. The expectation of more to come has some experts proposing a new category of large hurricanes: Category 6. Studies have shown t...
Has Earth Warmed More Than We Thought? Old sponges from deep in the Caribbean Sea are causing some researchers to think human-caused climate change began sooner than scientists have thought. But, if a recent study is correct, world temperatures are i...
Private Missions Launch Debate over What to Permit on Moon The rise in private American space missions has led to increasing calls for rules on what can be transported to the moon. Individuals and groups have criticized plans by private companies to...
Apple: Vision Pro Headset Enables Spatial Computing Technology company Apple's new computing device, the Vision Pro headset, became available in stores last week. The device uses augmented reality technology which has been available for years. But Ap...
Sea Otters Help Save Californias Wetlands At one point, it was nearly impossible to see sea otters along the west coast of the United States. The animals were hunted nearly to extinction in the 1800s. People paid for their fur. At one point, only abo...
Damage atop Damage: Atmospheric River Storms Strike California Again In California, the second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers on Monday caused heavy rains and mudslides, flooded roadways and cut electric power. Atmospheric rivers are long and wid...
Russian Cosmonaut Sets Record for Time in Space Russia's space agency Roscosmos says cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko has broken the world record for total time spent in space. Kononenko passed the record Sunday after spending more than 878 days and 12 hours...
NASA's Mars Helicopter Ends Service after 'History-making' Mission NASA's experimental helicopter, Ingenuity, has officially ended its service on Mars after what the U.S. space agency called a history-making mission. Ingenuity arrived on Mars with NA...
Research Suggests Bright Lights Confuse Insects Many people have long believed that bright lights draw, or attract, flying insects. But that is not exactly what is going on, a new study suggests. Researchers believe that artificial lights at night ma...
Part-time Detectives Find Problems in Medical, Scientific Research A major cancer hospital and research center recently announced it is asking for withdrawals or corrections to at least 37 research papers. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston is ta...
