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‘Power suit’ new approach to electric vehicles

May 10, 2022, 6:02am Life

University of Central Florida scientists are charging on with an experimental battery capable of reinventing how automobiles and spacecraft are made. Read story

In this image made from video supplied by NASA, SpaceX Dragon space capsule is lifted out of the water after splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico early Friday, May 6, 2022. NASA's Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, and the European Space Agency's Matthias Maurer undocked from the International Space Station less than 24 hours earlier.

SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home, then launches 53 satellites

In this image made from video supplied by NASA, SpaceX Dragon space capsule is lifted out of the water after splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico early Friday, May 6, 2022. NASA's Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn and Kayla Barron, and the European Space Agency's Matthias Maurer undocked from the International Space Station less than 24 hours earlier.

May 6, 2022, 7:48am Life

SpaceX brought four astronauts home with a midnight splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, capping the busiest stretch yet for Elon Musk’s taxi service. Read story

People sit next to shark-education signs, and the shark-warning flag at Muizenberg beach, which is part of False Bay in Cape Town, South Africa.

Study: Great white sharks might share intel about prey

People sit next to shark-education signs, and the shark-warning flag at Muizenberg beach, which is part of False Bay in Cape Town, South Africa.

May 3, 2022, 6:07am Life

The ocean’s apex predators may be gossipers, as great white sharks apparently hang out with peers to learn where their next meal is located. Read story

Romina Atzin sweeps up harvested hops at Perrault Farms in Toppenish in Yakima County on Sept. 16. Washington has 71 percent of the more than 60,000 acres of hops planted in the U.S. as of June 2021. Nearly all of that acreage is in the Yakima Valley. (Matt M.

Your favorite IPA is contributing to climate change

Romina Atzin sweeps up harvested hops at Perrault Farms in Toppenish in Yakima County on Sept. 16. Washington has 71 percent of the more than 60,000 acres of hops planted in the U.S. as of June 2021. Nearly all of that acreage is in the Yakima Valley. (Matt M.

May 3, 2022, 6:02am Food

The fall hop harvest means the arrival of fresh hop beers. Read story

Protections sought for Western bird linked to piñon forests

May 3, 2022, 6:02am Life

Collecting piñon nuts has been tradition for Native American and Hispanic families in the Southwestern U.S. for generations. Read story

A new species of deep-sea crown jelly, Atolla reynoldsi, discovered by MBARI researchers. This individual was observed off Monterey Bay at a depth of 1,463 meters (4,800 feet) by MBARI???s ROV Doc Ricketts in 2018.

Researchers discover new deep-sea creature

A new species of deep-sea crown jelly, Atolla reynoldsi, discovered by MBARI researchers. This individual was observed off Monterey Bay at a depth of 1,463 meters (4,800 feet) by MBARI???s ROV Doc Ricketts in 2018.

May 3, 2022, 6:02am Life

Researchers in Monterey Bay have discovered a new species of deep-sea jelly that looks a little different from others that float through the ocean’s depths. Read story

nLIGHT announces new 2 micron fiber laser series

April 28, 2022, 6:02am Business

Camas-based nLIGHT announced Monday the introduction of a new 2 micron fiber laser series to its product line. Read story

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, April 27, 2022. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on the Crew Dragon spacecraft begin a six-month expedition on the International Space Station.

SpaceX launches 4 astronauts for NASA after private flight

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, April 27, 2022. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Robert Hines, and Jessica Watkins, and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on the Crew Dragon spacecraft begin a six-month expedition on the International Space Station.

April 27, 2022, 7:22am Life

SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Wednesday, less than two days after completing a flight chartered by millionaires. Read story

A callery pear is seen in Johns Creek, Ga. on Sunday, March 13, 2021. A stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape tree has become an aggressive invader, creating dense thickets that overwhelm native plants and bear four-inch spikes that can flatten tractor tires.

Popular ornamental now viewed as invader

A callery pear is seen in Johns Creek, Ga. on Sunday, March 13, 2021. A stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape tree has become an aggressive invader, creating dense thickets that overwhelm native plants and bear four-inch spikes that can flatten tractor tires.

April 26, 2022, 6:02am Life

Stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape trees have spawned aggressive invaders, creating thickets that overwhelm native plants and sport nasty four-inch spikes. Read story

A Grauer's gorilla in Kahuzi Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Jan. 22, 2019.

Program helps in gorilla protection

A Grauer's gorilla in Kahuzi Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Jan. 22, 2019.

April 26, 2022, 6:02am Life

Decades of conservation efforts have stabilized the population of endangered mountain gorillas in eastern Africa. But the number of Grauer’s gorillas — a less furry, lower elevation-dwelling animal — has declined, largely due to habitat loss and hunting. Read story