There’s no getting around the fact that it’s been a dire year for the planet. This year is likely to be the hottest year humans have ever experiencedwith global average temperatures more than 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) higher than the era prior to the widespread combustion of fossil fuels. Greenhouse gas emissions reached […]
While pledging to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza by any means necessary, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said of the cease-fire talks with Hamas: “I don’t know how long it will take.”
A NASA-funded commercial space station, Starlab, recently completed four key developmental milestones, marking substantial progress in the station’s design and operational readiness. The four milestones are part of a NASA Space Act Agreement awarded in 2021 and focused on reviews of the habitat structural test article preliminary design, systems integration, integrated operations, and a habitat […]
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen warned the incoming Donald Trump administration against imposing sweeping tariffs, saying they would lead to higher inflation. Donald Trump, who is set to take office next month, has […]
A large volcano in the central Philippines erupted today (Dec. 9) at 3:03 p.m. local time, spouting a column of ash and gas up to 1.86 miles (3 kilometers) into the sky, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). Thermal and X-ray camera monitors recorded pyroclastic density currents — hot flows of […]
Last month, tech outlet The Information reported that OpenAI and its competitors are switching strategies as the rate of improvement of AI has dramatically slowed. For a long time, you’ve been able to make AI systems dramatically better across a wide range of tasks just by making them bigger. Why does this matter? All kinds […]
NASA and its commercial partners continue to drive innovation in space exploration, achieving milestones that will ultimately benefit human spaceflight and commercial low Earth orbit efforts. These recent achievements from NASA’s industry partners include completed safety milestones, successful flight tests, and major technological advancements. “Our commercial partners’ growing capabilities in low Earth orbit underscore NASA’s […]
NASA will provide live launch and docking coverage of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft delivering nearly three tons of food, fuel, and supplies to the Expedition 72 crew aboard the International Space Station. The unpiloted Progress 90 spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 7:22 a.m. EST (5:22 p.m. Baikonur time) Thursday, Nov. 21, on a Soyuz […]
A circular field of cells shows a gradient of patterns, with green spots decreasing in size as cell density increases. Credit: Morsut Lab/USC Stem Cell Genes aren’t the sole driver instructing cells to build multicellular structures, tissues, and organs. In a paper published in Nature CommunicationsUSC Stem Cell scientist Leonardo Morsut and Caltech computational biologist […]
Fire crews battled small wildfires across the Northeast U.S. on Monday, including a blaze in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee over the weekend and postponed Veterans Day plans. (AP Video by Ted Shaffrey and Cedar Attanasio. AP Production by Ao Gao)
