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Climate change is outpacing evolution. Scientists are using DNA to catch up
14+ hour, 30+ min ago (203+ words) Lincoln Journal Star Javascript is required to use this website. Person seen with airsoft rifle on UNL's East Campus Berke Buyuktuncel enters transfer portal | Pick Six Podcast Bourbon demand is down and tariffs aren't helping. But distillers keep building Viral…...
Artemis II astronauts return to Earth with a splash, close record-breaking moon voyage
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (426+ words) Watch live as Artemis II astronauts return to Earth after their record-breaking moon flyby. The crew will splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. Splashdown is targeted for 8: 07 p. m. ET. HOUSTON " Artemis II's astronauts returned from…...
She grew up 45 miles from Lincoln. Her work at NASA flew with Artemis II to the moon.
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (274+ words) Growing up on an acreage near Sterling, Allison Porter spent many evenings looking up with curiosity at the Milky Way as she gazed at the stars and planets. Jacob Bleacher, NASA's chief exploration scientist, says the first two Artemis missions…...
How Artemis II is setting up the next stage of space exploration
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (253+ words) Lincoln Journal Star Javascript is required to use this website. Downed US pilot trained to survive, evade, resist and escape: Analysis World's oldest known tortoise still very much alive despite rumor to the contrary Nebraska's Fred Hoiberg full press conference…...
Outer space conditions hamper sperm's ability to navigate toward an egg
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (190+ words) WASHINGTON " As humankind moves toward the goal of establishing a long-term presence on the moon and Mars, the question of whether reproduction is possible in extraterrestrial environments may no longer be merely hypothetical. And new research using simulated microgravity conditions…...
Nitrate pollution, agriculture's persistent problem, expected to worsen with warming winters
1+ week, 2+ day ago (232+ words) Lincoln Journal Star Javascript is required to use this website. Nebraska's Fred Hoiberg, Sam Hoiberg, Rienk Mast and Jamarques Lawrence after NCAA Sweet 16 loss to Iowa Eyman Big Red Truck Recap with Sam Mc Kewon: Nebraska's 2026 spring game Scott Middle…...
Scientists capture video of female sperm whales working together during birth to protect calf
1+ week, 5+ day ago (276+ words) SHOTLIST: DARAA, SYRIA (MARCH 29, 2026) 1. VARIOUS OF MISSILE IN SKIES OVER SYRIADARAA, SYRIA - MARCH 29, 2026: A missile launched by Iran in retaliation for US and Israeli attacks was seen in the skies over southern Syria's Daraa. Since Feb. 28, the US and Israel…...
Winter roars back: 50 mph winds are here, blowing snow on the way
3+ week, 5+ day ago (75+ words) Lincoln is getting a dose of angry weather today. Multiple fires, driven by strong winds, were reported in southwest Lancaster County near Denton, leading to some evacuations. After reaching 80 degrees Monday, Lincoln saw snow on Wednesday. And on Thursday, wildfires…...
King penguins are the rare species benefiting from a warming world. But that could change
3+ week, 6+ day ago (317+ words) The study says climate change's rising seas may threaten tens of millions more people than scientists and government planners originally thought because of mistaken research assumptions on how high coastal waters already are. WASHINGTON " The warming world has disrupted the…...
Wildfires in Lancaster, Gage counties prompt evacuations
4+ week, 1+ day ago (129+ words) Firefighters fight a grass fire near a home that was evacuated along Southwest 116th Street between West Pioneers and West Denton roads on Thursday afternoon. Lancaster County sheriff's deputies helped evacuate people in areas southwest of Lincoln as firefighters battled multiple…...