Some former employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who were fired, rehired and fired again this spring say they have received debt notices from the federal government to pay it back for health care coverage. Those workers also say the notices are for coverage they never had. The workers say it’s the latest…
More than 60 record-high temperatures were set across the country Monday, with more expected Tuesday from the Southeast into New England. Several cities — including Boston; Providence, Rhode Island; and Hartford, Connecticut — are on track to break their all-time June monthly records on Tuesday. Heat index values on Tuesday could reach 104 degrees in…
The images and videos from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory represent just over 10 hours of test observations and are sneak peeks ahead of an event Monday that will be livestreamed. Astronomers have been eagerly anticipating the first images from the new observatory, with experts saying it could help solve some of the universe’s most…
Southern resident killer whales are a critically endangered population protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Their current population is about 73. The animals are social and live in close-knit family groups led by mothers and grandmothers. The whales are given tracking numbers by the Center for Whale Research and are closely observed by researchers,…
Peak sunshine has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere — the summer solstice. Friday is the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer. It’s the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the shortest day of the year and winter will start. The word…
Honda’s latest venture is taking it to new heights — literally. The Japanese carmaker announced Wednesday that it successfully launched and landed its own “experimental reusable rocket.” Company officials said the roughly 21-foot-tall booster reached an altitude of 890 feet before landing vertically. The test flight is further indication that space operations around the world…
LAS VEGAS — A punishing heat wave in the Southwest is set to spread east in the coming days, with temperatures more than 90 degrees Fahrenheit expected in the Northeast and possible record highs in parts of New England later this week. Around 15 million people are under extreme heat warnings or advisories across eastern…
“The bogong moth, as far as we know, is the first one that has been described to navigate using the stars,” said Andrea Adden, a postdoctoral researcher who studies at The Francis Crick Institute in London and contributed to the research. The researchers discovered the moths’ stellar navigation ability by capturing wild bogong moths and…
The scientific journal Nature wants to show people the nitty gritty of academic publishing. In a Monday editorial, the journal announced it would include peer review files with the papers it publishes, offering access to once behind-the-scenes processes in which reviewers critique scientific papers and authors respond with changes. Publishing peer review files at Nature…
A federal judge in Boston on Monday said the termination of National Institutes of Health grants for research on diversity-related topics by President Donald Trump’s administration was “void and illegal,” and accused the government of discriminating against racial minorities and LGBT people. U.S. District Judge William Young during a non-jury trial said the NIH violated…
