Hurricane Laura could bring an ‘unsurvivable’ wall of water up to 20 feet high. Here’s how storm surges get so dangerous. Morgan McFall-Johnsen 27 aug 2020
Our ongoing list of how countries are reopening, and which ones remain under lockdown Business Insider US, Morgan McFall-Johnsen 25 aug 2020
A car-size asteroid flew within 1,830 miles of Earth over the weekend — the closest pass ever — and we didn’t see it coming Dave Mosher, Morgan McFall-Johnsen 18 aug 2020
Greenland’s melting ice sheet has ‘passed the point of no return,’ scientists say, dooming it to disappear Morgan McFall-Johnsen 16 aug 2020
CDC clarifies that science does not imply people are immune to coronavirus in the 3 months after infection Morgan McFall-Johnsen 15 aug 2020
New York City’s spring coronavirus outbreak was roughly as deadly as the 1918 flu pandemic that killed 50 million people Morgan McFall-Johnsen 14 aug 2020
Teens and young adults who vape are 5 to 7 times more likely to get coronavirus, a new study found Morgan McFall-Johnsen 13 aug 2020
A broken cable smashed a hole 100 feet wide in the Arecibo Observatory, which searches for aliens and tracks dangerous asteroids Morgan McFall-Johnsen 12 aug 2020
A dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter has a salty ocean beneath its surface, making it a contender for alien life Morgan McFall-Johnsen 12 aug 2020
SpaceX just launched 57 new Starlink satellites with sun visors to make them less bright. A scientist says that won’t stop them from interfering with astronomy. Morgan McFall-Johnsen 08 aug 2020