Science | SpaceX rocket accident leaves company’s Starlink satellites in wrong orbit By Marcia Dunn July 12, 2024 at 3:51 p.m. A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the...
Science | Webb Space Telescope’s latest cosmic shot shows pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in infrared By Marcia Dunn July 12, 2024 at 2:23 p.m. The Webb Space Telescope has captured a pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in the infrared.
News | New director appointed at Jefferson Lab as Newport News facility expanding its scope By Peter Dujardin July 12, 2024 at 5:23 p.m. Kimberly Sawyer was appointed this week to serve as director of the U.S. Department of...
Science | A stegosaurus nicknamed Apex will be auctioned in New York. Its remains show signs of arthritis. By Associated Press July 11, 2024 at 2:47 p.m. The nearly complete fossilized remains of a 161-million-year-old stegosaurus discovered in Colorado in 2022 will...
Science | Astronauts confident Boeing space capsule can safely return them to Earth, despite failures By Marcia Dunn July 10, 2024 at 4:08 p.m. Two astronauts who should have been back on Earth weeks ago said Wednesday that they’re...
Environment | Overall health of Chesapeake Bay gets best grade in more than 2 decades, annual report shows By Brian Witte July 9, 2024 at 1:57 p.m. The overall health of the Chesapeake Bay, the nation's largest estuary, received its highest grade...
National News | Artificial intelligence can help older people feel less lonely: ‘I almost love her like a person’ By Erin Nolan July 8, 2024 at 9:25 a.m. Unlike Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, ElliQ can initiate conversations and was designed to create...
Courts | US ends legal fight against Titanic expedition. Battles over future dives are still possible. By Ben Finley July 3, 2024 at 3:01 p.m. The U.S. government has officially ended its legal fight against an upcoming expedition to the...
Science | Fossils show huge salamanderlike predator with sharp fangs existed before the dinosaurs By Adithi Ramakrishnan July 3, 2024 at 4:19 p.m. Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamanderlike beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters...
Health | Error in new lung transplant algorithm harmed sick and dying patients By Gregory Royal Pratt July 1, 2024 at 4:29 p.m. A flawed new algorithm for distributing lungs to transplant patients wound up putting people with...