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The UK — which has announced a "red warning" for extreme heat — weapped London's 135-year-old Hammersmith Bridge silver foil to keep it from cracking.
Climate Change

London Wraps Historic Bridge in Foil to Save It from Horrific Heatwave

They aren't ready for this heat.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Climate-change-driven heat waves spell disaster for the UK as the country buckles under its hottest night and day ever, back to back.
Climate Change

UK Has Hottest Night in Recorded History, Then Hottest Day in Recorded History

"We could see temperatures like this every three years."

By Frank Landymore

The Boulder City Fire Department is responding to an emergency call at the Hoover Dam, a hydroelectric dam and major tourist attraction.
Science & Energy

Something Just Exploded at the Hoover Dam

Well, that's not good.

By Victor Tangermann

Sales for EVs are at a record high. But, as one family in St. Petersburg, FL, found out, so are the costs of replacing their batteries.
Advanced Transport

Family Annoyed When Replacement Batteries Cost More Than Electric Car

The dark side of electric cars.

By Frank Landymore

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is producing more images than ever before — and its latest snapshot of the spiral galaxy Messier M74 is truly spectacular.
James Webb Space Telescope

You’ll Never Guess What This Bizarre New James Webb Image Is Actually Showing

"Oh, good god."

By Victor Tangermann

Over the weekend, one of the famed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles apparently rolled right over large swaths of the US as part of a summer storm system.
Climate Change

Blessed Weather Pattern Looks Exactly Like a Ninja Turtle

Okay, that's just hilarious.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A pair of space startups have teamed up to launch the first-ever private mission to Mars — a highly ambitious plan, Ars Technica reports.
Mars

SpaceX Defector Is Aiming to Land on Mars Before Elon Musk

"We're big fans of SpaceX and Starship. But there's got to be more than one company working at this."

By Victor Tangermann

Europe is being gripped by a devastating heat wave, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes — and killing over a thousand more.
Climate Change

Over a Thousand Die in European “Heat Apocalypse”

"We’re climate change refugees."

By Victor Tangermann

Living Carbon has gone back to carbon capture's literal roots, but with a twist: they've created genetically-modified, fast-growing trees.
Climate Change

Startup Says It’s Gene Hacked Trees to Suck Up More Climate-Destroying CO2

And it's planting millions.

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA has released images of the mirrors of its James Webb Space Telescope after it was hit by micrometeoroids — fortunately, the damage was minimal.
James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Releases Image of James Webb Damage From Micrometeoroid Impact

Right in the kisser.

By Victor Tangermann

Welcome to hell. A (checks notes) zombie fungus is infecting female flies and (checks notes) seducing male flies into mating with their undead corpses.
Science & Energy

Horrid Fungus Lures Flies Into Having Sex With Zombified Corpses

"Our observations suggest that this is a very deliberate strategy for the fungus."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Japanese scientists say cultured human muscle cells can stay swole with their bear serum injection. Bears hibernate without losing muscle, unlike humans.
Medical

Scientists Supercharge Human Muscle Cells By Injecting Them With “Bear Serum”

Sounds like a premise for a superhero movie!

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A shocking new video shows a massive tidal wave sweep over the top of a two-story condo in Keauhou, Hawaii, amid a "historic" ocean surf.
Climate Change

Shocking Video Shows Massive Tidal Wave Crash Over a 2-Story Condo

"My condo was hit the first time and flooded everything."

By Victor Tangermann

Things are getting steamy in England — quite literally, in the case of one Royal Air Force base where it got so hot, the runway actually melted.
Climate Change

UK Shuts Down Air Force Base When It Got So Hot the Runway Melted

That's a serious heatwave!

By Noor Al-Sibai

A ship passed through a "milky sea" deep-water bioluminescence event in 2019. A new study about bioluminescence details the glowing ocean and biology.
Biology

Sailors Say the Ocean Around Their Ship Started to Glow

"The sea was lit, but the waves were black."

By Lonnie Lee Hood

There's one line on NASA's James Webb space telescope's spec sheet that has caught us off guard: it has a tiny 68 gigabyte solid-state drive (SSD).
James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb’s Hard Drive Is Hilariously Tiny

Seriously, that's it?

By Victor Tangermann

Amid heatwaves, drought, and floods, UN Secretary General António Guterres told state ministers that "no nation is immune" from the climate change crisis.
Climate Change

Head of UN Says Humanity Is Facing “Collective Suicide”

"No nation is immune."

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The James Webb Space Telescope has charmed starwatchers the world round, but there was a time NASA was worried it wouldn't make it.
James Webb Space Telescope

Glitch Made NASA Scientists Think the James Webb Might Be Dead

"It was very serious."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Legal experts are saying things aren't looking good for Elon Musk, following Twitter's decision to take him to court.
Elon Musk

This Trial May Mean Elon Musk Is in Big Trouble

It's a real dumpster fire.

By Victor Tangermann

English officials say thousands of peoeple could die in this week's heatwave. Temperatures could hit 104 degrees and caused a emergency heat red alert.
Climate Change

English Officials Horrified by Heat Wave They Say Could Kill Thousands

"We could see 1,500 to 2,000 deaths."

By Lonnie Lee Hood