June 18, 2019, 9:08pm Nation & World
The rocket NASA plans to use to get astronauts to the moon by 2024 has for years suffered significant cost overruns and schedule delays. But those problems are even worse than originally thought, according to a federal watchdog report expected to be released today. Read story
June 17, 2019, 9:47am Life
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing with a new app that helps users relive the 1969 launch of the Apollo 11 mission. Read story
June 13, 2019, 8:42pm Life
Russian scientists have found the furry head of an Ice Age wolf perfectly preserved in the Siberian permafrost. Read story
June 11, 2019, 6:00am Life
If you missed out on the spectacle of totality during summer 2017’s solar eclipse mania — or if you just want to live it all over again — you’re in luck. Another total solar eclipse is happening soon, this time dazzling South America. Read story
June 11, 2019, 6:00am Life
Springtime on the prairie is loud. Streams splish and splash. Frogs peep and sing. Prairie dogs chirp. Greater sage-grouse and other birds such as short-eared owls and northern harriers return from their migrations, then claim their territories with bubbling, booming noises at dawn. Read story
June 11, 2019, 6:00am Life
A deep-sea fish can hide its enormous, jutting teeth from prey because its chompers are virtually invisible — until it’s too late. Read story
June 5, 2019, 10:33am Politics
Senior U.S. officials warned Congress on Wednesday about the threat to national security from melting ice in the Arctic as Russia and other adversaries take advantage of the increasing possibilities for shipping and other commercial activity that will emerge as a result of a climate change. Read story
June 4, 2019, 11:53am Northwest
In a courtroom packed with environmental activists, federal judges wrestled Tuesday with whether climate change violates the constitutional rights of young people who have sued the U.S. government over the use of fossil fuels. Read story
June 4, 2019, 6:00am Life
Can’t tell Bei Bei apart from Bao Bao? Fear not. Chinese tech whizzes, who already have perfected facial recognition technology for humans to frightening levels of accuracy, have now come up with an app that can tell one white-faced, black-eyed bear from another. Read story
June 4, 2019, 6:00am Life
Most people know what a Tyrannosaurus rex looked like. Its snarling teeth, slashing tail and tiny arms make it one of the most recognizable dinosaurs that roamed the planet. Yet if it weren’t for paleoartists, the T. rex would be just another fossilized skeleton in museums. Read story
