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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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Spiral galaxy’s brilliant heart shines bright in a new picture from NASA’s Webb telescope
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A spiral galaxy’s brilliant heart outshines everything within sight in a new picture from NASA’s Webb Space Telescope.The image released this week depicts the Messier 77 galaxy 45 million light-years away in the Cetus, or whale,...
The charred hull of Artemis 2’s Orion | Space photo of the day for May 8, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA's Artemis 2 Orion capsule sits at the Kennedy Space Center, charred from its return journey through Earth's atmosphere. | Credit: NASA/Ben SmegelskyNASA's...
What we don’t know about the hantavirus outbreak as the cruise ship nears Spanish territory
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Countries around the world are preparing to deal with the more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands.The vessel is expected to reach the Spanish island of Tenerife,...
Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for the Canary Islands
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health officials have said they will perform careful evacuations.The vessel...
Six key things we learned about Pope Leo in his first year
Pope Leo XIV is marking one year since his historic election, making the transition from a low-profile cardinal to one of the most recognizable figures on the planet.His election led to something previously thought impossible: an American pope. But his pontificate has...
A bizarre ‘decapitated’ asteroid likely made the moon’s largest impact crater. NASA’s Artemis astronauts may land near the proof
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A violent impact that carved out the moon's largest impact basin may have scattered deep lunar material near the lunar south pole — right where NASA plans to send...
A 29-pound Mars rock held NASA’s Curiosity rover hostage for 6 days
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Mars has intense radiation, furious dust storms, and temperatures that plunge as low as -200 degrees Fahrenheit (-129 degrees Celsius) — and NASA's Mars rovers...
How public health officials are tracing people who came in contact with hantavirus victims
NEW YORK (AP) — Hantaviruses do not spread easily between people, which makes health officials confident the recent outbreak on a cruise ship that has killed three people will not turn into an epidemic.But, still, they need to make sure. So health officials in several...
A new experiment deepens the mystery over gravitational constant, Big G
Scientists have announced the results of a decade-long quest to measure Newton’s gravitational constant, the force that keeps our feet on the ground and holds planets in orbit.The pursuit was more or less a bust. The most ambitious effort to date to pin down the...
Scientists say don’t forget about plants. Climate change is endangering tens of thousands of species
WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters disappearing, but the crucial and oft-overlooked world of plants is going to be decimated by climate change. Scientists predict tens of thousands of...
As measles roars back, scientists find antibodies that could offer protection
Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post.Using the blood of a 56-year-old woman vaccinated against measles, scientists have isolated a fighting force of four potent virus-blocking antibodies that...
Moon joy at Jupiter | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Jupiter's moon Thebe, as seen by a Juno flyby on May 1, 2026. | Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechNASA's Juno spacecraft has snuck a peek at one of Jupiter's largest inner...