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The FBI said human remains found Sunday at a national forest in Wyoming were “consistent” with the description of a Florida woman who went missing during a cross-country road trip with her fiancé who returned home without her. Charles Jones, Read more
Two military pilots were injured and multiple homes were damaged after a plane crashed in a North Texas neighborhood during a training exercise on Sunday morning. The chief of Naval Air Training confirmed that two pilots were ejected from the Read more
Fans of NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance can now see the robotic explorer and its activity in a 3D depiction of the Red Planet terrain via a new website. The site, Explore with Perseverance, is updated when the rover makes a Read more
Climate models may be underestimating global warming in North America, Europe and other places influenced by extratropical winds, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Communications Earth & Environment. Extratropical winds shape climate patterns in North America, Read more
Pandas are notoriously slow reproducers. That’s why it’s a problem when pandas get too cozy. According to a new study, published Monday in the journal Conservation Biology, pandas can become complacent and move less if their range is filled with Read more
NASA’s ice-hunting VIPER lunar rover, scheduled to arrive on the moon in 2023, would land near the Nobile Crater on the lunar South Pole, the space agency announced Monday. The crater offers a relatively safe area to hunt for water Read more
Air Force Special Operations aims to test the MC-130J Hercules transport aircraft’s amphibious capability in 2022, the commander said Monday. Air Force Special Operations Command commander Lt. Gen. Jim Slife told reporters at the annual Air Force Association’s Air Space Read more