SCIENCE

China’s wandering elephants on the move again

BEIJING — China’s famed wandering elephants are on the move again, heading southwest while a male who broke from the herd is still keeping his distance.

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Jeff Bezos riding his own rocket in July, joining 1st crew

Jeff Bezos will ride his own rocket into space next month, joining the first crew to fly in a Blue Origin capsule.

The Amazon founder announced… Read more

‘There is stuff’: Enduring mysteries trail US report on UFOs

WASHINGTON — The blob, captured on distant, fuzzy video by Navy pilots, seems to skitter just above the ocean waves at improbable speed, with no discernible… Read more

Maine’s blueberry crop faces climate change peril

PORTLAND, Maine  — Maine’s beloved wild blueberry fields are home to one of the most important fruit crops in New England, and scientists have found… Read more

2 Russian crew do spacewalk at International Space Station

MOSCOW — Two Russian cosmonauts ventured out of the International Space Station Wednesday on a spacewalk to prepare for the arrival of a new Russian… Read more

New Zealand latest nation to sign space agreement with NASA

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand announced Tuesday it was the latest country to sign a space agreement with NASA, just as New Zealand’s nascent… Read more

Arson arrest made in LA wildfire that forced evacuations

LOS ANGELES — An arson suspect was arrested in connection with a Los Angeles wildfire that forced evacuations in canyons where thick vegetation hasn’t… Read more

Sharks use Earth’s magnetic field as a GPS, scientists say

PORTLAND, Maine — Sharks use the Earth’s magnetic field as a sort of natural GPS to navigate journeys that take them great distances across the world’s… Read more