2+ hour, 38+ min ago   (293+ words) Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company founded by Jeff Bezos, is suspending the short flights of its suborbital New Shepard spacecraft, which took paying customers to the edge of space and back. Since its first human launch in July 2021, New…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (105+ words) Last year, the National Institutes of Health drastically cut funding for medical research. This disrupted the work of academics and researchers across the country. Clinical trials and scientific projects were cancelled, and funding for ongoing research was revoked. This meant…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (189+ words) Connecticut is bracing for the possibility of a substantial winter storm this weekend that could bring bitterly cold temperatures and several inches of snow Sunday into Monday morning. Forecasters warned early Thursday that the total amount of snow is uncertain,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (334+ words) On Saturday, Center for Coastal Studies aerial observers spotted 33 North Atlantic right whales in Cape Cod Bay. That's the most CCS has spotted in one January day since it began aerial surveys in 1998. It brings the total number of individuals…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (386+ words) Brookfield officials and residents worry local children could suffer more air pollution if a permit to expand a local natural gas compressor station is approved. The station is located less than a mile from the town's only public middle school....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (367+ words) A new state law would require outdoor lighting across Maine to be dimmed at night in an effort to protect the state's wildlife and dark skies. Maine Audubon's Director of Advocacy Francesca Gundrum said the measure helps protect Maine's dark…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (360+ words) It's the time of year when discarded evergreens pile up at transfer stations across New Hampshire. But in Durham, one town's trash is another goat's treasure. Julie Kelley, a member of the town's integrated waste management advisory committee, learned Durham…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (637+ words) More than a quarter of Connecticut's plant and wildlife species need more conservation research due to declining populations, threats, cultural importance or lack of data. That's according to the latest version of Connecticut's Wildlife Action Plan. The 10-year plan, required…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (803+ words) Birders in the state have a new website to flock to: the updated Connecticut Bird Atlas. The website documents which birds are living in Connecticut and where, including wintering birds. Organizers say the website will help conservationists figure out which…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (948+ words) The wormhole concept is explained in the fifth season of Stranger Things when science teacher Scott Clarke " played by Randy Havens " tries to get his class interested in it. "What's neat about wormholes?" he asks them, standing in front of…...