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Facing the extremes as an Arctic photographer
This week, get the inside scoop on what it's like to be an Arctic photographer, learn the familiar gestures of great apes, peer inside a dreamy space cloud, meet the "golden boy," and more.
CNN  ·  17 hours ago  ·  By Ashley Strickland
Spellbinding Polar Night Gets Darker in Warming Arctic
For the miners, scientists and tourism workers of more than 50 nationalities who make up most of Svalbard’s 3,000 inhabitants, it’s challenging at first to...
NBC Bay Area  ·  20 hours ago  ·  By Daniel Cole, Giovanna Dell'orto
Spellbinding polar night gets darker in warming Arctic
LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (AP) — At 10:40 a.m. on a day in January, two powerful beams of...
www.mysanantonio.com  ·  1 day ago  ·  By DANIEL COLE and GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO
Huge 'Swiss cheese' bubble surrounds Earth in new images released by scientists
Astronomers have found it difficult to study the magnetic force
www.mirror.co.uk  ·  18 hours ago  ·  By (Image: Center for Astrophysics)
Look up! Rare ‘green comet’ to pass near Earth this week
It’s time to look up to the sky over the next week as a rare comet last seen over 5,000 decades ago is set to pass near the planet. 
PHL17  ·  22 hours ago
8 realistic things you can actually do to tackle climate change
Climate change can feel daunting as a subject, and make us feel there's not much we can do — but experts say otherwise.
METRO  ·  1 day ago  ·  By Josh Milton
Can board games teach us about the climate crisis? Game creators say yes
Board games might be the best learning device to think creatively about impending climate disaster
The Guardian  ·  23 hours ago
The real-life version of 'Terminator': Scientists made a shapeshifting robot that "melts" to escape cages
A Lego-shaped shapeshifting robot can change from solid to liquid and re-form, squeeze into tight spaces, perform complex tasks and even escape cages.
USA TODAY  ·  23 hours ago  ·  By Camille Fine
5,000-year-old ‘tavern’ discovered on archeological dig
A team of researchers studying the archeological site of Lagash in southern Iraq uncovered a public eating space that dates back to 2700 B.C.
New York Post  ·  11 hours ago
Grapes may reduce chance of sunburn for some people, says new study
According to new research, grapes may reduce chance of sunburn for some people. Here's everything to know about the study...
METRO  ·  23 hours ago  ·  By Lizzie Thomson
Hubble captures stunning stellar duo in Orion Nebula 1,450 light-years away
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a stunning new image of two stars in the Orion Nebula, a region of stellar formation located about 1,450 light-years away.
Fox News  ·  20 hours ago
Stargazing could soon be a thing of the past as satellites clog up space
Experts say by 2030 the night sky will be ‘crawling’ with them, setting a ‘very macabre scene’ for astronomers
The Telegraph - UK  ·  17 hours ago
Cyber attacks in space: How safe are our satellites?
As space becomes the latest frontier for human dominance, satellites are becoming ever-important for life on earth to function.
METRO  ·  4 days ago  ·  By Anugraha Sundaravelu
California Has Tons of Snow. Will That Help Cities and Farms in the Summer?
How quickly the snow melts as the weather warms will determine whether usable water gets distributed optimally during the dry season
Wall Street Journal  ·  20 hours ago  ·  By Josh Ulick, Andrew Mollica and Taylor Umlauf
Echidnas Blow Snot Bubbles to Cool Down. Could We?
The egg-laying mammals are facing climate change in an intriguing way.
Slate  ·  17 hours ago  ·  By Meg Duff
The new age of exploration: Staking a claim in the metaverse
Metaverse companies must lend people the virtual space and tools to create and contribute to the next stage of our reality.
venturebeat.com  ·  8 days ago  ·  By Diego Di Tommaso, OVER
‘Goldilocks’ revelation shortens the odds of finding alien life
Nasa scientists discover that planets may move in and out of the ‘habitable zone’ in which organisms can evolve
The Telegraph - UK  ·  1 day ago
The American West’s Salt Lakes Are Turning to Dust
A new research and monitoring program aims to conserve threatened but overlooked saline ecosystems.
Wired  ·  21 hours ago  ·  By Condé Nast
3.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Near Northern California Coast
A preliminary 3.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the Northern California coast Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey.
NBC Bay Area  ·  18 hours ago  ·  By NBC Bay Area staff
Dense Fog Now Unlikely Sunday
Saturday morning’s dense fog advisory has expired, though the fog spread a little further and continued a little later than expected, and more dense fog is...
NBC Bay Area  ·  17 hours ago  ·  By Bay City News
Washington’s Hinman Glacier gone after thousands of years
SEATTLE (AP) — The largest glacier between the high peaks of Mount Rainier and Glacier...
www.mysanantonio.com  ·  18 hours ago  ·  By JOHN RYAN
Today in History: JAN 28, Space Shuttle Challenger explodes
Today in History
www.mysanantonio.com  ·  1 day ago  ·  By The Associated Press
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