May 20, 2024, 5:56am Life
The Webb Space Telescope has discovered the earliest known merger of black holes. These two gigantic black holes and their galaxies consolidated just 740 million years after the universe-forming Big Bang. It’s the most distant detection ever made of merging black holes, scientists reported Thursday. Read story
May 18, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT — The fact that unpredictably moving rock has blocked the road to its prime visitor center says a lot about Mount St. Helens. Much of the landscape around this active volcano is literally new, making it one of the most uniquely beautiful and educational… Read story
May 14, 2024, 6:15am Life
Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described for the first time the basic elements of how they might be talking to each other, in an effort that could one day help better protect them. Read story
May 14, 2024, 6:05am Life
A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that’s twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system, researchers reported Wednesday. Read story
May 14, 2024, 5:23am Life
In December 2022, Vanderbilt University neuroscientist Suzana Herculano-Houzel published a paper that caused an uproar in the dinosaur world. Read story
May 11, 2024, 6:02am Life
Artificial intelligence fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. Deceptive pictures, videos and audio are proliferating as a result of the rise and misuse of generative artificial intelligence tools. Read story
May 10, 2024, 8:24am Latest News
A strong solar storm headed toward Earth could produce northern lights in the U.S. and potentially disrupt communications this weekend. Read story
May 7, 2024, 6:05am Latest News
Over a century ago, settlers irreversibly altered the Pacific Coast’s natural shape with the introduction of two nonnative grass species. Read story
May 7, 2024, 6:02am Life
An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant — the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists reported Thursday. Read story
May 6, 2024, 8:35am Life
Boeing counted down for its first astronaut launch on Monday after years of struggle. Read story
