2021-07-15 Oyster Shells Help to Rebuild Shorelines
When we eat some popular kinds of shellfish, namely clams, mussels and oysters, we leave behind large amounts of shells. Instead of throwing these shells into the trash, several projects…
2021-07-12 NASA’s Helicopter and Rover Make New Progress on Mars
The U.S. space agency NASA is reporting new progress on Mars for its experimental helicopter and Perseverance explorer. The helicopter, called Ingenuity, completed its ninth flight on the Red Planet…
2021-07-11 Billionaire Race: Branson Set to Be First to Visit Space
British billionaire Richard Branson is set to launch into space on Sunday on a rocket plane built by the space tourism company he created. The 70-year-old Branson will join two…
2021-07-08 US Navy Cancels Development of High-Tech Railgun Weapon
The U.S. Navy is halting development of a high-tech weapon designed to fire projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound. The Navy spent more than 10 years…
2021-07-06 NASA Project Examines Louisiana Delta System
Sinking land, a rising sea and other climate change effects have killed a wooded area in Louisiana where a Native American chief played as a child. In the nearby Mississippi…
2021-07-05 New Recycling Methods Will Make Electric Vehicles Greener
Critics of electric vehicles say they do reduce carbon emissions, but the process of making the materials for their batteries produces large amounts of carbon. Now, researchers in Britain and…
2021-07-05 ‘Which of Earth’s Neighbors Might Hold Life?’
A new study says life in the clouds of Venus is unlikely. Scientists from Europe and the U.S. say there is not enough water in the planet’s clouds to support…
2021-07-01 Windows 11: What to Expect in Microsoft’s First Update in Six Years
Microsoft has announced Windows 11, the first major update in six years of its widely used computer operating system. The new version has a simplified design. It also adds new…
2021-06-29 NASA Sends Squid into Space for Research
Some 128 baby squid from Hawaii are in space for a study. The baby Hawaiian bobtail squid came from the University of Hawaii’s Kewalo Marine Laboratory. They rode on a…
2021-06-28 NASA Tests Earthquake-Seeking Balloons as Way to Study Venus
U.S. space agency researchers successfully used balloons to detect earthquakes in the California desert. The experiment tested whether similar balloons could be sent to Venus to study that planet’s seismic…
2021-06-28 Facial Recognition Technology Helps Solve Crimes, Raises Privacy Concerns
Big technology companies like Amazon have said they are limiting their sale of facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies. Clearview AI has not. It is a private company based…
2021-06-25 What Is the Importance of China’s New Space Station?
Three Chinese astronauts recently arrived at the country’s new space station in another step forward for the growing space power. Here is a look at some of the space station’s…
2021-06-24 More Job Seekers Have Interviews with Computers
Online services that use computers to interview job seekers were increasingly used by companies during the coronavirus health crisis. But the technology raises questions about whether a machine can correctly…
2021-06-23 Australia Protests UN Plan to List Great Barrier Reef as ‘In Danger’
Australia has criticized a United Nations plan to declare the country’s Great Barrier Reef “in danger” from climate change. The U.N.’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proposed this week…
2021-06-22 Ancient Fish Surprises Scientists with Slow Growth, Long Life
Researchers keep making surprising discoveries about the ancient fish called the coelacanth. Scientists believe the fish first appeared 400 million years ago. But they thought it had disappeared completely until…