What The Jetsons got right, and very wrong, about the future of work

Sixty years ago the animated series The Jetsons finished its first and only season before being…

Acres of LA County sewage sludge threaten to contaminate Tulare Lake floodwaters

Here at the western edge of the Tulare Lake Basin dwells a smelly industrial site the…

Breathtaking JWST image of Uranus shows rings, clouds and a polar cap

We only have a few images of the rings around Uranus, but now the James Webb…

NASA study helps explain limit-breaking ultra-luminous X-ray sources

Exotic cosmic objects known as ultra-luminous X-ray sources produce about 10 million times more energy than…

Florida's brutal drought worsens; Orlando has hottest start to year on record

With less than 2 inches of rain this year, Orlando is enduring its second driest stretch…

Blind dating in bacteria evolution

A team of researchers reconstructed long-extinct proteins of a UV protection system of cyanobacteria. The surprising…

Long-forgotten equation provides new tool for converting carbon dioxide

To manage atmospheric carbon dioxide and convert the gas into a useful product, scientists have dusted…

NASA Administrator Names New Goddard Center Director

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has named Dr. Makenzie Lystrup director of the agency’s Goddard Space Flight…

Sierra squirrels find their niche amid a changing climate

A new study of squirrels in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains finds that climate is just one…

Methane big part of 'alarming' rise in planet-warming gases

Methane in the atmosphere had its fourth-highest annual increase in 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…