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New Cat Species Identified in Bolivia, First in Over a Century

A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia’s cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally named and described in...

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Space Force Leaders Illustrate Current State of Space War Fighting

Not only does the United States have weapons deployed in outer space, but the U.S. Space Force is already utilizing the final frontier in its war fighting. These are two realities Air Force and Space...

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Top General Says US Troops Might Have to Fight Around the Moon

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, has said that U.S. troops will have to be prepared to fight on or around the moon in the near future. Caine told the Air & Space Forces...

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NASA Chief Says Critical for US to Win Space Race With China

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told members of the Air Force and Space Force that communist China will land on the moon, and it’s imperative that the United States return to the lunar surface first....

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Coalition Moves to Block Net Zero Funding for Foreign Farm Buyouts

A bid has been launched in the federal Parliament to block taxpayer dollars from helping foreign entities buy out prime Australian farmland. Shadow Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Dan Tehan...

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EPA Repeals Biden-Era Carbon Rules for Power Plants

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Sept. 14 that it finalized a rule repealing most of the carbon-emission limits for coal- and natural gas-fired power plants and proposed a separate...

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Australia-US Deal Could Cut Approvals Time for Space Missions

Australian government officials have told a federal parliamentary committee that a new space cooperation treaty with the United States would slash the time needed to approve joint missions from as long...

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Trump Tasks NASA to Start Space Academy: What to Know

The United States is getting a Space Academy. Joining the ranks of West Point, the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy, and the Merchant Marine Academy, the United States Space Academy will provide...

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Spacecraft That Think for Themselves

Commentary NASA is testing a new computer chip that could give spacecraft the power to make their own decisions without phoning home for instructions. Quite understandable really when you realise that...

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Hawaii Continues Recovery Efforts After Hurricane Lowell’s Close Pass

Work continues to clear roads, restore power, dig out seaside property from under swathes of sand and lava rocks, and assess catastrophic damage to private property after Hurricane Lowell threw...

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OpenAI’s Claims of Solving Million-Dollar Math Problem Marred by Allegations...

OpenAI announced on Sept. 8 that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) models had found the solution to a generations-long mathematical problem that deals with the natural mechanics of...

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Bilbies Return to Queensland National Park for the First Time Since the 1970s

Bilbies have made a comeback in outback Queensland, with 150 released beyond a predator-proof fence at Currawinya National Park in southwest Queensland. The remote location is at Hungerford, about...

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America’s Battle Against Invasive Species

Studies estimate the economic cost of invasive species ballooned to more than $1 trillion between 1960 and 2020.

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3 Hurricanes Churn in Pacific, One May Head for Hawaii

Hurricane season in the central and eastern Pacific continues to intensify, with three separate cyclones reaching development. Hurricanes Karina, Lowell, and Marie were found churning over the tropical...

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Cannabis Gummies Harm Driving Performance Hours After Use, Study Says

The use of commercially available cannabis edibles impairs people’s driving ability, even after several hours of consumption, a study has found. Published in the JAMA Network Open journal on Aug. 31,...

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G20 Innovation Ministerial Opens in North Carolina

Elon Musk, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang are among the attendees at the G20 Innovation Ministerial hosted by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at...

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NASA Launches Its Most Powerful Telescope Yet on a Multi-Year Mission of...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA dispatched its latest addition to its fleet of space telescopes on Aug. 30, beginning a multi-year mission of cosmic discovery that is promising to dwarf that of its...

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Trump Establishes Space Academy, Awards Medals of Honor to Artemis II Astronauts

HOUSTON—President Donald Trump signed an executive order launching the U.S. Space Academy on Friday during a ceremony at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, where he awarded the Congressional Space Medal of...

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‘In Defense of Sunlight’: Exploring the Sun’s Curative Powers

When John Denver sang “Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy,” he made a statement that’s been the subject of ongoing medical debate. Science writer Rowan Jacobsen echoes Denver’s classic song in his...

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COVID Antivirals Less Effective Than First Thought, Research Finds

New Australian research suggests the routine use of expensive oral COVID-19 antivirals should be reassessed, concluding that clinical trials have failed to show a significant reduction in...

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