Thousands gathered over several days in early November to experience MAX POWER – NASA’s first exhibition of America’s superiority in space, aeronautics, and technology on and around the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The multi-day, family-friendly event honored the nation’s 250th anniversary and served as a culmination of the agency’s Inspiration Tour. Among the
The Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge near Hawaii has welcomed a special couple: George and Geraldine, two short-tailed albatrosses (Phoebastria albatrus). The birds have officially found each other for nesting season on the Midway Atoll for the 10th straight year in a row. George was first spotted on October 18, and the pair was reunited
Big Math: The Hidden Codes That Run Our World Steven Strogatz & Alex Townsend Little, Brown and Company (2026) When I was studying electrical engineering in India in the 1980s, a professor asked our class: “Why do short- and medium-wave radios produce a crackling sound, or static, when a scooter goes past, regardless of the
After 378 days without windows, the sounds of the outside world, or real-time calls with family and friends, four research volunteers stepped out of NASA’s Mars Dune Alpha habitat on Oct. 31, completing the agency’s second yearlong Mars surface simulation. Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, James Spicer, and Matthew Montgomery entered the roughly 1,700-square-foot, 3D-printed habitat at
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Delegates arriving at the UN COP31 climate conference in Antalya for 12 days of talks.Credit: Sandro Basili/Shutterstock The United Nations annual climate meeting starting today is the first to take place after confirmation that global warming will overshoot the headline limit of 1.5 °C. The aim of keeping warming within 1.5 °C above pre-industrial temperatures