Thousands of giant sequoias were killed by an extreme wildfire
It's not easy to kill a giant sequoia — the largest trees on Earth. Yet newly revealed National Park Service estimates found the September 2020 Castle Fire killed a whopping...
Milk and eggs from fungi and yeast? Animal-free foods just got more interesting.
Clara Foods and Perfect Day produce proteins found in real milk and eggs. But there are no cows or chickens involved. No plant substitutes, either. Instead, they use microorganisms. “We...
Storm experts will send tough drones directly into hurricanes
A seafaring drone can sail where people can't: straight into a hurricane. During the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season (it's predicted to be busy), that's exactly what scientists will do: send...
We’re visiting Venus again. Twice.
Memo to Elon Musk: You were paying attention to the wrong planet all along. Venus, not Mars, is where it's at. That much was confirmed Wednesday, when NASA announced the...
OroraTech’s space-based early wildfire warnings spark $7M investment – TechCrunch
With wildfires becoming an ever more devastating annual phenomenon, it is in the whole planet’s interest to spot them and respond as early as possible — and the best vantage...
Building collisions kill up to a billion birds every year in the U.S. Here’s how cities can fix that.
Our built environment contributes to hundreds of millions of bird deaths. Migratory birds are well adapted for long flights, using the sun, stars, and the Earth's magnetic field as navigation....
Watch this intense footage of a drone crashing into an erupting volcano
Nobody likes to lose a drone, but should the tragic event ever occur, you'd at least hope your plucky metal pal would go down in a blaze of glory. That's...
How to see the photos NASA’s Hubble telescope took on your birthday
The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most illuminating and awe-inspiring inventions, capturing the beauty of the universe with its massive lenses as it orbits the Earth day in...
Hubble captures a luminous spiral galaxy in repose
Swirling around in the Virgo constellation, the Hubble Space Telescope captured a look at the spiral galaxy NGC 5037, NASA shared on Friday. Located roughly 150 million light-years away from...
Want to skywatch for Starlink satellites? This website will help you.
There isn't a constellation quite like the image a line of Starlink satellites cuts across Earth's skies. And now there's an easy way to figure out when you can see...