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This waste-to-energy plant doubles as a ski slope
Hit the slopes on top of a power plant!
Icicle removal goes chillingly awry
It's never a good idea to poke big things with sticks.
By Harry Hill
Elon Musk posts first glimpse of SpaceX's finished Starship test vehicle
The hopper will be used for Starship's first big test.
By Johnny Lieu
Now we know how fast a black hole spins when it shreds a star
It was a dramatic cosmic event.
By Mark Kaufman
This mask uses lights to alert you to polluted air
Like that sword that turned blue when orcs and goblins were around in Lord of the Rings.
By Lacey Smith
Scientists detect a repeating signal from deep space, but its origin is a mystery
"We really don’t know what they are."
By Mark Kaufman
Admire, or be aghast, at this huge fatberg found in a British seaside town
Another day, another fatberg.
By Johnny Lieu
George is dead and his species likely extinct. It’s the loss of a ‘crown jewel of evolution.’
"Our world is slowly becoming less colorful."
By Mark Kaufman
Guess what? U.S. carbon emissions popped back up in a big way
"We’re using a tremendous amount of petroleum for transportation."
By Mark Kaufman
Audio recorded inside rainforests reveals a rowdy symphony of nature
"This takes you to the next level."
By Mark Kaufman
Incredibly detailed satellite images show volcano's collapse after volcanic tsunami
A bay can be seen where the volcano’s cone once stood.
By Johnny Lieu
In a world first, a Chinese spacecraft has just landed on the far side of the moon
China just made history by achieving a feat no nation has attempted before.
China lands probe on the far side of the moon in a world first
The Chang'e-4 has touched down.
By Johnny Lieu
New Horizons unveils a new world. Actually, it's 2 worlds smashed together.
It is by far the most distant world a spacecraft -- and by extension humanity -- has ever explored.
By Mark Kaufman
The toilets are overflowing in national parks. But that's not the worst problem.
"It's an unacceptable and very worrisome situation."
By Mark Kaufman
Ultima Thule is getting clearer, and it looks like a big bowling pin
"Even though it’s a pixelated blob still, it's a better pixelated blob."
By Mark Kaufman
Mysterious deep space world Ultima Thule already looks weird — and we've only had a glimpse
"Anything is possible out there in this very unknown region."
By Mark Kaufman
The strangeness of Japan's decision to start openly hunting whales
"Now, they’re blatantly criminal operations."
By Mark Kaufman
Colin O'Brady makes history with solo mission across Antarctica
He calls his journey "The Impossible First."
These are the animals that went extinct in 2018
Today's extinctions are around 1,000 times that of the expected, natural rate of die-offs.
By Mark Kaufman
Australia swelters in extreme weather as one town breaks heat record
Temperatures have peaked at a staggering 49.1°C (120.38°F).
NASA gets ever-closer to its encounter with a distant world 1 billion miles past Pluto
"What will Ultima reveal? No one knows."
By Mark Kaufman
Explaining the deadly volcanic tsunami that hit Indonesia
The tsunami, which struck Dec. 22, was the result of a volcano-induced landslide.
By Jack Morse
SpaceX ends historic year with its final launch of 2018
SpaceX capped off a year of successful launches on Sunday with its 21st of 2018.
