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One Tech Tip: How to get started with Bluesky

November 21, 2024, 8:12am Business

Looking for a new social media platform because X, Threads and Mastodon just aren’t cutting it? You could try Bluesky. Read story

US to add features such as blind spot warnings and pedestrian detection to vehicle crash ratings

November 19, 2024, 8:51am Business

The U.S. government’s automobile safety ratings will get a major update starting with the 2026 model year when regulators add new driver-assistance technologies and tests for protecting pedestrians. Read story

Science teacher Jill Cole, left, looks on as junior Bailey Fling, 16, tries out the prosthetic leg she created during her careers in science class at La Center High School on Thursday morning.

La Center High School students create prosthetic legs in class on careers in science

Science teacher Jill Cole, left, looks on as junior Bailey Fling, 16, tries out the prosthetic leg she created during her careers in science class at La Center High School on Thursday morning.

November 19, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

A La Center High School teacher challenged her students to design and engineer a working prosthetic leg out of everyday materials. Read story

FILE - The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen on June 2, 2023, in New York.

What is Bluesky, the fast-growing social platform welcoming fleeing X users?

FILE - The app for Bluesky is shown on a mobile phone, left, and on a laptop screen on June 2, 2023, in New York.

November 18, 2024, 7:38am Business

Disgruntled X users are again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022. While it remains small compared to established online spaces such as X, it has emerged as an alternative for those looking… Read story

Far side of moon had erupting volcanoes millions of years ago

November 18, 2024, 6:02am Life

Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ago just like on the side that we can see, new research confirms. Read story

SpaceX knocks out another Space Coast launch

November 14, 2024, 9:30am Life

SpaceX kept the launch machine rolling with another Starlink mission from the Space Coast on Thursday morning. Read story

This undated photo provided by Monterey Bay Aquarium and Research Institute, shows a mystery mollusc (Bathydevius caudactylus) observed by MBARI&#039;s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Tiburon in the outer Monterey Canyon at a depth of approximately 1,550 meters.

California researchers discover mysterious, gelatinous new sea slug

This undated photo provided by Monterey Bay Aquarium and Research Institute, shows a mystery mollusc (Bathydevius caudactylus) observed by MBARI&#039;s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Tiburon in the outer Monterey Canyon at a depth of approximately 1,550 meters.

November 13, 2024, 2:57pm Life

More than two decades after spotting a mysterious, gelatinous, bioluminescent creature swimming in the deep sea, California researchers this week announced that it is a new species of sea slug. Read story

A view of Pompeii, a buried and ruined Roman city near modern Naples in Italy, is seen in 1979.

DNA rewrites story of people in Pompeii

A view of Pompeii, a buried and ruined Roman city near modern Naples in Italy, is seen in 1979.

November 12, 2024, 6:08am Life

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Read story

NASA astronauts won’t say which one of them got sick after almost 8 months in space

November 10, 2024, 2:26pm Nation & World

Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space station mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month declined to say Friday which one of them was sick. Read story

Isabel Lohan, 3, looks into the replacement makeshift goldfish aquarium in a tree bed, adjacent to the one filled in with concrete by the city, Friday in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

NYC ‘aquarium’ earns global buzz

Isabel Lohan, 3, looks into the replacement makeshift goldfish aquarium in a tree bed, adjacent to the one filled in with concrete by the city, Friday in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

November 5, 2024, 6:30am Life

An urban pond where goldfish used to swim beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant has been replaced by a new makeshift aquarium, days after the city unceremoniously paved over the old one due to safety concerns. Read story