NASA’s car-sized Perseverance rover has been roaming the surface of Mars for four years, drilling into the alien soil to collect dirt it places in tubes and leaves on the ground.

Engineers designed Perseverance to be the first step in the agency’s exploration of the Red Planet. In the future, more robotic spacecraft would arrive to sweep up...Read more

I always wake up to a few emails from readers, and this week was no exception.

I received two short (one sentence) emails this week that I’d like to address. They are both follow-up questions to my recent columns about the end of Microsoft support for Windows 10.

The first email asked, “How can we tell if your computer is compatible with...Read more

Life is hot this time of year. Come to the rescue is JisuLife's portable Handheld Fan Ultra2. This fan is the real deal — impressive right out of the box — and I quickly became dependent on it.

The robust handheld (5.31-by-1.57-by-2.93-inches/10.4 ounces) fan is loaded with features to provide the cool breeze, including 100 adjustable ...Read more

The beauty about customizable keyboards is that if you don’t like it, you can change it up. If the touch feels off, you can switch out the keycaps. If typing on it is too loud, users can replace the switches. Crafting the experience so that the mechanical keyboard fits a desired aesthetic is one of the joys of the hobby.

The problem with ...Read more

To see how far gaming has come, it’s important to know where it has been. Over 20 years, visual fidelity has improved so much that it’s harder to tell video games from live-action movies. The voice work has taken an enormous leap as the actors behind digital characters become stars in their own right, and the gameplay has been refined to ...Read more

As Nevada and its neighbors argue and a deadline looms, the Trump administration has chosen the official who will oversee contentious Colorado River negotiations if approved by the U.S. Senate.

Ted Cooke, who managed the Central Arizona Project from 2015 to 2023, would be the leader of the federal agency that manages water and dams in the West,...Read more

As Nevada and its neighbors argue while a deadline looms, the Trump administration has chosen the official who will oversee contentious Colorado River negotiations if approved by the U.S. Senate.

Ted Cooke, who managed the Central Arizona Project from 2015 to 2023, would be the leader of the federal agency that manages both water and dams in ...Read more

NEW YORK — Climate disasters are known for damaging homes, disrupting power and displacing residents. But even after the lights come back on and people return to their homes, their effects can linger — including in the brains of children born afterward, a new study suggests.

Climate stressors, and the effect they have on pregnant people, ...Read more

The clarity of Lake Tahoe — the famed alpine lake on California’s border with Nevada, whose spectacular scenery draws millions of visitors a year and has spawned countless bumper stickers to “Keep Tahoe Blue” — is in the middle of a curious trend.

It isn’t really getting much better. Or much worse, despite relentless efforts to ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Henry McMaster announced his opposition Monday to drilling for oil and gas off the South Carolina coast, saying the practice could hurt beaches, wildlife and the state’s lucrative, multibillion-dollar tourism industry.

In a news release Monday afternoon, Republican McMaster said he and North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein, a...Read more

United Launch Alliance scrubbed Monday an attempt for what would have been its second launch of the year, another mission for Amazon’s effort to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink internet constellation.

ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno said a possible issue with the gaseous nitrogen purge line was the culprit.

“We will need to stand down ...Read more

A butterfly flits past the window at the Castlewood Canyon Visitor Center, where dozens of volunteers have gathered to learn about Colorado’s declining butterfly population and how they can do their part to save it.

Shiran Hershcovich, a lepidopterist at the Westminster-based Butterfly Pavilion who’s leading the Saturday morning training, ...Read more

A new kind of mRNA vaccine developed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State University could be cheaper to produce and offer a greater level of immunity across multiple variants of the virus.

The news comes as mRNA vaccines have been targeted by the Trump administration's recent funding cuts, and Health Secretary Robert F...Read more

The water beneath our feet that we use to bathe, drink and water crops is vanishing faster than ever in the Colorado River Basin, according to a new study.

From Arizona State University researchers, the study of satellite images has found that an amount of water comparable to Lake Mead has been lost from the ground in the period studied from ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — A leak in space and a leak on Earth have both been taken care of clearing the way for the next human spaceflight from the Space Coast.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with a new Crew Dragon spacecraft looks to bring the four private astronauts on the Axiom Space Ax-4 mission on a trip to the International Space Station as ...Read more

CHICAGO — In the summer of 2023, strange things happened to the tiny creatures that swim and float in the Chicago River.

One type of water flea, Chydoridae, basically disappeared from the South Side stretch known as Bubbly Creek, while another, Moinidae, experienced a dramatic population surge.

“You could see them with your eyes — clouds...Read more

President Donald Trump’s NASA budget plans look to cut its public relations funding by half, but already the agency is shuttering social media accounts that include those dedicated to popular missions including Mars Curiosity, Mars Perseverance and Voyager.

Those three in particular have quite the fanbase on X with Curiosity’s account ...Read more