What Trump’s second term means for space and why one expert is ‘hugely optimistic’
Donald Trump and Elon Musk have big plans together. Now that president-elect Donald Trump is set to return to…
A 14-year-old’s award-winning invention uses AI to detect pesticides on fruit and vegetables
Subash’s device can detect pesticides on produce with 93% accuracy. When 14-year-old Sirish Subash was told to wash his…
This company’s vision for a smokeless world is driving the transformation of the global tobacco industry
The global British American Tobacco Group (BAT) is pursuing “A Better TomorrowTM by Building a Smokeless World” — and…
A 14-year-old took home $10,000 for his award-winning investigation into train derailments. Here’s what he found.
Gary Allen Montelongo shows off one of his railroad tracks. Toy trains can be a hobby, or they can…
Early SpaceX workers got stuck overnight on an ocean barge with a toxic spaceship, new book reports
SpaceX’s recovery ship lifts a Crew Dragon spaceship from the Atlantic Ocean. If you think your job is exciting,…
Bird flu was detected in a pig, and it could be a tipping point threatening more human transmission
Pigs can be mixing vessels for bird flu and human flu viruses. A bird flu virus has jumped one…
Flash floods are a worsening scourge worldwide — here’s why
Spain is the latest country to be ravaged by flash floods, which have been increasing in frequency around the…
Hurricane season isn’t over. Experts predict a final surge of storms and maybe even a December cyclone.
Hurricane Beryl 2024, as seen from the International Space Station. Hurricane season seems to be rallying for a final…
The world’s most popular banana faces extinction but scientists’ new creation could help save it
The Yelloway One is a new banana variety that’s resistant to deadly fungal diseases. The Netherlands may seem like…
NASA launches a probe to find out if there really could be alien life on Jupiter’s moon Europa
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper mission. NASA is serious about searching for alien…