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Hurricane Damage to a Florida Domestic Violence Shelter Shows Climate’s Stress on Vulnerable Groups
The call came late on a Wednesday afternoon in October, when the forecast cone stopped wobbling and started pointing steadily toward the Florida Panhandle. Tracie Hodson, who runs…
China Bets on Renewable Energy to Gain an AI Edge
As demand for artificial intelligence surges worldwide, China is looking to its renewable energy sector for an advantage in the race to build the data centers that fuel the techno…
'The Sea God Surveys': Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese Earth-observing satellite today
Rocket Lab will launch its 99th mission to date today (Nov. 2), sending a private Japanese Earth-observing satellite to orbit. Here's how to watch live.
Starwatch: Catch the striking trifecta of Venus, the moon and Spica at break of dawn
The brilliant planet is about to join the waning crescent moon and the brightest star in the Virgo constellation Early risers have a beautiful sight to look forward to this week a…
APOD: 2026 November 2 – A Long Cloud on Mars
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Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon
Amid the warm hues of fall foliage, Pine Creek Gorge forms a deep scar in the Allegheny Plateau.
Conservatives like me embrace conservation. Why the Coalition’s chainsaw approach to climate?
The radical assault on longstanding measures to drive down Australia’s emissions and facilitate decarbonisation seems almost pathologicalSign up for climate and environment editor…
Cryosphere faces permanent damage when world overshoots 1.5C, scientists warn
UN-backed report finds even temporary rises above Paris agreement target could cause harm to glaciers and polar ice sheetsEarth’s icy regions face such dangerous melting that glob…
Mars dust may be less abrasive than lunar dust, spacesuit samples suggest
Tucked away among its sensors, cameras and navigation tools, NASA's Mars rover Perseverance is wearing small swatches of spacesuit material. A rover doesn't need a spacesuit, but …
From Italy to Croatia, a warming climate threatens prized white truffles
Guided by the beam of a flashlight, Tino Marolo follows his dog Stella through the darkness of a Piedmont woodland, searching for one of Italy's most prized culinary treasures hid…
The Guardian view on listening to people with learning disabilities: a matter of life and death | Editorial
The Covid pandemic shed an unforgiving light on health and social care inequalities. The lessons have yet to be absorbedThe fear that so many felt as the death toll rose during th…
'Metroid Prime' needs some 'Resident Evil'-style remakes to rediscover its sci-fi shooter mojo
Nintendo's sci-fi shooter franchise is in dire straits, but we've got the solution to Samus's problems.
Heavy hydrogen in 3I/ATLAS's methane points to a frigid birthplace
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS carries a chemical clue to conditions in the planetary system of its origin, locked away long before it reached our sun. Its methane signature is u…
Tributes paid to ‘inspiring’ University of Cambridge scientist who died in Spanish train crash
Dr Marta Shahbazi was travelling to a conference to receive an award for scientific excellence in developmental biologyAn “inspiring” University of Cambridge scientist died in the…
Planetary defense: How military and civil satellites are watching fireballs to help keep Earth safe from space rocks
Satellites are watching fireballs blaze through Earth's atmosphere, strengthening planetary defense knowhow and helping scientists learn more about space debris impacts.
On this day in space! Nov. 1, 1962: The Soviet Union Launches Mars 1 spacecraft to Red Planet during the Space Race
On Nov. 1, 1962, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 1 spacecraft on a mission to fly by the Red Planet. Here's why it mattered.
NASA's Swift space telescope is about to crash to Earth. Where will it fall?
It's unclear at the moment exactly when and where the Swift observatory will plunge to Earth. But researchers definitely have their eyes peeled.
The UK’s legal cannabis market is booming – so why can’t this talented artist get any to treat his epilepsy? | Kojo Koram
Companies have rushed to supply the drug as a wellness treatment, but patients with serious illnesses aren’t able to get NHS prescriptionsIn 2022, a prodigiously talented young ar…
Breaking the ice: Scientists use attracting particles to form an anti-spin ice
In a recent Nature Communications study, researchers have reported the realization of an anti-spin ice, a system that does the opposite of conventional spin ices by breaking the i…
5 bright planets to spot in November — when and where to see them
From a close encounter between Mars and Jupiter to dazzling Venus and elusive Mercury, November offers plenty of planetary highlights. Here's when and where to look.
The Amazonian Community That Beat Big Oil Is Sharing Its Secrets
SARAYAKU, Ecuador—The canoe motor rattled against the current as Guisel Marworno and Wagner Karipuna traveled down the Bobonaza River. The Brazilian Indigenous leaders had come se…
Rural Charms Drew Residents to Taylor, Texas. Then Came the Data Centers.
TAYLOR, Texas—A red thresher cuts across the countryside off County Road 401 in Taylor, leaving behind tufts of discarded stalks as farmers prepare to plant seeds for the next yea…
Will Josh Shapiro’s Data Center Past Haunt his Political Future?
Perhaps no issue has tested the political agility of Pennsylvania’s popular Gov. Josh Shapiro over the past two years more than data centers. In about 20 months, Shapiro went fro…
APOD: 2026 November 1 – Colors of the Moon
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