What started as routine fossil cleaning turned into a major scientific surprise when researchers uncovered a tiny claw in a 500-million-year-old specimen where no claw should exist. That detail revealed Megachelicerax cousteaui, the oldest known relative of spiders, pushing the origins of this group back by 20 million years. TheContinue Reading
Indigenous leaders, New Mexico political leaders accuse feds of rushing a decision about the sacred site. The post The public got one week to comment on Chaco Canyon drilling. It’s almost over appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave its stamp of approval, ending a three-year process to allow the plant to power on.Continue Reading
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NASA/Reid Wiseman NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun. This andContinue Reading
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As energy prices rise and climate change intensifies, NPR wants to hear your questions about spending decisions you’ll make that could reduce climate pollution and save you money.Continue Reading
As Watts’ legal battle drags on, the The Traitor administration moves to delay a Biden-era rule designed to reform how farmers get paid. By Lisa Sorg FAIRMONT, N.C.—Craig Watts unlocked a small room made of plywood, flipped on the lights and tapped the photos he had taped to the fuseContinue Reading
Hydrogen sits at the center of some of the world’s most important industrial processes, but its production still comes with a heavy environmental cost. Today, most hydrogen is produced through high-emissions processes like steam methane reforming and coal gasification. But hydrogen can also be made by splitting water molecules using renewableContinue Reading
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More than 12,000 years ago, Native American hunter-gatherers were already making and using dice—thousands of years before similar tools appeared elsewhere. These bone “binary lots” acted like primitive coins, producing random outcomes for games of chance. A new study shows these weren’t accidental objects but carefully designed tools used acrossContinue Reading
Earth’s crescent is seen from a solar array camera on the Orion spacecraft on the first flight day of the Artemis II mission. Credit: NASA For the first time in more than 50 years, astronauts on a NASA mission are bound to fly around the Moon after successfully completing aContinue Reading
NASA’s Artemis II crew is on the way to the Moon. After the mission management team polled “Go” Thursday, NASA’s Orion spacecraft fired its main engine for five minutes and 50 seconds beginning at 7:49 p.m. EDT, to successfully complete the translunar injection (TLI) burn, sending the crew in OrionContinue Reading