Google has backed FireSat, a constellation of satellites intended to detect, track, and perhaps even prevent wildfires from ...

Amid an outbreak of recent wildfires in California, Google announced a commitment to spend $13 million to improve satellite ...

The FireSat system can detect fires as small as 16 by 16 feet (about the size of a classroom) and deliver refreshed images every 20 minutes. That's a huge improvement over current satellites that ...

Nov. 6, 2024 — Sewage surveillance is emerging as a powerful tool in the fight against antimicrobial resistance with the potential to protect vulnerable communities more ... Nov. 6, 2024 ...

Jennifer Doudna, the co-developer of CRISPR, says there’s a “coming revolution” in climate-adapted crops and animals. Jennifer Doudna, one of the inventors of the breakthrough gene-editing ...

Nov. 1, 2024 — Microplastics have been steadily increasing in freshwater environments for decades and are directly tied to rising global plastic production since the 1950s, according to a new ...

November 4, 2024 • How did life start on Earth? The answer is a big scientific mystery scientists are actively investigating. After talking with many scientists, host Regina G. Barber found that ...

Amit Shah vows anti-conversion law in Maharashtra, opposition caste census Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during the release of BJP's election manifesto in Mumbai, promised a stringent anti ...

The next head of Europe's CERN physics laboratory said Thursday that he favored moving forward with plans for a giant particle collider far more powerful than the collider that discovered the ...

Viktor Orban of Hungary and other right-wing European politicians hail the return of a U.S. president who shares their tough views on issues like immigration. By Andrew Higgins A reporter ...