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Looming water supply 'bankruptcy' puts billions at risk, U.N. report warns

Widespread water insecurity is the result of decades of overuse, as well as shrinking supplies from lakes, rivers, glaciers and wetlands, the researchers found.
Water crisis forces families into long queues and threatens children's education in Kabul
Water crisis forces families into long queues and threatens children's education in Kabul
11d ago

Hand stencil made almost 68,000 years ago is the oldest cave art ever found

The discovery, in Indonesia, helps scientists trying to determine when and where early humans first learned to make art.
Oldest Cave Art
Oldest Cave Art
11d ago

Blue Origin to deploy thousands of satellites for new communications network

Jeff Bezos' space company announced a plan to deploy 5,408 satellites in space, jumping into a market dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Blue Origin launches NASA's EscaPADE Satellites from Cape Canaveral
Blue Origin launches NASA's EscaPADE Satellites from Cape Canaveral

Northern lights may put on a show for U.S. tonight

The aurora could be visible across Canada and much of the northern tier of U.S. states — and possibly farther south — after a major disturbance in the Earth’s magnetic field.
Aurora Borealis Over Minneapolis
Aurora Borealis Over Minneapolis
15d ago

NASA rolls out 11 million-pound moon rocket in preparation for astronauts' launch

The rollout sets the stage for tests and dress rehearsals ahead of NASA's first crewed flight to the moon since 1972.
All work platforms are retracted from around NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, in preparation for rollout to Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
All work platforms are retracted from around NASA’s Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, secured to the mobile launcher, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, in preparation for rollout to Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
17d ago

Politics News

Politics News

Congress passes bill to fund U.S. science agencies, rebuffing Trump's requested cuts

The Senate voted to provide billions more to NASA, NOAA and the National Science Foundation than the president had asked for.
Trump's Return Gives China A Shot At Being The Next Weather Superpower
Trump's Return Gives China A Shot At Being The Next Weather Superpower
18d ago

Astronauts splash down after cutting space station mission short due to a medical issue

This was the first time that a crew returned home early from the ISS because of a medical concern.
Recovery operations for NASA’s Crew-11 Endeavour spacecraft and its four astronauts.
Recovery operations for NASA’s Crew-11 Endeavour spacecraft and its four astronauts.
18d ago

NASA astronauts depart space station due to a medical issue, beginning their early trip home

The nearly 11-hour mission will end with a deorbit burn to slow the spacecraft before it lands off the coast of California early Thursday.
Expedition 73 welcomes NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission aboard the International Space Station.
Expedition 73 welcomes NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission aboard the International Space Station.

The DNA of an extinct species is found in a mummified wolf pup's stomach

Researchers were able to sequence the full genome from the 14,000-year-old chunk of preserved woolly rhinoceros meat.
The autopsy of the Tumat-1 wolf puppy, when a fragment of a woolly rhinoceros tissue was found in the stomach
The autopsy of the Tumat-1 wolf puppy, when a fragment of a woolly rhinoceros tissue was found in the stomach
18d ago

Climate change

Climate change

2025 was the third-hottest year ever recorded on Earth, data shows

The finding comes as the U.S. reverses rules meant to lower carbon pollution and walks away from international climate treaties.

EPA to stop calculating deaths avoided and health care savings from air pollution rules

The change means the EPA will focus rules for two pollutants only on the cost to industry, part of a realignment under Trump.
Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant
Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant

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