After decades of recovery from commercial whaling, climate change is now threatening the whales’ future. By Teresa Tomassoni Southern right whales—once driven to near-extinction by industrial hunting in the 19th and 20th centuries—have long been regarded as a conservation success. After the International Whaling Commission banned commercial whaling in theContinue Reading
NASA’s crawler-transporter 2, carrying the agency’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft, arrives Feb. 25, 2026, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to troubleshoot the flow of helium to the rocket’s upper stage, the interim cryogenic propulsion stage. OnceContinue Reading
Official insignia of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA At 11:44 p.m. PST, the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft splashed down off the coast of California, marking the return of the company’s 33rd Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station for NASA. Loaded with thousands of pounds ofContinue Reading
From Earth orbit to the Moon and Mars, explore the world of human spaceflight with NASA each week on the official podcast of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen to in-depth conversations with the astronauts, scientists and engineers who make it possible. On Episode 413, NASA’s International SpaceContinue Reading
As climate change accelerates, local experts say the date Wisconsin’s Lake Mendota freezes over is getting later, making safe conditions for activities that rely on snow and ice harder to predict. (Image credit: Kayla Wolf for NPR)Continue Reading
Baby dinosaurs weren’t coddled like lion cubs or elephant calves—they were more like prehistoric latchkey kids. New research suggests that young dinosaurs quickly struck out on their own, forming kid-only groups and surviving without much parental help, while their massive parents lived entirely different lives. Because juveniles and adults ateContinue Reading
Readers submitted more than 3,200 ideas for our 50 States, 50 Fixes series. Before the year ends, we wanted to share just a few more of them.Continue Reading
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Lawsuits and investigations across the country are exposing vulnerabilities in California’s landmark single-use plastic law.Continue Reading