First ‘space elevator’ — a 66,000-mile cable to the cosmos— closer than ever before as scientists make breakthrough
On a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston last week, President Trump promised American astronauts would…
Have You Seen This? Harrowing video shows man surviving lightning strike
THE YARD — Thomas Fahmy might be the luckiest man alive, and this harrowing video shows exactly why.…
Beyond the AI policy: Here’s what’s new for NYC schools this year
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Emerald ash borer in New York: How to spot the invasive beetle
article LIBERTY, ME – MAY 31: Colleen Teerling, Entomologist, Maine Forest Service Insect and Disease Lab, shows evil…
Researchers catch sharks off the Hamptons to attach trackers – NBC New York
Just off one of New York’s famed Hamptons beaches, shark researcher Greg Metzger reels in one of the…
📚 The Inoculation Project 8/30/2026: Texas and Queens
This week, we’re helping a Houston middle school get both pencil sharpeners and books, and a Queens elementary…
Lithium-ion battery recycling amid uptick in fires
After dozens of battery fires throughout New York state in the past year, experts in fire prevention and…
NYC schools face software freeze as first day approaches
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Daniel Ek’s body-scanning clinic, Neko Health, will open in NYC on September 24th.
Posted Aug 18, 2026 at 7:44 PM UTC Daniel Ek’s body-scanning clinic, Neko Health, will open in NYC…
Here’s how to watch the solar eclipse this week
Stargazers are over the moon. On August 8, the skies will be shrouded in a moon shadow due…
School of rays spotted in NYC Superfund creek gives hope
Rays of hope. An unexpected sight surfaced in Newtown Creek in New York City’s East River last week,…
📚 The Inoculation Project 7/26/2026: The Bronx and New Jersey
This week, unusually, we’re helping two teachers in the Northeast: one in an urban New Jersey medical-arts high…