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Democrats Vow to Reset “Values and Agenda” for House Natural Resources Committee
From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by host Steve Curwood and Jenni Doering with U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman. C…
APOD: 2026 November 7 – De Gerlache-Kocher Massif
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 7 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosm…
What’s the point? Ten years after the Paris treaty, are climate talks getting anywhere?
Its key temperature goal has been missed but experts say the agreement is still proving a vital moral compass for progressIt was a curious way of conducting negotiations. Ahead of…
SpaceX launches mystery mission for US Space Force in gorgeous sunset liftoff from California (photos)
SpaceX launched a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force from California this evening (Nov. 6). It was the company's 125th liftoff of 2026.
A US Senator’s Push to Fast-Track Pipelines Would Benefit His Former Company
Alan Armstrong of Oklahoma entered the U.S. Senate to fill a vacancy in March with a clear priority: pass permitting reform that he argued was necessary based on his experience le…
Untangling the patterns of the cosmic microwave background to better understand the early universe
A figure in red trudges across a blanket of white. Snow squeaks under the scientist's feet, too dry to be slick or soft. Only a line of flags and a few large buildings—the scienti…
Global Campaign Seeks to Curb Emissions of World’s Most Potent Greenhouse Gas
The German government has launched an international initiative to curb emissions of sulfur hexafluoride, an exceptionally potent greenhouse gas that it says has long been overlook…
Spot a baby bird on the ground? Don't be tempted to bird‑nap it
Spring is the season of blooming flowers and buzzing bees.
The wasps that horrified Darwin reveal evolution's one-way streets
Few insects have a more gruesome lifestyle than Darwin wasps. Rather than simply hunting other animals, these parasitic wasps lay their eggs on or inside living hosts, including c…
On this day in space! Nov. 6, 1572: A German astronomer discovers the Tycho supernova with the naked eye, but everyone thought the cosmic explosion was a 'new star'
On Nov. 6, 1572, the German astronomer Wolfgang Schulër observed a supernova later caleld the Tycho supernova with his bare eyes. Here's why it mattered.
Air holes turn silicon wafers into flat ultraviolet focusing mirrors for compact optics
Traditional lenses and mirrors focus light using curved surfaces. Metasurfaces can achieve similar functions with a flat layer of nanoscale structures that locally control the pha…
AST SpaceMobile announces new 'Blacklift' rocket, targets 2028 launch debut
AST SpaceMobile plans to launch its broadband satellites on a new rocket called Blacklift, which it will build in house and plans to start flying in 2028.
How a metabolite protects the enzyme that consumes it
Metabolites are consumed by enzymes to produce other vital molecules as well as to control metabolite levels. But how do cells avoid consuming too much? Researchers from the MPI o…
What's that bright 'star' in the early morning sky? It's not a star at all!
Spotted a dazzling light in the eastern sky before sunrise? It's Venus, and the planet is only going to get brighter as it heads toward its spectacular peak later this month.
Light-powered method resurrects 'dead-end' compounds for drug discovery
Throughout the drug development process, which can take a decade or more, tens of thousands of chemical compounds are produced that never go on to become medicines. A Florida Stat…
Quantum gas microscope reveals individual atoms in first tunable three-component Hubbard system
For the first time, an international team of researchers from Germany, Thailand, India, China and the United States has created a three-component Hubbard system with tunable inter…
I finally got my hands on the Unistellar Envision smart binoculars with augmented reality and I can’t wait to stargaze with them
The Unistellar Envision smart binoculars have an augmented reality (AR) overlay that provides smart functionality to 10x50 binoculars, enabling night sky and landmark identificati…
Billions of Gallons of Raw Sewage Are Pouring Into the Chicago River After Storms
This article originally appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times. It has been republished with permission. Joe Gamble knows what to expect when he arrives at work at the Bridgeport Art C…
AI points researchers toward new disease targets hidden in mitochondria
Artificial intelligence is helping Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists fast-track answers to a long-standing question in human biology: What do hundreds of mystery proteins in …
Want to have a better chat? Scientists say the secret is ‘pink noise’
The most enjoyable conversations strike a balance between exploring a topic and pulling in fresh ideas, study findsAs an early stab at rules for conversation, Cicero did a fine jo…
Fruit fly study offers clues to insect survival in a hotter, drier world
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have identified a specialized lipid barrier in the fruit fly pupa that protects against dehydration in dry and hot environments. Their f…
See the space race like you’ve never seen it before in PBS’s new living documentary, ‘We Chose to Go to the Moon’
Hear Neil Armstrong's son and granddaughter sing a moving tribute to the legendary Apollo 11 astronaut
Beyond trial and error: A framework for AI-driven solid-electrolyte discovery
A battery material can look perfect in the lab and still fail in a real battery. That is the puzzle facing researchers working on solid electrolytes, the materials seen as key to …
Smart packaging film 'lights up' under UV as meat loses freshness
Food spoilage causes chemical changes that are not always easy to detect by appearance alone. To provide a clearer indication of freshness and quality, researchers at Kyushu Unive…