As Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin prepares for the first launch of its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral this year, the company has taken time to voice concerns over future launches of competitor SpaceX’s massive Starship and Super Heavy, also planning to launch from the Space Coast.

Elon Musk’s company continues development of the most ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Fla. — The start of summer signals the return of shark sightings, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Last year, the number of unprovoked shark attacks increased worldwide, with over half of the incidents occurring in U.S. waters, the University of Florida’s International Shark File, a scientific ...Read more

Last month, 13 young Hawaiian plaintiffs were set to take the state’s Department of Transportation to trial for failing to make real headway on reducing planet-warming pollution. Instead, on the eve of their court date, the youths inked a groundbreaking settlement with Hawaii’s governor and ushered in a new phase of climate litigation.

The ...Read more

Death may be inevitable, but that hasn't stopped health researchers from looking for ways to put it off as long as possible. Their newest candidate is something that's free, painless, doesn't taste bad and won't force you to break a sweat: Gratitude.

A new study of nearly 50,000 older women found that the stronger their feelings of gratitude, ...Read more

DENVER — As negotiations continue over the future of the critical Colorado River system, the 30 tribal nations that depend on its water are demanding a seat at the negotiating table — from which they’ve been excluded for a century.

Together, the tribal nations in the basin hold senior rights to about a quarter of the river’s water. Few,...Read more

LG Energy Solution Ltd. is aiming to commercialize what’s been described as a game changing battery-making technology by 2028, opening a path for the Korean cell manufacturer to become more competitive with Chinese rivals.

Companies from Tesla Inc. to Samsung SDI Co. are working on dry-coating technology, a process that aims to replace the ...Read more

A whale entangled in fishing gear was recently cut free by rescuers during a multiday operation off the coast of South Africa, video footage shows.

The animal — a juvenile southern right whale — was first spotted June 28 near Hermanus, located about 75 miles southeast of Cape Town, according to a news release from the National Sea Rescue ...Read more

SEATTLE — It is time, federal wildlife managers have decided, to kill invasive barred owls in the Pacific Northwest that threaten native spotted owls with extinction.

The barred owl, ransacking forests and pushing deeper into fragile habitats, is outcompeting the spotted owl. It's bigger, more aggressive, and eats anything in the spotted owl'...Read more

Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a conservation biologist, I’ve seen them play out in some of Earth’s most remote locations, from the Gobi Desert to the Himalayan Highlands.

In these locales, pastoralist communities graze camels, yaks and other ...Read more

When Bungie released the first Destiny game in 2014, the Bellevue, Washington-based developer spoke of a 10-year story: one of Light and Darkness, of aliens and gods, of Guardians who will harness fantastic, otherworldly power to first save Earth, then the solar system — and then everything.

Between then and now, Bungie has released ...Read more

I own two hammocks but don't use them often. If I had to pinpoint one reason, high on the list is that they are cumbersome, bulky, and just a pain to put together. My more expensive, incredibly comfortable one is a set of six poles that attach, and then the hammock clips together.

Fast forward to an email I recently got touting the new ...Read more

This week a reader writes, “I'm having trouble logging into my old legacy sbcglobal email account from my desktop. From the log on screen at att.net, here is the message that I get after I key in my password: 'Something's gone wrong. We may be having trouble with your connection. Connecting your device to Wi-Fi could help fix the issue or ...Read more

Google’s emissions climbed by almost half over five years, as the company has infused artificial intelligence throughout many of its core products — making it harder to meet its goal of eliminating carbon emissions by 2030, according to a new environmental report from the tech giant.

The annual report covers Google’s progress toward ...Read more

CHICAGO — More than 44,000 migrants have been sent to Chicago by bus or plane over the last two years and the city’s struggle to keep them housed, fed and safe has stretched resources and sparked fierce debate over how scarce tax dollars are spent.

But the largely man-made influx where asylum-seekers have been sent from Texas to cities like...Read more

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment advised residents last week to stay out of the Missouri River due to contamination from raw sewage and E. coli bacteria. Five days later, the river is still dangerous to enter — both due to high water levels and contaminants from upstream.

“KDHE advises residents to stay away from the river at...Read more

A hulking manufacturing plant in Irmo is being accused of contaminating the lower Saluda River and drinking water supplies after dumping toxic forever chemicals into the scenic waterway and its floodplain for years.

Environmentalists sued the Shaw Industries company Tuesday, arguing that forever chemical pollution is still occurring and should ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX is rolling a booster that was part of a scrubbed launch attempt last month back to the launch pad for an early morning mission on the Space Coast.

A Falcon 9 rocket on the Starliner 8-9 mission carrying 20 Starlink satellites including 13 with direct-to-cell capabilities aims for liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force ...Read more

Hurricane Beryl was the latest Atlantic storm to rapidly intensify, growing quickly from a tropical storm into the strongest June hurricane on record in the Atlantic. It hit the Grenadine Islands with 150 mph winds and a destructive storm surge on July 1, 2024, then continued to intensify into the basin’s earliest Category 5 storm on record...Read more