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Meteor caught on Michigan State Police dashcam lights up the sky
20+ hour, 43+ min ago (217+ words) Meteor flashes over Michigan's Upper Peninsula in dashcam video. A meteor lit up the night sky over northern Michigan, and a police dashcam captured the moment on video. According to authorities, the sighting happened in the Upper Peninsula.The brief…...
EPA watchdog finds nation’s most contaminated sites are vulnerable to flooding, wildfires
17+ hour, 27+ min ago (447+ words) EPA watchdog finds nation's most contaminated sites are vulnerable to flooding, wildfires'Midland Daily News...
Solar panel group buys spread across Michigan as residents band together for discounts
23+ hour, 57+ min ago (1385+ words) In the middle of a five-day power outage brought on by an early spring storm, Woody Gontina's house appeared to be the only one on his street that still had its lights on. At the time, Gontina had just installed…...
Multiple days of strong to severe storms likely in Michigan starting tomorrow
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (425+ words) A slight risk of severe weather is in place for Tuesday, March 31. Two days of strong to severe storms are set to hit Michigan starting tomorrow and running through Tuesday." Multiple rounds of thunderstorms are expected over the next two…...
A stranded whale in Germany’s Baltic Sea weakens as hopes of its return to the Atlantic fade
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (411+ words) A 500-meter (yards) restricted area was enforced around the whale so it could get some rest and hopefully free itself, officials said Sunday in a news conference in the eastern German coastal town of Wismar, near where the giant cetacean…...
In wrangling dark matter, some scientists find inspiration in the Torah, Krishna and Christ
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (1031+ words) When an invisible entity making up 85% of the universe's mass stumps the greatest scientific minds of our time, awe is an understandable response. Physicists call it " dark matter, " a substance they describe as the cosmic glue, the scaffolding, a web…...
Apollo vs. Artemis: What to know about NASA's return to the moon
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (1087+ words) As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity's first trip to the moon in more than half a century, comparisons between Apollo and NASA's new Artemis program are inevitable. The world's first lunar visitors orbited the moon on…...
He suddenly couldn't speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (396+ words) Four-time space flier Mike Fincke said he was eating dinner on Jan. 7 after prepping for a spacewalk the next day when it happened. He couldn't talk and remembers no pain, but his anxious crewmates jumped into action after seeing him…...
Push on for bird habitat protection, expansion
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (111+ words) Push on for bird habitat protection, expansion'Midland Daily News Push on for bird habitat protection, expansion The black tern has experienced a steep population decline since the 1960s. Why Your Rotator Cuff Isn't Healing (It's Not Just Age) Your Georgia Backyard…...
Iran war's environmental toll could leave damage and health risks for decades, experts say
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (827+ words) Oil depots spewing black smoke. Debris sinking in the Persian Gulf. Missiles pounding military sites. The Iran war has unleashed a toxic mix of chemicals, heavy metals and other pollutants that threaten everything from agriculture to drinking water to people's…...