October 20, 2020, 6:02am Life
All the locals knew the island just west of Rio de Janeiro was teeming with cats. They left food and even brought tourists. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit, and human support dried up, resulting in a gruesome scene witnessed by fishermen: a group of cats devouring others’ corpses. Read story
October 15, 2020, 7:32pm Clark County News
What does zero gravity do to the human body? How much debris is floating in outer space? What does it smell like out there? Read story
October 14, 2020, 5:44pm Life
NASA on Tuesday announced that the United States and seven other nations had signed accords that establish rules for space exploration. Read story
October 14, 2020, 9:22am Life
A trio of space travelers blasted off to the International Space Station on Wednesday, using for the first time a fast-track maneuver that allowed them to reach the orbiting outpost in just a little over three hours. Read story
October 14, 2020, 8:39am Life
With night skies expected to be clear for the next few day, Mars’ bright red luminance, visible to the naked eye, may lure Oregonians out of their house to see how it outshines nearby Jupiter. Read story
October 13, 2020, 8:23am Life
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company launched a New Shepard rocket for a seventh time from a remote corner of Texas on Tuesday, testing new lunar-landing technology for NASA that could help put astronauts back on the moon. Read story
October 13, 2020, 6:00am Life
Tasmanian devils, the carnivorous marsupials whose feisty, frenzied eating habits won the animals cartoon fame, have returned to mainland Australia for the first time in some 3,000 years. Read story
October 7, 2020, 11:50am Nation & World
Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for developing a way of editing genes likened to “molecular scissors” that offer the promise of one day curing inherited diseases. Read story
October 6, 2020, 8:50am Nation & World
Three scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes, the all-consuming monsters that lurk in the darkest parts of the universe and still confound astronomers. Read story
October 6, 2020, 6:03am Life
A network of salty ponds may be gurgling beneath Mars’ South Pole alongside a large underground lake, raising the prospect of tiny, swimming Martian life. Read story
