Small towns around Corpus Christi worry where they’ll fall on the pecking order if the region’s water runs out. By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija of KUT, and Emily Salazar of KEDT At least six small cities and towns in the Coastal Bend region of Texas issued disaster declarations in theContinue 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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A bizarre, cyclops-like creature from nearly 600 million years ago may hold the key to how your eyes—and even your sleep cycle—evolved. Scientists have discovered that all vertebrates, including humans, trace their vision back to a single light-sensitive “median eye” perched atop a worm-like ancestor’s head. As this ancient animalContinue Reading
The Stillaguamish Tribe north of Seattle is returning farmland to the sea to save salmon and help floodproof a community that’s struggled with rising tides due to climate change.Continue Reading
Robotically assembled building blocks could be a more environmentally friendly method for erecting large-scale structures than some existing construction techniques, according to a new study by MIT researchers. The team conducted a feasibility study to evaluate the efficiency of constructing a simple building using “voxels,” which are modular 3D subunitsContinue Reading
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Bottom trawlers drag giant nets across the ocean floor, releasing stored CO2 and killing up to 75 percent of the marine life unintentionally caught up in the process. By Johnny Sturgeon By the time it was dumped on deck, the heaved contents no longer resembled ocean life. Continue Reading
A meeting of the G7 nations on the environment begins in Paris on Thursday, but climate change has been left off the agenda to avoid a dispute with the United States, France’s ecology minister Monique Barbut said, citing efforts to preserve unity and focus on less contentious issues during the two-day talks…Continue Reading
April 27, 2026: International Space Station Configuration. Five spaceships are parked at the space station including 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 The uncrewed Roscosmos Progress 95 spacecraft docked to the aft port of the International Space Station’s Zvezda module at 8Continue Reading
The Progress 93 resupply ship is pictured on Sept. 13, 2025, approaching the International Space Station for an automated docking to the Zvezda service module’s rear port. NASA NASA’s live coverage of rendezvous and docking is now underway on NASA+, Amazon Prime, and the agency’s YouTube channel. Learn how to watch NASA content through a varietyContinue Reading
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