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Rejecting science, Trump reverses conclusion that climate change is harming Americans
The Trump administration on Thursday reversed the U.S. government’s longstanding scientific assertion that planet-heating pollution seriously threatens Americans, erasing a foundational piece of the country’s efforts to address climate change.
The repeal of the 2009 endangerment finding — a conclusion based on decades of science that ...Read more
Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly
Concrete is all around you – in the foundation of your home, the bridges you drive over, the sidewalks and buildings of cities. It is often described as the second-most used material by volume on Earth after water.
But the way concrete is made today also makes it a major contributor to climate change.
Portland cement, the ...Read more
ULA Vulcan launch suffers fiery booster issue but makes it to space, company says
United Launch Alliance suffered yet another fiery burn-through on one of its solid rocket boosters during a national security mission Thursday.
The Vulcan rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 at 4:22 a.m. on the USSF-87 mission for the Space Force, ULA’s first launch of the year and only its ...Read more
Rare Red Rock sunflower at high risk of extinction, petition argues
LAS VEGAS — About 3 million people visit Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas every year, but few have noticed the tiny yellow sunflower that has called it home for centuries. It may face extinction without federal protection, two groups say.
On Tuesday, the Center for Biological Diversity and Save Red Rock filed a petition with the U.S. Fish...Read more
Andreessen Horowitz's rising influence over Trump-era AI policy
One of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture capital firms has emerged as a hidden hand steering artificial intelligence policy in Washington, as President Donald Trump embraces the industry’s relentless push into the emerging technology.
Andreessen Horowitz is now regularly the first outside call that top White House officials and senior ...Read more
Poverty simulation offers 'eye-opening' experience for Silicon Valley leaders
In the echoing expanse of a Sunnyvale, California, food bank, Silicon Valley leaders scrambled across a warehouse floor, making a dull cacophony as they ran to different tables where they begged for work, bargained for groceries, sought housing, and bailed their loved ones out of jail.
The desperate group of business leaders and public workers ...Read more
Possible signs of ancient Martian life: What did NASA really discover?
Organic compounds found in Mars rocks are too abundant to rule out the possibility of Martian life in the red planet’s history, NASA scientists say.
In March of 2025, NASA’s Curiosity rover discovered oily chemicals on Mars. These chemicals, called decane, undecane, and dodecane, are types of long molecules made of carbon and hydrogen. ...Read more
Green or not, US energy future depends on Native nations
The Trump administration’s drive to increase domestic production of fossil fuels and mining of key minerals likely cannot be accomplished without a key constituency: Native nations.
The U.S. has 374 treaties with 574 governments of sovereign nations inside the United States’ borders, governing 2.5% of the country’s territory, ...Read more
Preview: ‘Resident Evil Requiem’ breathes new life into zombie-like infected
For “Resident Evil,” zombies were always the beginning, and the franchise has challenged players with a diverse set of monstrosities. Through its 30-year history, players have fought Hunters, the nearly unkillable Nemesis, and an array of gigantic mutated creatures.
Despite all the horrors dreamed up by developers, the series’ ...Read more
Jim Rossman: Apple finally released updated AirTags
I’m a huge fan of Apple’s AirTags – the small, round Bluetooth finder that works with Apple’s Find My network to help you keep track of your stuff.
The AirTag was introduced in April of 2021, and now Apple has released the second generation AirTag that promises expanded connectivity range and improved findability.
I’m not afraid to...Read more
Review: ‘Metroid Prime 4’ mostly sticks to a familiar formula
Retro Studios broke conventions and reimagined the adventures of Samus Aran as a first-person shooter with the wildly successful “Metroid Prime.” The studio has followed that up with several sequels that build on elements that adapt the classic 2-D sci-fi side-scroller to a three-dimensional world.
The team has tried to expand on the ...Read more
Gadgets: Here's who shined at Consumer Electronics Show
Last month's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas did not disappoint. The number one question I’m asked every year is, "What was the best item you saw?" Sure, there were endless companies pitching devices with AI and such. But after walking the CES show floors for more than 10 miles daily, there’s no doubt in my mind that Lenovo, the ...Read more
Sleek, lithe and extremely rare: This elusive California fox has finally been GPS-collared
The stunning Sierra Nevada red fox is one of the nation's rarest and most critically threatened mammals with fewer than 50 believed to remain in the Sierra. And now, for the first time, a specimen has been successfully GPS-collared and released back into the region — marking a major victory for conservation efforts to protect the elusive ...Read more
Weather pushes back SpaceX's Crew-12 window, opening door for 1st ULA launch of year
NASA’s plans to get the first human spaceflight of the year off the pad have to hold off until at least Friday because of weather constraints along the flight path needed in case of emergency. That delay, though, opens the door for a national security mission aiming for liftoff on Thursday morning.
The SpaceX Crew-12 mission is now looking at...Read more
Mapping cemeteries for class – how students used phones and drones to help a city count its headstones
If you told me a decade ago that I’d become an expert in mapping cemeteries, I would’ve laughed and been very confused about the dramatic turn my professional life must’ve taken at some point.
I’m an environmental scientist who specializes in geospatial technology, which involves analyzing the Earth and how geography plays a ...Read more
South Florida's in a drought. Here's why and tips on how you can conserve water
MIAMI — That lack of rain many have enjoyed for three months in South Florida — allowing near uninterrupted opportunities for outdoor activities — comes at a cost.
The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) issued a Water Shortage Warning for Miami-Dade and Monroe counties on Friday, as well as Collier, Glades, Highlands and Lee ...Read more
Commentary: Nature is a powerful ally against fires and floods. So how will we save it?
More than a year after the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, the economic aftershocks of the disaster still permeate the lives of the people who survived it. Fewer than a dozen homes in some of the city’s hardest-hit neighborhoods have been fully rebuilt. Families remain scattered across temporary rentals, and many are still grappling with letters ...Read more
Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers bracing for another harsh summer
Cattle auctions aren’t often all-night affairs. But in Texas Lake Country in June 2022, ranchers facing dwindling water supplies and dried out pastures amid a worsening drought sold off more than 4,000 animals in an auction that lasted nearly 24 hours – about 200 cows an hour.
It was the height of a drought that has gripped the ...Read more
Held captive in their own country during World War II, Japanese Americans used nature to cope with their unjustified imprisonment
With a stroke of a presidential pen, the lives of Izumi Taniguchi, Minoru Tajii, Homei Iseyama and Peggy Yorita irreparably changed on Feb. 19, 1942. On that day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which set in motion their wartime incarceration along with other people of Japanese ancestry who were forcibly removed ...Read more
Commentary: Animal testing slows medical progress. It wastes money. It's wrong
I am living with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often called Lou Gehrig’s disease. The average survival time after diagnosis is two to five years. I’m in year two.
When you have a disease like ALS, you learn how slowly medical research moves, and how often it fails the people it is supposed to save. You also learn how precious time ...Read more
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- Possible signs of ancient Martian life: What did NASA really discover?
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- Rare Red Rock sunflower at high risk of extinction, petition argues
- Review: ‘Metroid Prime 4’ mostly sticks to a familiar formula
- Gadgets: Here's who shined at Consumer Electronics Show
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