The ongoing government shutdown has delayed the announcement of the annual Social Security cost-of-living increase
Storm decimates 2 Alaskan villages and drives more than 1,500 people from their homes
Officials in Alaska are rushing to find housing for people from tiny coastal villages devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong
Plantwatch: An extraordinary orchid that lives and flowers underground
Botanist trying to conserve highly vulnerable rhizanthella that survives by feeding on nutrients from a fungus Rhizanthella is an extraordinary orchid that lives its entire life underground. It flowers below ground, has no leaves and survives by feeding on nutrients from a fungus that gets its food from the soil...
Traitor or faithful: how to spot a liar – podcast
The Traitors has returned to UK screens with its biggest viewing figures ever as 19 celebrities compete to be crowned the winner. The game depends on being able to accurately spot a liar, but are any deception detection methods actually backed up by science? Madeleine Finlay speaks to Timothy Luke,...
SpaceX Starship travels halfway across world in successful test flight – video
Biggest and most powerful rocket ever built successfully made it halfway around the world while releasing mock satellites during its 11th test flight on Monday. The previous test flight in August — a success after a string of explosive failures — followed a similar path with similar goals Continue reading...
4 arrests made in connection with mass shooting that left 6 dead in the Mississippi Delta, FBI says
4 arrests made in connection with mass shooting that left 6 dead in the Mississippi Delta, FBI says
California’s Newsom signs a reparations study law but vetoes other racial justice proposals
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law authorizing $6 million for California State University to study how to confirm an individual’s status as a descendant of an enslaved person
China and the US have long collaborated in ‘open research.’ Some in Congress say that must change
U.S. lawmakers and national security officials are increasingly alarmed that long-standing research ties between the U.S. and China could give China an advantage when it comes to developing new military technology
Semi-trailer crashes into a van on a Georgia highway, killing 7
Law enforcement says seven people have been killed in a crash on a highway in Georgia after a semi-trailer struck a van and it burst into flames
Season hampered by drought: Fall foliage dropping sooner, showing less color
Leaf-peeping season has arrived in the Northeast and beyond, but weeks of drought have muted this year’s autumn colors, and sent leaves fluttering to the ground earlier than usual