Overnight News Digest: Infrastructure Week… at last!
Here are some of tonight’s stories:President Biden was in Michigan touting American union-built electric cars.The infrastructure law is a “historic achievement in a time of toxic partisanship”.Arizona...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: NASA will crash spacecraft into an asteroid in first...
Here are some of this week’s science stories:Satellites might be able to be used to save ecosystems.NASA spacecraft will slam into asteroid in first planetary-defense test.Watch video of the Ingenuity...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: The U.S. economy is booming; initial jobless claims...
The Washington PostWeekly jobless claims plunge to 199,000, the lowest level in more than 50 yearsThe number of Americans filing initial unemployment claims tumbled to 199,000 — the lowest level since...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: The Omicron Variant
BloombergWHO Says New Strain Is a Variant of Concern, Names It OmicronThe World Health Organization said that a strain of coronavirus recently discovered by South African researchers is a variant of...
View ArticleOvernight Night Digest: Republicans plan shutdown over vaccination and...
The Washington PostGovernment nears possible shutdown as Republicans take aim at vaccination and testing mandatesThe U.S. government on Wednesday moved one step closer to a potential shutdown, as some...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Science Weekend! Hey! Share your science news with us!
NatureHow bad is Omicron? What scientists know so farBarely a week has elapsed since scientists in Botswana and South Africa alerted the world to a fast-spreading SARS-CoV-2 variant now known as...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: VP Harris breaks tie to confirm the 1st black woman as...
Here are some of tonight’s stories:The Senate voted to confirm Rachael Rollins as US attorney for Massachusetts, making her the first Black woman to hold the office in state history.The Supreme Court...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Climate Change has destabilized polar ice, imperiling...
Here are some of tonight’s stories:New research shows how rising temperatures have irreversibly altered both the Arctic and Antarctic and the impact will be global.The Build Back Better legislation...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Weekend Science - Discovery of a true millipede
Here are some of this week’s science stories:More than 125,000 years ago, Neanderthals were changing the landscape.PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ constantly cycle through water, air, and the ground.A true...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Republicans continue to seize power with their...
This is an open thread. Everyone is encouraged to share articles, stories, and tweets in your comments.AP News‘Slow-motion insurrection’: How GOP seizes election powerIn the weeks leading up to the...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: So that was 2021
This is the final digest of 2021 and an open thread. Everyone is encouraged to share articles, stories, and tweets in your comments. The Washington PostProsecutors break down charges, convictions for...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: “Come quickly, brothers, I am drinking stars!”
Here are some of this week’s science stories:Scientists from the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development at Baylor College of Medicine are sharing their cheap, easily-stored, effective...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Biden to hold ‘singular responsibility’ of...
This is an open thread. Everyone is encouraged to share articles, stories, and tweets in your comments.The Washington PostGarland: DOJ will hold those responsible for Jan. 6 riot accountable, whether...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Jim Crow 2.0 and ocean warmth sets record high in 2021
This is an open thread. Everyone is encouraged to share articles, stories, and tweets in your comments.The Washington PostOcean warmth sets record high in 2021 as a result of greenhouse gas...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai
This is an open thread. Everyone is encouraged to share articles, stories, and tweets in your comments.The New York TimesUnderwater Volcano Erupts, Setting Off Tsunami Warnings Across PacificAn...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Biden blasts anti-democracy obstructionists in Senate
This is an open thread. Everyone is encouraged to share articles, stories, and tweets in your comments.The Washington PostBiden shifts tone on Republicans, blasting Republicans in news...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: U.S. refuses to appease Russia over Putin’s Ukraine...
Tonight’s collection of news stories awaits your comments. Everyone is encouraged to share their 2¢ or articles, stories, and tweets. This is an open thread. Los Angeles TimesSupreme Court Justice...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: U.S. science no longer leads the world; Americans’...
This week’s collection of science news awaits your comments. Everyone is encouraged to share their 2¢ or articles, stories, and tweets. This is an open thread.ScienceU.S. science no longer leads the...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: Biden to send thousands more troops to Eastern Europe...
Tonight’s collection of news stories awaits your comments. Everyone is encouraged to share their 2¢ or articles, stories, and tweets. This is an open thread.AP NewsSenate Democratic leader meets with...
View ArticleOvernight News Digest: 99% CO₂ capture technology announced by U of Delaware...
This week’s collection of science news awaits your comments. Everyone is encouraged to share their 2¢ or articles, stories, and tweets. This is an open thread.University of Delaware DailyNew...
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