1+ hour, 9+ min ago  (295+ words) The Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia's Southwest Papua province are a marine biodiversity hotspot and a divers' paradise. Greetings from Southwest Papua, which has some of the world's richest marine biodiversity Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (259+ words) Reading Time: 1 minute, 20 seconds Researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, have received a $9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study an unlikely candidate for future fuels: cactus pear. The desert-adapted plant already grows across much of the…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (784+ words) A human brain consumes less power than a light bulb, while artificial intelligence systems guzzle electricity to do the same tasks. Now, scientists have created a highly efficient AI model that hints at how living brains are able to do…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (89+ words) Lego releases new tech-packed smart bricks'Wyoming Public Media Lego releases new tech-packed smart bricks Lego has unveiled a brand-new line of technology-filled bricks as part of a new system called Smart Play. This new line is Lego's biggest technology leap…...

5+ day, 40+ min ago  (546+ words) Reading Time: 2 minutes, 17 seconds ORLANDO, Fla. " NASA's plan to return humans to the moon is changing course. The space agency outlined a new path for its Artemis moon mission, designed to return humans to the moon using NASA's SLS rocket…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (666+ words) Reading Time: 3 minutes, 25 seconds The Department of Energy has made public a set of new rules that slash environmental and security requirements for experimental nuclear reactors. Last month, NPR reported on the existence of the rules, which were quietly rewritten…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago  (376+ words) The annual climate summary comes from the Western Water Assessment at the University of Colorado Boulder, a research program that tracks extreme weather and water risks in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Researchers say last year stood out for the sheer…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (49+ words) Tomato clownfish appear to adjust the stripes on their bodies in response to social pressures, a new study finds. Under social pressure, young clownfish lose their stripes faster, study finds Tomato clownfish appear to adjust the stripes on their bodies…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago  (225+ words) Reading Time: 1 minute, 13 seconds Using a massive dataset, researchers are developing tools to help them predict when and where wildfires are most likely to start. The team, led by a Boise State University civil engineering researcher, looked at half a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (268+ words) Reading Time: 1 minute, 25 seconds Just one day after NASA said it was eyeing a potential March 6 launch date for the Artemis II lunar mission, the space agency said Saturday that complications with the rocket could delay all launch attempts in…...