A Collision with Space Debris Leaves 3 Chinese Astronauts Stranded in Orbit

The only craft docked at Tiangong space station has been damaged and “does not meet the release conditions for a safe manned return.” [...]

Coal likely to go away even without EPA’s power plant regulations

Set to be killed by Trump, the rules mostly lock in existing trends. [...]

Google DeepMind is sharing its AI forecasts with the National Weather Service

Here's an AI-government collaboration of a less… unsettling variety than some. Google DeepMind is teaming up with the National Hurricane Center (NHC) for tropical cyclone season. The AI researc [...]

China Has Attempted What Might Be the First-Ever Orbital Refueling of a Satellite

The SJ-21 and SJ-25 satellites “merged” on July 2 and have remained together since then. [...]

Ancient Egyptians likely used opiates regularly

Study identified several trace chemical signatures of opium in ancient Egyptian alabaster vase. [...]

Why are vertebrate eyes so different from those of other animals?

A new hypothesis proposes that our ancestors lost their eyes, then rebuilt them. [...]

See Nat Geo's Behind-the-Scenes Footage Inside the Artemis II Orion Spacecraft

Take a look at how the four Artemis II astronauts will sleep, exercise and even use the bathroom while on board the Orion spacecraft as they shoot for the moon. [...]

RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo

Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. has vilified COVID-19 vaccines and the CDC. [...]

States Are Moving to Protect Access to Vaccines

As federal vaccine policy shifts under US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., lawmakers are looking to give state-level public health officials authority to ignore federal recommendations. [...]