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Recent Deadly Crash Halts Uber’s Progress with Autonomous Vehicles
Following several car crashes and one recent fatality in its testing of autonomous vehicles, Uber has temporarily stopped testing of these self-driving cars. In the most recent incident involving a self-driving vehicle driving in Tempe, Arizona, a Volvo SUV hit and...
How to Protect Lions from Extinction
African lions are majestic creatures, and it’s devastating to know that they are now facing the brink of extinction. They have already been added to the list of endangered species due to their dwindling population. Saving lions and other endangered species from...
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Hand stencil made almost 68,000 years ago is the oldest cave art ever found
The world’s oldest known example of cave art, dating back at least 67,800 years, has been discovered by researchers studying handprints in Indonesia.The find, along with others recently made in the Southeast Asian nation, helps scientists trying to determine when and...
Rising coal demand overshadows Southeast Asia’s transition to renewable energy
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Southeast Asia’s demand for coal is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, undermining efforts to lower carbon emissions that contribute to global warming.Regional coal demand will rise by more than 4% a year through the end of the...
‘We can handle any kind of difficult situation’: Crew-11 astronauts say 1st medical evacuation from ISS had a silver lining
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The astronauts of the Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station talk about their flight during a briefing on Jan. 21, 2026. From left to right: NASA...
Map shows winter storm forecast across the U.S.
As a dangerously cold weather front plunges into the U.S., much of the country can expect heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain.The storm system is expected to hit the northern Plains with subzero temperatures as soon as Thursday, then reach the Mississippi Valley, the...
Astronauts say space station’s ultrasound machine was critical during medical crisis
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronauts evacuated last week from the International Space Station say a portable ultrasound machine came in “super handy” during the medical crisis.During their first public appearance since returning to Earth, the four astronauts...
You’re getting warmer! Hot dark matter could refine cosmic game of hide and seek
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.An illustration shows a spiral of hot dark matter spewing forward from the Big Bang . | Credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)New research suggests that dark matter,...
Hand stencil in Indonesian cave seen as the oldest-known rock art
Jan 21 (Reuters) - The painted outline of a human hand inside a cave on the Indonesian island of Muna represents what researchers are calling the oldest example of rock art in the world, created at least 67,800 years ago.The reddish-colored stenciled image has become...
Indonesian handprints are the oldest cave art found yet
NEW YORK (AP) — Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back to at least 67,800 years ago.The tan-colored prints analyzed by Indonesian and Australian researchers on the island of Sulawesi...
Meteorologists blame a stretched polar vortex, moisture, lack of sea ice for dangerous winter blast
WASHINGTON (AP) — Warm Arctic waters and cold continental land are combining to stretch the dreaded polar vortex in a way that will send much of the United States a devastating dose of winter weather later this week with swaths of painful subzero temperatures, heavy...
America’s next big clean energy resource could come from coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it
Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and coating stream beds with metals. These acidic discharges, known as acid mine drainage, are among the region’s most persistent environmental problems. They disrupt aquatic...
Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planet
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence has sharply increased electricity and water consumption, raising concerns about the technology’s environmental footprint and carbon emissions. But the story is more complicated than that.I study emerging technologies and how...
Both astronauts that flew on Boeing’s troubled Starliner mission are now retired
Longtime NASA astronaut Suni Williams announced her retirement Tuesday — officially making the unexpectedly long Boeing Starliner test flight her final foray to orbit as a member of the astronaut corps.Williams, who has set multiple spaceflight records since joining...