November 27, 2018 Epic time-lapse shot from space is longest ever, shows two trips around Earth Two trips around the Earth in only 15 minutes?
November 26, 2018 Elon Musk thinks humans will have to merge with machines to overcome their 'existential threat' Elon Musk has sounded the warning alarm again regarding artificial intelligence, telling Axios that humans must merge with machines or risk becoming an endangered species.
November 25, 2018 Al Gore blasts Trump for 'burying' climate report by releasing it on Black Friday Former Vice President Al Gore accused the Trump administration of trying to “bury’ a damning government report that linked global warming to the worsening of natural disasters by quietly releasing the study on Friday.
November 25, 2018 Dead sea lions, some with gunshot wounds, washing up along shore near Seattle Since September, 13 dead California sea lions have been reported dead in the waters off Puget Sound near Seattle Wash., including six with gunshot wounds and another discovered Tuesday with its head cut off, according to conservation groups.
November 21, 2018 Shark embryo seen 'swimming' inside translucent egg case in 'very rare' footage Using a camera to explore the ocean floor — roughly 820 to 1,200 feet below the surface — off the coast of Puerto Rico, scientists got a rare opportunity to observe something they hardly see: a live shark embryo.
November 21, 2018 Rotting dead whale had 13 pounds of plastic inside stomach, official says Park officials were shocked to discover 13 pounds of plastic waste inside the stomach of a dead whale that recently washed ashore in Indonesia.
November 21, 2018 Half of the year's rain falls on Earth in just 12 days It takes less than two weeks for half of the planet's annual precipitation to fall.
November 20, 2018 Alaskan city loses daylight, descends into 65-day period of 'constant darkness' Residents of Utqiagvik, Alaska — formerly known as Barrow — soaked in their last sunset Sunday before the "polar night," a 65-day period of "constant darkness" kicked in.
November 20, 2018 Trump hammered for California wildfire claims – but Gov. Brown has also backed new forest management measures Under Brown’s proposal – which was supported by the logging industry in the state but opposed by more than a dozen environmental groups - landowners would be permitted to cut trees up to 36 inches in diameter, a jump from the current 26 inches, on properties that are 300 acres or less without getting a timber harvest permit and would also be able to build roads up to 600 feet long. The landowners must also prove that the intent for both cutting down trees and building the roads was to thin forests to reduce fire risk.
November 17, 2018 This bionic mushroom can make electricity Forget solar panels. Researchers are eyeing mushrooms to generate electricity.