The western United States, “once a beacon for all that was new and hopeful in America, could become an example of the grim, apocalyptic future the nation faces from climate change,” writes USA Today. The last five years already have been harrowing. Whole neighborhoods burned down to foundations. Children kept Read more…
The launch was the latest in a series of Electron launches of BlackSky satellites arranged by Spaceflight. That deal included launches of pairs of BlackSky satellites in November and December 2021 as well as a failed Electron launch in May 2021…. Rocket Lab did not attempt to recover the first Read more…
“Russia’s Roscosmos will stop working with NASA and other western space agencies on the International Space Station,” reports Engadget: On early Saturday morning, Roscosmos director Dmitry Rogozin slammed international sanctions against Russia and said normal cooperation between the space agency and its western counterparts would only be possible after they Read more…
U.S. president Joe Biden “will invoke the Defense Production Act to encourage domestic production of minerals required to make batteries for electric vehicles and long-term energy storage,” reports CNBC. “It will also help the U.S. minimize dependence on foreign supply chains.” The president’s order could help companies receive government funding Read more…
Addition and subtraction must be hard for fish, especially because they don’t have fingers to count on. But they can do it — albeit with small numbers — a new study reveals. By training the animals to use blue and yellow colors as codes for the commands “add one” and Read more…
On a winter night in early 2016, Jeremy Kitson gathered in his buddy’s large shed with some neighbors to plan their fight against a proposed wind farm in rural Van Wert County, Ohio. The project would be about a mile from his home. From the beginning, Kitson — who teaches Read more…
In the past five years, reports of staggering insect declines have stoked anxiety and debate concerning the fate of the “little things that run the world,” as the late biologist E. O. Wilson once called them. As for the how and why of these declines, the prime culprits are habitat Read more…