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Homeowners in Florida recently got a rude awakening when hardware from the International Space Station crashed into their home last month, NASA said in a blog post.
Posted: April 17, 2024, 12:37 am
Instagram will test features that blur messages containing nudity to safeguard teens and prevent potential scammers from reaching them, its parent Meta said on Thursday as it tries to allay concerns over harmful content on its apps.
Posted: April 11, 2024, 12:55 pm
A lucky Japanese astronaut will become the first non-American to set foot on the Moon during one of NASA's upcoming Artemis missions, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday.
Posted: April 11, 2024, 1:10 am
The Biden administration Wednesday finalized strict limits on certain so-called "forever chemicals" in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured.
Posted: April 10, 2024, 11:02 am
The Biden administration is trying an end-around the Constitution with its "radical" and illegal climate disclosure rule, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird told Newsmax on Tuesday.
Posted: April 9, 2024, 3:32 pm
Whether you saw the moon completely block the sun, were foiled by cloudy weather, or were not along the path of Monday's total solar eclipse, there are still more chances to catch a glimpse.
Posted: April 9, 2024, 11:43 am
The ground rumbled Friday beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center.
Posted: April 6, 2024, 5:00 pm
The U.S. CDC on Friday issued a health alert to inform clinicians, state health departments and the public of a case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected with the virus. The farm worker from Texas was reported to be infected...
Posted: April 5, 2024, 7:42 pm
Clouds are likely to spoil the view of the total solar eclipse in Texas and other spots along the path in North America, according to forecasts on Saturday.
Posted: April 5, 2024, 7:31 pm
The Justice Department next week will meet with lawyers for families of victims of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019, as the government decides whether to move ahead with a criminal case.
Posted: April 4, 2024, 9:25 pm
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will vote to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules and assume new regulatory oversight of broadband internet that was rescinded under former President Donald Trump, the agency's chair said.
Posted: April 2, 2024, 10:02 pm
The White House Tuesday directed NASA to establish a unified standard of time for the moon and other celestial bodies, as the United States aims to set international norms in space amid a growing lunar race among nations and private companies.
Posted: April 2, 2024, 7:42 pm
Excitement is mounting as Americans plan how best to view the total eclipse of the sun next Monday, April 8th. The astronomical phenomenon, in which the moon passes between earth and the sun temporarily blocking the sun's light, won't happen again until 2044. But if you are...
Posted: April 1, 2024, 7:23 pm
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is getting into the voice assistant business and showing off new technology that can clone a person's voice, but says it won't yet release it publicly due to safety concerns.
Posted: April 1, 2024, 7:21 pm
As the specter of extreme weather events looms larger amid a changing climate, a pressing call has emerged for stricter regulations on experimental interventions to manipulate the Earth's atmosphere, Politico reported.
Posted: March 30, 2024, 10:21 pm
The Biden administration on Thursday restored some protections under the Endangered Species Act rolled back under former President Donald Trump, giving the federal government more leeway to designate plants or animals as threatened or endangered.The 51-year-old Endangered...
Posted: March 28, 2024, 9:53 pm
A U.S. judge in Texas struck down a climate rule adopted by the Biden administration requiring states to measure and set declining targets for greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles using the national highway system.Texas had sued the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)...
Posted: March 28, 2024, 9:46 pm
Abby Bowling, one of the conjoined twins featured on the TLC reality show "Abby and Brittany" reportedly married years ago.
Posted: March 28, 2024, 5:09 pm
U.S. federal agencies must show their artificial intelligence tools are not harming the public, or stop using them, under new rules unveiled by the White House on Thursday.
Posted: March 28, 2024, 1:17 pm
The federal government will provide a $1.5 billion loan to restart a nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan, officials announced Wednesday.
Posted: March 28, 2024, 11:44 am