ORLANDO, Fla. — The Federal Aviation Administration declared Wednesday that a plan for SpaceX to expand its Falcon 9 launch and landing capacity at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station does not require an Environmental Impact Statement.

In March, the FAA posted a draft environmental assessment for SpaceX’s plans to increase launches from ...Read more

General Motors Co. worker Annie Ignaczak spent years walking in circles on concrete factory floors, assembling the same parts and counting down hundreds of pieces she and her coworkers needed to finish before lunch.

“You’re doing the same movement hundreds, if not thousands, of times every day for the week,” Ignaczak said. “It wears ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For more than two decades, satellites have tracked the total amounts of water held in glaciers, ice sheets, lakes, rivers, soil and the world’s vast natural reservoirs underground — aquifers. An extensive global analysis of that data now reveals fresh water is rapidly disappearing beneath much of humanity’s feet, and large ...Read more

A big part of being a gadget reviewer is figuring out the target market for the things I get to review.

I realized early on people don’t all have the same needs, especially when it comes to computers.

What I need to do on my computer as an IT guy and writer/reviewer is different from the computing needs of most people. Think about the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — They deliver packages, inspect power lines, patrol remote areas, find missing people and increasingly are deployed on the battlefield.

Drones, including those used by consumers, businesses and the military, accounted for a $73 billion global industry last year, some estimates show, with the market likely to more than double by ...Read more

On long trips, the landscape outside becomes a playground for the imagination. Mountains look like slumbering dinosaurs. The distance between street lights take on a rhythm. Game developer David Jaumandreau saw the potential for a whimsical video game.

He said when he goes on the train and looks out the window, he thinks about doing ...Read more

This week I was in a discussion with a person who heard a stranger's voice coming through their Wyze security camera. The person said they were not sharing the camera’s feed with anyone. They unplugged the camera, and they wanted to know what to do.

It is helpful to understand the different ways people would be able to access the cameras.

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With the Haikubox, there's no more guessing what species of bird that might be hanging right outside your door. Instead, the device, which is easy to use, records the birds' sounds, chirps and songs and sends the information to its database for identification.

The Haikubox has access to more than 282 million bird songs and sounds from more ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Serina Diniega always wanted to plant an avocado tree at her Altadena home, but now she worries the creamy green fruit might pose a threat.

Her yard was scorched in the Eaton fire as her block went up in flames. The planetary scientist’s house survived, but unseen contaminants could be lurking in the soil.

“What can I do to...Read more

SEATTLE — The federal government is attempting to abandon years of climate science and regulation, and officials from Washington state are warning those efforts will drastically slow the country’s ability to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency no longer wants to classify greenhouse gas emissions as ...Read more

In a significant setback for California’s effort to build hundreds off floating offshore wind turbines in the Pacific Ocean to boost renewable energy, the Trump administration has canceled nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding for one of the state’s most high-profile projects.

On Friday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ...Read more

Earlier this summer, a viral video ignited a wave of outrage across Florida: Five men capture and hoist a live giant manta ray from the waters offshore Panama City Beach and onto their boat.

Almost immediately, marine scientists, conservationists and the Florida public wanted accountability, wondering how a beloved and majestic animal – ...Read more

The majority of whale sharks in a global tourism hotspot suffer from human-inflicted scarring, new research has revealed.

Between 2010 and 2023, a team of international scientists studied whale sharks — the largest fish species on Earth — in the Bird’s Head Seascape, a biodiverse region spanning some 86,000 square miles off the coast of ...Read more

CHICAGO -- The latest weapon in Chicago’s war against rats is plant-based, naturally flavored and nutritious.

It’s a birth control pellet made with corn and peanuts, and a team of researchers and volunteers will be serving it to discerning rats in a four-block area of Lincoln Park for a year.

The aim is to reduce the rat population without...Read more

LODI, Calif. — A battle has been waging in Sacramento over whether beverage cartons — the ones used for milk, juice, broth, wine, even egg whites — should get the coveted chasing arrows recycling label.

Earlier this year, the state agency in charge of recycling, CalRecycle, determined the cartons were probably not eligible, because they ...Read more

Democratic governors are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s plans to halt offshore wind developments.

“We are looking for the Trump Administration to uphold all offshore wind permits already granted and allow these projects to be constructed,” said a statement issued Monday by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Massachusetts Gov. ...Read more

Three million gallons of acidic mine drainage flooded into the Animas River basin 10 years ago, turning the southern Colorado river a mustard yellow and making international headlines.

Caused by federal contractors working to treat pollution from the Gold King Mine, the accidental release of water laden with heavy metals prompted the creation ...Read more

SpaceX remains on track to surpass 100 launches on the Space Coast for 2025, knocking out No. 70 on Sunday morning with four months to go.

A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 10-14 mission with 28 satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 7:49 a.m.

The first-stage booster made its 23rd flight with a ...Read more