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Engineering volunteer Caitlyn Bodda, from left, Agnes Himmelber, 5, Johnny Himmelber, 1, Marian Waggener and Meagan Himmelber, all of Ridgefield, test a circuit made from paper, copper tape and a small battery during Saturday's Rosie Revere Engineer Day at Pearson Field Education Center.

‘Rosie Revere’ provides impetus for girls to consider engineering careers

February 15, 2020, 6:52pm Clark County News

Many of the young girls who attended Saturday’s Rosie Revere Engineer Day were more interested in doing than talking. Read story

Maine whale protection plan doesn’t go far enough, feds say

February 12, 2020, 10:27am Nation & World

Federal regulators don’t believe a Maine plan to reduce risk to endangered whales goes far enough, and that means fishermen in the state could face more restrictions. Read story

In this handout photo taken in Jan. 2020 and provided by Nekton, scientists lower the "Limiting Factor" submarine into the Mediterranean Sea, part of sea trials before the next stage of the Nekton Mission begins in mid-March. A team of scientists is preparing to dive deep into the depths of the Indian Ocean - into a "Midnight Zone" where light barely reaches, but life still thrives. Scientists from the British-led Nekton Mission plan to survey wildlife and gauge the effects of climate change in the unexplored area.

Team to dive into ‘Midnight Zone’

February 11, 2020, 6:05am Life

A team of scientists is preparing to dive deep into the depths of the Indian Ocean — into a “Midnight Zone” where light barely reaches but life still thrives. Read story

Kazakh shepherds ride near a parachute close to the place where Russian Soyuz MS-13 space capsule landed about 150 km (90 miles) south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. A Soyuz space capsule with U.S. astronaut Christina Koch, Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, returning from a mission to the International Space Station landed safely on Thursday on the steppes of Kazakhstan.

NASA’s record-setting Koch, crewmates safely back from space

February 6, 2020, 8:35am Life

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who spent nearly 11 months in orbit to set a record for the longest spaceflight by a woman, landed safely Thursday in Kazakhstan along with two International Space Station crewmates. Read story

Disease, lower numbers likely not invasive lionfish’s end

February 4, 2020, 8:42am Nation & World

A new disease has caused open sores that can eat into the muscles of invasive lionfish and appears to have contributed to an abrupt drop in their numbers in the northern Gulf of Mexico, scientists reported Tuesday. But they hasten to say it’s probably far from the end of the… Read story

Climate played role in whale entanglements

Humpback whales eat both krill and anchovies, depending on what's available. Krill tend to thrive in deeper and colder waters, and well up with the typical currents along the California coast.

February 4, 2020, 6:05am Life

Karin Forney still remembers when an unusual number of humpback whales started showing up in Monterey Bay a few winters ago. She could see them out her window — so close to the surf that kayakers could literally paddle up to them. Read story

Science & Technology

‘Rosie Revere’ provides impetus for girls to consider engineering careers

Maine whale protection plan doesn’t go far enough, feds say

Team to dive into ‘Midnight Zone’

NASA’s record-setting Koch, crewmates safely back from space

Disease, lower numbers likely not invasive lionfish’s end

Climate played role in whale entanglements

Battling tectonic plates behind earthquakes

Space-baked cookies not chips off old block

Study confirms asteroid caused mass extinction

Spacewalking astronauts wrapping up battery improvements