Indigenous protesters blocked the main entrance of COP30 in Brazil on Friday, demanding stronger climate action and direct recognition of their rights…Continue Reading
Ernest Opoku knew he wanted to become a scientist when he was a little boy. But his school in Dadease, a small town in Ghana, offered no elective science courses — so Opoku created one for himself. Even though they had neither a dedicated science classroom nor a lab, OpokuContinue Reading
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NASA astronaut Zena Cardman installs research hardware inside the Destiny laboratory module’s Microgravity Science Glovebox supporting the Fluid Particles experiment. NASA The International Space Station is orbiting higher today after the Progress 93 cargo spacecraft, docked to the Zvezda service module’s aft port, fired its engines for over 14 minutes,Continue Reading
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim poses for a portrait with the American flag inside the International Space Station’s “window to the world,” the cupola. NASA In 2025, NASA and its international partners celebrate 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station. Since November 2, 2000, more than 290Continue Reading
5 min read NASA’s X-59 Completes First Flight, Prepares for More Flight Testing After years of design, development, and testing, NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft took to the skies for the first time Oct. 28, marking a historic moment for the field of aeronautics research and the agency’s QuesstContinue Reading
Recently, more than 1,000 MIT students stepped into the shoes of global decision-makers by trying out En-ROADS, a simulation tool developed to test climate policies, explore solutions, and envision a cleaner and safer environmental future. MIT is committed to climate action, and this year’s new student orientation showcased that commitment.Continue Reading
11 min read SARP West 2025 Land Group The 2025 SARP West Land Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked on the tarmac at Guardian Jet Center in Southern California. During the internship, students spend a week engaged in Earth science data collection and learning fromContinue Reading
Crossing what’s an arbitrary boundary for wildlife, an apex predator becomes prey. The post Yellowstone protects wolves. What happens when they leave the park? appeared first on High Country News.Continue Reading
The changes include the elimination of the Fish and Wildlife Service’s “blanket rule” that automatically protects animals and plants newly classified as threatened.Continue Reading
Chameleons’ extraordinary ability to move their eyes independently stems from a previously overlooked anatomical marvel: long, tightly coiled optic nerves hidden behind their bulging eyes. Modern CT imaging finally revealed this structure, which centuries of dissections and even the scrutiny of figures like Aristotle and Newton failed to capture. TheContinue Reading
2 min read SARP 2025 Closeout SARP students peer into the cockpit onboard NASA’s P-3 aircraft, during research flights for the 2025 Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) internship. NASA/Milan Loiacono In August 2025, 47 students from NASA’s Student Airborne Research Program (SARP) culminated a summer of science by presenting their research to anContinue Reading
9 min read SARP East 2025 Atmospheric Chemistry Group The 2025 SARP East Atmospheric Chemistry Group poses in front of the Dynamic Aviation B-200 aircraft, parked in a hangar at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. During the internship, students spend a week engaged in Earth science data collection andContinue Reading