About 600,000 mosquitoes will be released into the Washington DC area this summer to help reduce local mosquito populations. Only male mosquitoes, infected with the natural Wolbachia bacteria, are released. They do not bite humans and the bacteria they carry prevent the eggs produced after mating from hatching. Bee Safe Mosquito Control is the first
WASHINGTON– On one hand: a small community in rural Texas. On the other: the Trump administration. A small Texas town along the border with Mexico is fighting the government’s efforts to build a border wall across a levee system to protect the community. The city argued in court Tuesday that the wall could cause flooding
Hot dogs, beach days and iced tea on the porch are some of the rites of summer. But in an era of global warming, a new ritual has emerged: quelling the smoke from wildfires burning hundreds of miles or more away. The Midwest, Northeast and parts of Canada have been bombarded by thick smoke that
On today’s episode of the “Daily Variety” podcast, in our weekly box office segment, VarietyDisney’s Rebecca Rubin looks at what went wrong with Disney’s live-action remake of “Moana.” And Jon Erwin, the filmmaker behind “Young Washington,” explains how his Wonder Project brand is making independent films work like a business. The box office dynamics around
WASHINGTON– Senate Republicans will return to Washington on Monday with an uncertain agenda after the sudden death of prominent Republican Lindsey Graham, the committee chairman and a key player who served as a crucial ally of President Donald Trump. Graham, 71, died Saturday night after a torn aorta, according to a statement from his office
NASA flight photographers capture history from a perspective few experience, getting a rare bird’s-eye view of the agency’s missions in action. His photographs document key NASA research and give the public a front-row seat to the work being done behind the scenes. Jim Ross, a photographer at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California,