Roughly two-thirds of grazing on Bureau of Land Management land is controlled by just 10% of permit holders. The post The wealthy profit from public lands, and taxpayers pick up the tab appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
Highway projects bring destruction to the rainforest and surrounding ecosystems in South America. One connecting Brazil and Peru is a case in point. By Georgina Gustin The two-lane Interoceanic Highway climbs from the humid flatlands of Peru’s Amazon rainforest upward toward the famed Incan city of Cuzco. Along the way,Continue Reading
Massachusetts-based Overstory, working with PG&E, analyzes high-definition satellite images to spot trees most likely to topple or drop a limb onto power distribution lines.Continue Reading
Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This supports the idea that alcohol exposure is not a modern human invention but an ancient primate habit. The work strengthens theContinue Reading
Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community AAS Meeting 247… About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups News & Events Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources The 247th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society Physics of the Cosmos at AASContinue Reading
Ames OCS Ames OCS About Summer Series Seminars Research Innovation Funding Scientific Awards H. Julian Allen Award Ames Fellow Ames Associate Fellow Ames Early Career Researcher Award More Science Integrity Information for NASA Employees FY26 IRAD Request for Proposals INTRODUCTION: The Deputy Center Director, the Office of the Chief ScientistContinue Reading
4 Min Read What is AI? (Grades 5-8) This article is for students grades 5-8. What is AI? Artificial intelligence, or AI, is a type of technology that helps machines and computers have “thinking” abilities similar to humans. Devices using AI can learn words and concepts, recognize objects, see patterns,Continue Reading
Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community AI/ML STIG Lecture Series, 8… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups News & Events Cosmic Pathfinders Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources AI/ML STIG Lecture Series Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Science and Technology Interest Group (AI/ML STIG) AI/ML STIG about AI/MLContinue Reading
NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Adam Ginsburg (University of Florida), Nazar Budaiev (University of Florida), Taehwa Yoo (University of Florida); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI) The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured glowing cosmic dust heated by very young massive stars in unprecedented detail in this imageContinue Reading
Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community Cosmic Origins at AAS 247… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups News & Events Cosmic Pathfinders Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources Cosmic Origins at AAS 247 The 247th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society Location Phoenix, Arizona Dates 4-8 January 2026Continue Reading
The 3I/ATLAS comet appears, the Geminids sparkle, and the Moon and Jupiter get close The 3I/ATLAS comet makes its closest approach to Earth, the Geminid meteor shower sparkles across the sky, and the Moon and Jupiter get close for a conjunction. Skywatching Highlights Dec. 19: 3I/ATLAS closest approach to EarthContinue Reading
Dec. 1, 2025: International Space Station Configuration. Seven spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft, the SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon spacecraft, JAXA’s HTV-X1 cargo craft, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo craft, the Soyuz MS-27 crew ship, and the Progress 92 and 93 resupply ships. NASA ForContinue Reading
Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community AI/ML STIG Lecture Series, 22… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups News & Events Cosmic Pathfinders Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources AI/ML STIG Lecture Series Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Science and Technology Interest Group (AI/ML STIG) Module 3: Deep LearningContinue Reading