Jeff Bezos Harshly Criticized for $200 Million Pledge to Protect the World’s Most Endangered Species
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and his actor buddy Leonardo DiCaprio are catching some heavy flak recently, but for…
High-powered rocket built by Valley students completes full flight, recovery in Hearne, TX
Launchpad students and team members pose with Project Vortex following its successful flight Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026, at…
New Mexico resident says mother bear she watched with cubs for months was shot in a neighbor’s yard
After months of watching a black bear and her two cubs near her home, a New Mexico resident…
APOD: 2026 August 9 – Contemplating the Sun
APOD: 2026 August 9 – Contemplating the Sun Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph…
Total solar eclipse Aug. 12, 2026 live updates — 3 days to totality
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In 2026, Burmese Pythons are not Florida’s only invasive predator, other animals putting native wildlife under growing pressure |
Burmese pythons are an invasive species in Florida Tom Rahill, the 69-year-old veteran hunter, won this year’s Florida…
Mars dust is toxic, and NASA is setting a limit
NASA created a Martian Dust Limit Working Group this year to figure out how much Mars dust a…
Three confirmed tornadoes on Friday, August 7th Storms
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Three tornaodes touched down on Friday afternoon and evening as storms rolled through…
For roughly a billion years of Earth’s deep past, the Moon’s ocean tides may have slowed the planet while a Sun-driven atmospheric tide sped it up, holding the day near 19 hours — but the rocks preserve a hypothesis, not a stopwatch
We built clocks around the day and then quietly began treating the day as though it were a…
8-foot python found living under family’s shed — and X-rays discovered what it ate
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SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video)
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Aug. 8) from California’s scenic central…
In 1969, an Australian pilot leased a coral island left barren by guano mining; he flew in water and native trees, his plantings began a 50-year ecological recovery | World News
Aerial view of Lady Elliot Island. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons. In 1969, when pilot Don Adams set foot…