A random photo snapped in the Australian outback has led to the rediscovery of a plant thought extinct for nearly 60 years — proving that ordinary people with smartphones are quietly transforming science. After bird bander Aaron Bean uploaded pictures of a strange shrub to iNaturalist, botanist Anthony Bean immediatelyContinue Reading
Developers and politicians are looking to the state’s Democratic governor, legislation or the courts for relief from stringent new state regulations limiting construction along the coast. By Emilie Lounsberry ASBURY PARK, N.J.—Million-dollar condos are rising just off the legendary boardwalk here in what used to be a blue-collar shore townContinue Reading
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The Democratic Senate candidate from Maine voted to pursue a moratorium on all but rooftop solar projects while the town developed permitting rules. He says that’s compatible with his calls for energy-permitting reform. By Nathaniel Eisen Graham Platner’s recently released energy plan navigates several tensions, including how to build cleanContinue Reading
A long-lost manuscript discovered in Rome has revealed one of the oldest surviving versions of the very first known poem written in English. Hidden for decades and once believed lost, the 1,200-year-old manuscript contains Caedmon’s Hymn — a nine-line Old English poem said to have been miraculously composed by aContinue Reading
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The proposed 140-mile, 500-kilovolt Golden Pacific Powerlink from San Diego Gas & Electric would cut through California’s largest state park, Anza-Borrego.Continue Reading
Senate candidate Graham Platner’s key energy goal is to reduce costs for Mainers. He’d also like to tax the “ever-living hell out of the companies that made a lot of money on fossil fuels while they destroyed the planet.” By Nathaniel Eisen Graham Platner, the presumptive Democratic nominee for U.S.Continue Reading
A spectacular dinosaur discovery in Spain is giving scientists a rare new look inside the world of stegosaurs. Paleontologists uncovered the best-preserved stegosaur skull ever found in Europe, belonging to the iconic plated dinosaur Dacentrurus armatus, which roamed Earth around 150 million years ago. Because stegosaur skulls are extremely fragileContinue Reading
May 17, 2026: International Space Station Configuration. Six spaceships are parked at the space station including the SpaceX CRS-34 Dragon, the SpaceX Crew-12 Dragon, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL, the Soyuz MS-28 crew ship, and the Progress 94 and 95 resupply ships. NASA At 6:37 a.m. EDT, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraftContinue Reading
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft fires its Draco engines fine-tuning its automated approach and rendezvous with the International Space Station on Aug. 25, 2025. NASA Live coverage is underway for arrival of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel.Continue Reading
“I think there’s a great loss for the wrong reasons. There’s no good reason for dismantling this or tearing it down,” a former NASA chief scientist says. Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by hostContinue Reading
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