Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos plans to launch an all-female crew into space that includes pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez.

Also aboard the New Shepard rocket will be former NASA scientists Aisha Bowe and Amanda Nguyen, along with film producer Kerianne Flynn. The flight is scheduled to take off some ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Apollo 16 astronaut and moon walker Charlie Duke left a family photo on the lunar surface in 1972.

It’s long gone, but a digital copy is headed back in a data storage payload aboard Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander that launched Wednesday night from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 ...Read more

When the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus made its first appearance at a U.S. poultry farm in February 2022, roughly 29,000 turkeys at an Indiana facility were sacrificed in an attempt to avert a larger outbreak.

It didn’t work. Three years later, highly pathogenic avian influenza has spread to all 50 states. The number of commercial birds that ...Read more

Intuitive Machines Inc., which made history with its moon landing last year, blasted off Wednesday on a second mission that aims to find resources and test cellular technology on the lunar surface.

The lander, called Athena, lifted off at 7:17 p.m. local time from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The ...Read more

Intuitive Machines Inc., which made history with its moon landing last year, blasted off Wednesday on a second mission that aims to find resources and test cellular technology on the lunar surface.

The lander, called Athena, lifted off at 7:17 p.m. local time from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A SpaceX launch Wednesday night sent both a lander and an orbiter on their way to the moon, both on the hunt for ice.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Intuitive Machines Nova-C lunar lander Athena on the IM-2 mission and the Lockheed Martin-built Lunar Trailblazer satellite for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory lifted ...Read more

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — A SpaceX launch Wednesday night looks to send both a lander and an orbiter to the moon, both on the hunt for ice.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Intuitive Machines Nova-C lunar lander Athena on the IM-2 mission and the Lockheed Martin-built Lunar Trailblazer satellite for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are set...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Drexel University professor Usama Bilal was alarmed when federal health agencies began taking down webpages and data portals earlier this year in response to President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and transgender identities.

But while many in the scientific community felt...Read more

As bird flu cases inundate more poultry and dairy farms, state officials worry that the Trump administration’s firings of federal scientists and other actions will undermine efforts to track the virus and protect Americans.

Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture rushed to rehire workers who were involved in responding to the outbreak ...Read more

Amazon wants Alexa to be a bigger part of your routine.

The company unveiled a new version of its voice assistant, dubbed Alexa+, on Wednesday after months of delay. The revamped Alexa will be more conversational and personalized, and it will be able to process a lot more user data if owners want it to.

That will enable the voice assistant to ...Read more

After two years of record-breaking ocean heat, scientists are assessing the impacts of the world’s fourth mass bleaching event on coral reefs around the globe. At least 74 countries and territories are confirmed to have experienced coral bleaching since the spring of 2023.

As coastal development, pollution and climate change put ...Read more

Last week we talked about how to remove and destroy your old hard drive, so your data isn’t stolen.

I got a few emails from people who want to know how to safely erase their hard drives before they donate their computers to a friend or family member.

On a Windows 10 computer, go to Settings, then Update and Security and click the Get ...Read more

Romoss, a company specializing in a wide range of charging products, including portable power and charging cables, recently launched an ultra-thin magnetic power bank and other charging accessories. Romoss touts itself as a company that produces stylish, highly functional and market-driven charging solutions. You can see that in its new ...Read more

“Assasisin’s Creed Shadows” is just around the corner, and as the game inches closer to its March 20 launch, Ubisoft is letting more people get their hands on it. At a private event during NBA All-Star Weekend, I had the chance to check out a shorter demo compared to the one I played in January.

It’s the same demo that NBA players ...Read more

When California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 1047 — a state bill regulating artificial intelligence technology — last year, Redwood Research CEO Buck Shlegeris was furious and flabbergasted at the governor’s disregard of artificial intelligence’s dangers.

“I think Newsom caved to the interest of his big donors and other business ...Read more

I love projectors, but I don’t have the room in my house to keep one set up all the time.

I test a fair number of them, so I purchased a portable screen that I can put together and then stow away in the closet when I’m not using it.

I had been on a run of reviewing bigger and brighter projectors, but this week I’m looking at a mid-priced...Read more

Despite being members of the largest species on the planet, young blue whales have long managed to elude human detection.

In fact, just two blue whale births have ever been documented — off South Africa in 1911, and off Sri Lanka in 1946.

And sightings of calves are remarkably rare, falling far below what should be expected based on ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — One of the world’s most endangered whales lost a layer of its protections last week after President Donald Trump’s administration rescinded guidance for oil and gas industry ships to slow down in their habitat to avoid hitting them.

The Rice’s whale, which lives in a sliver of the Gulf including off Tampa Bay, was already ...Read more