SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts conduct the first-ever private spacewalk An internet entrepreneur and a SpaceX engineer have become the first private astronauts to walk in space. Geoff Brumfiel
These small Black-owned farms are growing crops with the climate in mind Across the Gulf South, small Black-owned farms are finding ways to use climate-friendly practices to grow crops while also addressing long-standing injustices. Danny McArthur
A new AI model can predict some brain signals in fruit flies Researchers have created an AI model that can predict some fruit fly brain signals. It was able to predict the activity of neurons in a fruit fly by looking at how those neurons were connected. Jon Hamilton
Citizen scientists are hunting moths in Montana for climate change studies Insects are great indicators of climate change because they’re the first animals to leave when temperatures change. But a lot about them remains unknown, citizen scientists are helping change that. Kayla Desroches
At the debate, Harris made climate change a pocketbook issue Vice President Harris said the economic costs of climate change are already clear, with homeowners facing skyrocketing insurance prices. Michael Copley
How Memphis became a battleground over Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer A massive project headed by Elon Musk in Memphis, Tenn., to power AI has moved at breakneck speed. But it's stirring controversy around pollution emissions. The EPA says it’s looking into it. Dara Kerr
Regenerative agriculture is sold as a climate solution. Can it do all it says? Governments and industries are pouring billions of dollars into so-called “regenerative agriculture.” But while scientists say some of these farming practices do reduce planet heating pollution, for others the science is less clear. Julia Simon
The Polaris Dawn spacewalk is SpaceX’s ‘risky adventure’ New spacesuits, untested astronauts, and a lot that can go wrong make this five-day mission unusually complex, but with a potentially great reward. Geoff Brumfiel
Winter crabbing strained Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab population. It may soon resume After a 16-year prohibition, a group of Virginia watermen voted to reinstate winter crab dredging. Many argue the decision puts the blue crab’s fragile population in jeopardy. Julie Depenbrock
Florida’s coral reefs are still ailing but doing better A year after the worst coral bleaching ever recorded, Florida's reefs are slowly recovering. Despite elevated ocean temperatures, scientists say this summer they didn’t see significant bleaching. Greg Allen
