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William Shatner, center, describes what the g-forces of the Blue Origin lift off did to his face as Chris Boshuizen, left, and Glen de Vries all look on during a media availability at the spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. The “Star Trek” actor and three fellow passengers hurtled to an altitude of 66.5 miles (107 kilometers) over the West Texas desert in the fully automated capsule, then safely parachuted back to Earth in a flight that lasted just over 10 minutes.

William Shatner, TV’s Capt. Kirk, blasts off for space

William Shatner, center, describes what the g-forces of the Blue Origin lift off did to his face as Chris Boshuizen, left, and Glen de Vries all look on during a media availability at the spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. The “Star Trek” actor and three fellow passengers hurtled to an altitude of 66.5 miles (107 kilometers) over the West Texas desert in the fully automated capsule, then safely parachuted back to Earth in a flight that lasted just over 10 minutes.

October 13, 2021, 12:20pm Entertainment

Hollywood’s Captain Kirk, 90-year-old William Shatner, blasted into space Wednesday in a convergence of science fiction and science reality, reaching the final frontier aboard a ship built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company. Read story

FILE - In this 1988 file photo, William Shatner, who portrays Capt. James T. Kirk, attends a photo opportunity for the film "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier." The performer who breathed life into Kirk is, at age 90, heading toward the stars under dramatically different circumstances than his fictional counterpart when Shatner boards Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin NS-18.

As Shatner heads toward the stars, visions of space collide

FILE - In this 1988 file photo, William Shatner, who portrays Capt. James T. Kirk, attends a photo opportunity for the film "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier." The performer who breathed life into Kirk is, at age 90, heading toward the stars under dramatically different circumstances than his fictional counterpart when Shatner boards Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin NS-18.

October 12, 2021, 8:14am Entertainment

“Risk is our business,” James T. Kirk once said. “That’s what this starship is all about. That’s why we’re aboard her.” Read story

Ted Bowman, design engineer with Tsunami Products, installs an air-to-water unit in homeowner Don Johnson's backyard in Benicia, Calif.

Washington firm’s products pull water out of air

Ted Bowman, design engineer with Tsunami Products, installs an air-to-water unit in homeowner Don Johnson's backyard in Benicia, Calif.

October 12, 2021, 6:05am Life

The machine Ted Bowman helped design can make water out of the air, and in parched California, some homeowners are already buying the pricey devices. Read story

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Spiders aren’t really coming inside for fall – they’ve been there all along!

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October 12, 2021, 6:05am Life

Rod Crawford has some very bad news for people who don’t like spiders. Read story

Brown pelicans nest among laughing gulls on Rabbit Island in southwest Louisiana.

In Louisiana, restored nesting island wildly popular with birds

Brown pelicans nest among laughing gulls on Rabbit Island in southwest Louisiana.

October 12, 2021, 6:00am Life

Restoration of an island in Louisiana’s fragile coastal area is proving wildly popular with the birds it was rebuilt for, their numbers exploding on the recently added land, authorities said Wednesday. Read story

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo, a woman walks below a Google sign on the campus in Mountain View, Calif. Google on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, will no longer allow digital ads promoting false climate change claims to appear next to the content of other publishers, hoping to deny money to those making such claims and to stop the spread of misinformation on its platform.

Google cracks down on climate change denial by targeting ads

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo, a woman walks below a Google sign on the campus in Mountain View, Calif. Google on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, will no longer allow digital ads promoting false climate change claims to appear next to the content of other publishers, hoping to deny money to those making such claims and to stop the spread of misinformation on its platform.

October 8, 2021, 7:58am Business

Google is cracking down on digital ads promoting false climate change claims or being used to make money from such content, hoping to limit revenue for climate change deniers and stop the spread of misinformation on its platforms. Read story

In this handout photo released by Roscosmos, actress Yulia Peresild, left, film director Klim Shipenko, right, and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov speak with their relatives through a safety glass prior the launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. Actress Yulia Peresild and film director Klim Shipenko blasted off Tuesday for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft together with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, a veteran of three space missions, to make a feature film in orbit.

Russian film crew in orbit to make first movie in space

In this handout photo released by Roscosmos, actress Yulia Peresild, left, film director Klim Shipenko, right, and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov speak with their relatives through a safety glass prior the launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. Actress Yulia Peresild and film director Klim Shipenko blasted off Tuesday for the International Space Station in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft together with cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, a veteran of three space missions, to make a feature film in orbit.

October 5, 2021, 8:38am Entertainment

A Russian actor and a film director rocketed to space Tuesday on a mission to make the world’s first movie in orbit, a project the Kremlin said will help burnish the nation’s space glory. Read story

A new Amazon robot called Astro.

Amazon unveils ‘Jetsons’-like roaming robot for home

A new Amazon robot called Astro.

October 5, 2021, 6:02am Life

Amazon’s new robot can hear, see and follow you around the home, but it’s no Rosey the Robot. Read story

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off carrying the Landsat 9 earth imaging satellite from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. It is the latest in a series of U.S. satellites that has recorded human and natural impacts on Earth's surface for decades.

Earth-monitoring Landsat 9 satellite launches from California

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off carrying the Landsat 9 earth imaging satellite from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. It is the latest in a series of U.S. satellites that has recorded human and natural impacts on Earth's surface for decades.

October 5, 2021, 6:02am Life

The latest in a series of U.S. satellites that has recorded human and natural impacts on Earth’s surface for decades was launched into orbit from California on Sept. 27 to ensure continued observations in the era of climate change. Read story

FILE - In this May 6, 2018 file photo, actor William Shatner takes questions from reporters after delivering the commencement address at New England Institute of Technology graduation ceremonies, in Providence, R.I. Star Trek's Captain Kirk is rocketing into space this month -- boldly going where no other sci-fi actors have gone. Jeff Bezos' space travel company, Blue Origin, announced Monday, Oct. 4, 2021 that Shatner will blast off from West Texas on Oct. 12.

Star Trek’s Captain Kirk rocketing into space next week

FILE - In this May 6, 2018 file photo, actor William Shatner takes questions from reporters after delivering the commencement address at New England Institute of Technology graduation ceremonies, in Providence, R.I. Star Trek's Captain Kirk is rocketing into space this month -- boldly going where no other sci-fi actors have gone. Jeff Bezos' space travel company, Blue Origin, announced Monday, Oct. 4, 2021 that Shatner will blast off from West Texas on Oct. 12.

October 4, 2021, 8:44am Entertainment

Star Trek’s Captain Kirk is rocketing into space this month — boldly going where no other sci-fi actors have gone. Read story