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What to know about the anti-air missiles the US is sending to Ukraine
Air Force

What to know about the anti-air missiles the US is sending to Ukraine

The weapons include the AIM-7 Sparrow, a guided missile with a long history. It can be carried by an F-16.

Mountains and a pine forest covered in wildfire smoke.
Life Skills

What to do when wildfire smoke fills the air

Checking the air quality before you go out is as important as checking the weather.

Look inside London’s new Super Sewer, an engineering marvel for rubbish and poo
Engineering

Look inside London’s new Super Sewer, an engineering marvel for rubbish and poo

The main component of the enormous infrastructure project is a 15-mile tunnel. Once it's operational, the River Thames should be much cleaner.

Air 4 All prototype wheelchair seat in airplane cabin
Aviation

Prototype airline seat would make the skies friendlier to passengers in wheelchairs

A convertible seat that allows for passengers' own wheelchairs could soon come to Delta flights.

Sea Zero Cruise ship Concept, sails fully extended
Electric Vehicles

This concept cruise ship will have solar-paneled sails, an AI copilot, and zero emissions

Hurtigruten Norway hopes to have their sustainable liner hit the high seas by 2030.

Four kittens standing in grass. Less invasive measures could protect stray cats and the environment.
Cats

A new shot can be a safe and effective alternative to surgical spaying

Keeping feral-cat populations under control is important for protecting animals and the planet.

a big pile of logs
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

This ancient civilization literally used their heads to move massive logs for miles

Plus other fun facts from The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week.

A popular ‘compostable’ bioplastic isn’t as biodegradable as it seems
Pollution

A popular ‘compostable’ bioplastic isn’t as biodegradable as it seems

Marketing PLA as an 'ecological solution' is misleading, according to experts.

The Downtown Manhattan skyline stands shrouded in a reddish haze as a result of Canadian wildfires on June 6, 2023 in New York City. Over 100 wildfires are burning in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and Quebec resulting in air quality health alerts for the Adirondacks, Eastern Lake Ontario, Central New York, and Western New York.
Climate Change

Wildfire smoke is choking the eastern United States

Nearly 100 million people across numerous states are affected by the dangerous conditions.

Hand holding a cupcake with purple frosting, sprinkles and a birthday candle.
Life Skills

How to make sure you never miss someone’s birthday

Use these apps and features to help you remember all those special occasions.

NASA Perseverance rover being readied indoors for launch for the Mars 2020 mission
Mars

A spacecraft engineer’s wisdom from Mars 2020 and a disaster-stricken island

'The Space Mechanic' illustrates the importance of taking risks, close to home and millions of miles away.

Why scientists have a hard time getting money to study the root causes of outbreaks
Diseases

Why scientists have a hard time getting money to study the root causes of outbreaks

Government and groups that award grants to scientists favor research that’s high tech and treatment oriented rather than studies that seek to understand why contagions leap from animals to people.

A monkey laying on a tree smiling.
Wildlife

Super semen could be one reason why primates evolved to masturbate

Self-pleasure occurs all across the animal kingdom, but it’s still unclear why primates in particular evolved autosexual behavior.

Apple iPhone icons showing one text message alert
AI

Duck yeah, Apple’s next autocorrect update makes it easier to swear

Unfiltered expletives are coming to iOS 17 this fall.

Factory emitting pollution at sunset
Renewables

675 million people still didn’t have access to electricity in 2021

A new report from the UN on Sustainable Development Goals progress shows the world is 'off track.'

NASA's Psyche probe should blast off to an asteroid later in 2023.
Deep Space

NASA’s journey to a strange metal asteroid should finally begin in October

The Psyche mission has a launch date again, after software problems and COVID-era delays.

Apple Vision Pro being worn by someone typing
Engineering

Apple released a ‘spatial computer.’ Here’s what that means.

It looks like something out of "Minority Report."

An entrance to the Dinaledi Chamber of the Rising Star Cave system, part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site near Johannesburg, South Africa. Newly found grave sites and wall engravings have led a team of archeologists to reevaluate the meaning-making capacity of an early human ancestor, Homo naledi.
Archaeology

Extinct human cousins may have beaten us to inventing burial rituals

New preprint studies continue to spark the debate surrounding which species was the first to practice purposeful burial.

Computer illustration of ISS with docket spacecraft
Technology

The ISS’s latest delivery includes space plants and atmospheric lightning monitors

SpaceX's Dragon craft autonomously docked with the ISS early Tuesday morning.

A doctor examines a chest x-ray.
Cancer

A daily pill could cut lung cancer deaths in half, new study shows

The results of a new clinical trial are a ‘momentous achievement’ in the fight against the world’s leading cause of cancer death.