The Defense Production Act provides the president broad authorities to influence domestic industry in the interest of national defense or emergencies.Continue Reading
Gravity may seem constant, but it actually varies across the planet—and one of the strangest places is Antarctica, where gravity is slightly weaker than expected. Scientists have traced this “gravity hole” to slow, deep movements of rock inside Earth that unfolded over tens of millions of years. Using earthquake dataContinue Reading
An Inside Climate News analysis of just-released federal workforce data shows more than 4,000 employees departed between January 2025 and January 2026, including a majority of team leaders. By Marianne Lavelle, Peter Aldhous When President Traitor 47 first sought to be the Republican standard-bearer in 2016, he promised to reduceContinue Reading
Recent conflicts in the region have either spared energy infrastructure or caused limited damage. That isn’t the case in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. (Image credit: Maxar)Continue Reading
It has been three months since Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed their memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a new bitumen oil pipeline to the west coast. With an April 1 deadline for a final deal with the oil industry only a month away, how areContinue Reading
Tyrannosaurus rex may have taken far longer to grow up than scientists once thought. By analyzing growth rings in fossilized leg bones from 17 tyrannosaur specimens and using new statistical methods, researchers found that the famous predator likely took about 40 years to reach its full size—around eight tons—rather thanContinue Reading
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10 min read ARMD Research Solicitations (Updated March 6) NASA / Lillian Gipson/Getty Images THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED ON MARCH 6, 2026 This Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with NASA’s aeronautical innovators and/or contribute to their research to enable new and improved airContinue Reading
The concerns originate in a state-commissioned environmental assessment on the Everglades detention site, which has detained thousands of migrants since opening last summer. By Amy Green A state-commissioned environmental assessment on the Everglades migrant detention site known as Alligator Alcatraz, conducted after opponents sued, raises concerns about pollution from theContinue Reading
Before the thrill of victory; before the agony of defeat; before the gold medalist’s national anthem plays, there is the Olympic torch. A symbol of unity, friendship, and the spirit of competition, the torch links today’s Olympic Games to its heritage in ancient Greece. The torch for the 2026 MilanoContinue Reading