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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, centre, arrives for a meeting Tuesday at the French National Assembly in Paris, France.

Greta Thunberg to bring climate activism to U.S.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, centre, arrives for a meeting Tuesday at the French National Assembly in Paris, France.

July 30, 2019, 6:06am Nation & World

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose social media-savvy brand of eco-activism has inspired tens of thousands of students in Europe to skip classes and protest for faster action against climate change, said Monday that she plans to take her message to America the old-fashioned way: by boat. Read story

Supporters of the Thirty Meter Telescope, foreground, gather for a rally outside the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu on Thursday, July 25, 2019, as opponents of the telescope gather across the street. Supporters said the giant telescope planned for Hawaii’s tallest mountain will enhance humanity’s knowledge of the universe and bring quality, high-paying jobs, as protesters blocked construction for a second week.

Hawaii telescope protests draw supporters to defend project

Supporters of the Thirty Meter Telescope, foreground, gather for a rally outside the Hawaii State Capitol in Honolulu on Thursday, July 25, 2019, as opponents of the telescope gather across the street. Supporters said the giant telescope planned for Hawaii’s tallest mountain will enhance humanity’s knowledge of the universe and bring quality, high-paying jobs, as protesters blocked construction for a second week.

July 26, 2019, 9:34am Nation & World

A giant telescope planned for Hawaii’s tallest mountain will enhance humanity’s knowledge of the universe and bring quality, high-paying jobs, supporters said as protesters blocked construction for a second week. Read story

This photo provided on Thursday, July 25, 2019, by the Planetary Society shows a portion of the LightSail2 spacecraft, top, and part of Earth, centered on Baja California, Mexico. It was one of the photos transmitted from The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft, confirming the successful deployment of its solar sail.

Images show Lightsail 2 spacecraft’s solar sail has deployed

This photo provided on Thursday, July 25, 2019, by the Planetary Society shows a portion of the LightSail2 spacecraft, top, and part of Earth, centered on Baja California, Mexico. It was one of the photos transmitted from The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft, confirming the successful deployment of its solar sail.

July 26, 2019, 9:18am Life

Photos transmitted from The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 spacecraft orbiting Earth confirm that it successfully deployed its solar sail. Read story

Exhibit offers look at Pompeii

July 23, 2019, 6:04am Life

When Mount Vesuvius blew its top in A.D. 79, life in Pompeii stopped midsentence. Choked by ash, baked by heat and crushed by toppling buildings, its residents were snuffed out. Read story

Male Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in a container at the company’s lab in Guangzhou, China, prepared for release. Researchers zapped the insects with a small dose of radiation and infected them with a virus-fighting bacterium called Wolbachia.

Scientists nuke, infect mosquitoes

Male Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in a container at the company’s lab in Guangzhou, China, prepared for release. Researchers zapped the insects with a small dose of radiation and infected them with a virus-fighting bacterium called Wolbachia.

July 23, 2019, 6:03am Life

Scientists say they nearly eliminated disease-carrying mosquitoes on two islands in China using a new technique. The downside: It may not be practical for larger areas and may cost a lot of money. Read story

NASA Mission Control founder Chris Kraft sits in the old Mission Control in July 2011 at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Kraft, the founder of NASA’s Mission Control, died Monday, two days after the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. He was 95.

Chris Kraft, NASA’s 1st flight director, dies at 95

NASA Mission Control founder Chris Kraft sits in the old Mission Control in July 2011 at Johnson Space Center in Houston. Kraft, the founder of NASA’s Mission Control, died Monday, two days after the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. He was 95.

July 22, 2019, 9:36pm Life

Behind America’s late leap into orbit and triumphant small step on the moon was the agile mind and guts-of-steel of Chris Kraft, making split-second decisions that propelled the nation to once unimaginable heights. Read story

This image made from video aired by India’s state owned Doordarshan television shows Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)’s Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 lift of from Satish Dhawan Space center in Sriharikota, India, Monday, July 22, 2019. India’s space agency says it has launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon a week after aborting the mission due to a technical problem.

India launches moon mission a week after it was aborted

This image made from video aired by India’s state owned Doordarshan television shows Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)’s Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 lift of from Satish Dhawan Space center in Sriharikota, India, Monday, July 22, 2019. India’s space agency says it has launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon a week after aborting the mission due to a technical problem.

July 22, 2019, 9:27am Life

India successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft to the far side of the moon Monday, a week after aborting the mission because of a technical problem. Read story

A woman dressed as a mermaid performs at the Sublue booth in January at CES International in Las Vegas. The group that organizes the annual CES gadget show is cracking down on its dress code, introducing more programming focused on women and minorities and creating a new “sex tech” category. The moves are aimed at addressing complaints that the 52-year-old electronics show is too male-dominated.

Sex tech in, skimpy outfits out as CES show seeks diversity

A woman dressed as a mermaid performs at the Sublue booth in January at CES International in Las Vegas. The group that organizes the annual CES gadget show is cracking down on its dress code, introducing more programming focused on women and minorities and creating a new “sex tech” category. The moves are aimed at addressing complaints that the 52-year-old electronics show is too male-dominated.

July 21, 2019, 6:05am Business

The CES gadget show is cracking down on its dress code, introducing more sessions focused on women and minorities and creating a new “sex tech” category after a debacle over a robotic personal massager for women. Read story

Myths, risks in app that gives peek at older self

July 21, 2019, 6:05am Life

Is a peek into the future worth your privacy in the present? That concern was pushed to the spotlight last week with the resurgence of a smartphone app that uses artificial intelligence to transform your current face into your younger and older selves. Read story

FILE - In this Sunday, July 14, 2019, file photo, the sun sets behind telescopes at the summit of Mauna Kea. Scientists are expected to explore fundamental questions about our universe when they use a giant new telescope planned for the summit of Hawaii’s tallest mountain. That includes whether there’s life outside our solar system and how stars and galaxies formed in the earliest years of the universe. But some Native Hawaiians don’t want the Thirty Meter Telescope to be built at Mauna Kea’s summit, saying it will further harm a place they consider sacred.

Giant Hawaii telescope to focus on big unknowns of universe

FILE - In this Sunday, July 14, 2019, file photo, the sun sets behind telescopes at the summit of Mauna Kea. Scientists are expected to explore fundamental questions about our universe when they use a giant new telescope planned for the summit of Hawaii’s tallest mountain. That includes whether there’s life outside our solar system and how stars and galaxies formed in the earliest years of the universe. But some Native Hawaiians don’t want the Thirty Meter Telescope to be built at Mauna Kea’s summit, saying it will further harm a place they consider sacred.

July 19, 2019, 12:45pm Nation & World

Is there life on planets outside our solar system? How did stars and galaxies form in the earliest years of the universe? How do black holes shape galaxies? Read story