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Gadgets: Computer glasses to ease eye strain

We all do it. Some longer than others, but we can't escape staring at our digital devices for hours daily, often at very close range. Prolonged staring can result in digital eye strain. Gunnar Optiks computer glasses, which come in a variety of styles, are a solution for eye strain.

If you're not familiar with computer glasses, they can be ...Read more

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Corsair upgrades high-end gaming headset with Virtuoso Max Wireless

Corsair turned heads last year with its Virtuoso Pro, a new wired headset that featured 50mm graphene drivers. A year later, the tech company is back with an upgrade to the line called the Virtuoso Max Wireless. The set of cans still spotlights those drivers designed to impress with its audio fidelity, but the company made the latest model ...Read more

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At House Science, Babin aims to boost commercial spaceflight

WASHINGTON — Rep. Brian Babin, likely the next chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, is an outspoken advocate for greater commercial access to space, a stance the incoming Trump administration appears poised to support.

Babin, R-Texas, a dentist before he was elected to Congress in 2014, also looks to retain a strong ...Read more

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Editorial: Another year, another broken promise to curb air pollution from LA ports

Southern California air quality regulators are reneging on their promise to enact long-delayed rules to curb health-damaging and planet-warming pollution from the ports of L.A. and Long Beach by the end of this year.

In doing nothing once again, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has failed to do its only job, cowering in the face ...Read more

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Commentary: Gov. Newsom, no more delays in shutting Aliso Canyon down

It was a cold, breezy October evening in 2015 when a foul odor swept through neighborhoods in the north San Fernando Valley. The smell — reminiscent of rotten eggs — invaded homes, forcing residents to seal windows and doors in vain. Soon many fell ill with headaches, rashes, nosebleeds and nausea. Those symptoms were only the beginning of a...Read more

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SpaceX completes 3 rocket launches, 1 Dragon landing in 22 hours

In a span of less than 22 hours, SpaceX managed three Falcon 9 rocket launches and one landing of a Dragon spacecraft.

It flew a Department of Defense mission from Cape Canaveral on Monday night and on Tuesday knocked out a National Reconnaissance Office mission from California, the landing of the latest cargo Dragon spacecraft off the coast of...Read more

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Shrimp that can punch 'through aquarium glass' found in New Zealand bay, officials say

Government officials in New Zealand are investigating how an aggressive species known as “the thumb splitter” ended up in the country’s northern coastal waters.

Researchers out trapping Asian paddle crabs — an invasive species — in Tauranga Harbor were “shocked” to find they’d caught a Japanese mantis shrimp, according to a Dec....Read more

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SpaceX delay means Boeing Starliner astronauts will get an even longer stay on the ISS

Because SpaceX’s next crew rotation mission to the International Space Station will use a new Dragon spacecraft that won’t be ready by a previously planned February launch date, NASA announced Tuesday that it has opted to delay the launch now until no earlier than late March.

What that means is an even longer stay for the two NASA ...Read more

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SpaceX aims for 3 rocket launches, 1 Dragon landing in 22 hours

In a span of about 22 hours, SpaceX could manage three rocket launches and one landing of a Dragon spacecraft.

It flew a Department of Defense mission from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Monday night and on Tuesday knocked out a National Reconnaissance Office mission from California and the landing of the latest cargo Dragon spacecraft off the ...Read more

SpaceX aims for 3 rocket launches, 1 Dragon landing in 20 hours

In a span of about 20 hours, SpaceX could manage three rocket launches and one landing of a Dragon spacecraft.

It flew a Department of Defense mission from Cape Canaveral on Monday night and on Tuesday knocked out a National Reconnaissance Office mission from California and the landing of the latest cargo Dragon spacecraft off the coast of ...Read more

No flood gauges, no warning: 99% of US streams are off the radar amid rising flash flood risks – we saw the harm in 2024

Flooding is one of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters in the U.S., causing billions of dollars in damage each year. In 2024 alone, floods destroyed homes in over a dozen states and claimed more than 165 lives.

Southeast Texas was hit by flash flooding repeatedly in the spring, and then hit again by Hurricane Beryl. In one ...Read more

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Lake Michigan experiences warmest November in 30 years as climate change heats up the Great Lakes

CHICAGO — The frigid wind and single-digit morning air did not deter Dan O’Conor as he prepared Thursday for his daily plunge into Lake Michigan. Before stripping off his many layers, he tossed a thermometer into the water near Montrose Harbor, like he often does before a jump.

O’Conor — dubbed the “Great Lake Jumper” — peeked ...Read more

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New rules for cutting emissions at Colorado natural gas facilities will be “tough for everybody”

DENVER — Colorado air-quality regulators this week will tackle one of the more complicated rules the state has drafted, ordering about 40 natural gas companies to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions or pay into a system designed to help businesses lower their carbon output.

The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission is set to create the ...Read more

After wildfires, ranchers face 2-year delay to graze cattle on federal land – is it doing more harm than good?

Lightning struck deep in the central Idaho mountains on July 24, 2024, igniting the Wapiti Fire that burned across 129,063 acres around Stanley, Idaho – a place known for its scenic vistas and idyllic rural landscape.

Local communities evacuated, then returned home when the danger had passed. But for ranchers who graze livestock ...Read more

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Fertilized soil may be a major source of smog near Salton Sea, researchers say

LOS ANGELES — For decades, Southern California’s war on smog has focused on strategies to reduce pollution from tailpipes and smokestacks. But one of the main drivers of lung-aggravating smog may be right underneath our feet, according to new research.

About 100 miles east of San Diego, in the heart of the Colorado Desert, the Salton Sea ...Read more

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Space Florida to discuss secretive $1.8 billion Cape Canaveral launch site project

ORLANDO, Fla. — Could Elon Musk and SpaceX be set to drop $1.8 billion for new launch support facilities in Cape Canaveral?

Space Florida, the state’s aerospace economic development entity, isn’t saying just who wants to spend the money, but they are planning to discuss the secretive plan called “Project Hinton” at a meeting this week...Read more

How a thumb-sized climate migrant with a giant crab claw is disrupting the Northeast’s Great Marsh ecosystem

A decade ago, I stood on the muddy banks of the Great Marsh, a salt marsh an hour north of Boston, and pulled a thumb-sized crab with an absurdly large claw out of a burrow. I was looking at a fiddler crab – a species that wasn’t supposed to be north of Cape Cod, let alone north of Boston.

As it turned out, the marsh I was ...Read more

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SpaceX scrubs Friday night Cape Canaveral launch attempt

SpaceX has two Space Coast launches booked for the weekend, but will have to wait at least one day after scrubbing the first launch attempt on Friday night.

A Falcon 9 rocket on the RRT-1 mission carrying an undisclosed payload is now targeting liftoff at 7:59 p.m. Eastern time Saturday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch ...Read more

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EPA awards Nevada tribe $20 million for water, cooling center

LAS VEGAS — Access to clean water and renewable energy on Nevada’s tribal lands has not historically been a given.

With a $20 million Environmental Protection Agency grant, the Walker River Paiute Tribe in west-central Nevada, south of Fallon, is a step closer to strengthening its water delivery system and making homes on the reservation ...Read more

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SpaceX aims for Friday night Cape Canaveral launch

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX has two Space Coast launches booked for the weekend with the first lined up for Friday night.

A Falcon 9 rocket on the RRT-1 mission carrying an undisclosed payload is targeting liftoff at 8:04 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 in the middle of a launch window that runs from...Read more