Early Humans Settled in Cities. Bedbugs Followed Them.
A new study suggests that bedbugs were the first urban pest, and their population thrived in that environment. For the bloodsucking insects, it’s...
Charging Your EV May Be Getting Easier, Even if It’s Not a Tesla
It is becoming easier to find fast chargers for electric vehicles, and they are more likely to work — and not just for...
E.P.A. Axes Biden’s Climate and Pollution Limits on Power Plants
Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said erasing regulations would produce jobs and lower electricity costs. He called efforts to fight climate change “a...
World Bank Ends Its Ban on Funding Nuclear Power Projects
The world’s largest and most influential development bank said on Wednesday it would lift its longstanding ban on funding nuclear power projects.The decision...
2025 Space and Astronomy Events Calendar
Our species called this latest 366-day journey around the sun “2024” and packed into it a ton of astronomical and spaceflight excitement.Can this...
A Near-Full ‘Strawberry Moon’ Will Shine Again on Wednesday Night
Night sky observers are being treated this week to a view of a red-tinted full moon — known in June as a “strawberry...
This Elusive Antarctic Squid Was Seen for the First Time
The deep-sea environs of the Earth’s poles are home to mysterious ocean creatures: giant sea spiders, Antarctic sea pigs, phantom jellyfish. Finding and...
First Ever Images of Sun’s South Pole Released by ESA Solar Orbiter
Spacecraft and specialized telescopes have been studying the sun closely for decades, probing the secrets of its spots, flares and corona. But neither...
Solar Orbiter spacecraft snaps first images of Sun’s south pole
Gwndaf HughesScience videographerSolar Orbiter also has captured new images of chemical elements at different layers of the Sun and their movement. These have...
Why Rooftop Solar Could Crash Under the Republican Tax-Cut Bill
Over the past two decades, more than 5 million U.S. households from California to Georgia to Maine have put solar panels on their...
