Analysis: The new UN climate report is boring … except when it’s not

by News Feed Editor | Mar 23, 2026 | Science

For more than 30 years, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization has told us how terrible things are getting with global climate change. Their annual “State of the Climate” report is a compendium of climate change facts and figures collected throughout the...

Pit viper, flying snake and geckos among new species uncovered in Cambodian caves

by News Feed Editor | Mar 23, 2026 | Science

Cambodia’s largely unexplored limestone caves stretch for thousands of miles, are home to countless undiscovered species and host unique ecosystems, with creatures found nowhere else on Earth.Now, a new survey of caves in the northwestern province of Battambang has...

Russian space craft antenna problem forces manual docking with ISS

by News Feed Editor | Mar 23, 2026 | Science

MOSCOW, March 23 (Reuters) – An unmanned Russian cargo spacecraft has a problem with an ‌antenna so it will have to ‌be manually docked when it reaches the International Space Station (ISS), ​Russia’s Roscosmos state space corporation said in a statement.A...

Meteor spotted streaking above Texas responsible for sonic booms, NASA says

by News Feed Editor | Mar 22, 2026 | Science

A bright fireball that was spotted Saturday afternoon in the skies over southeastern Texas was confirmed to be a meteor that likely broke apart over the Houston area, according to NASA.Eyewitness accounts in the greater Houston area — including footage from a doorbell...

The West’s record-shattering heat wave isn’t over, as heat dome shifts into the Plains

by News Feed Editor | Mar 22, 2026 | Science

An oppressive heat wave across much of the western United States had cities and their residents sweltering through conditions this weekend that are normally more common at the height of summer.The blistering heat wave, which has persisted all week throughout...

Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate risks depends on supercomputers like NCAR’s

by News Feed Editor | Mar 22, 2026 | Science

Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in advance, or how scientists figure out how the climate might evolve under different policies?The Earth system is a vast web of intertwined processes, from microscopic chemical reactions to...