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California’s Mild Snowfall Means the Drought Will Likely Continue
While the winter isn’t over, the state has only received 72 percent of the snow it usually gets by December.
The United Nations Will Launch Its First Space Mission In 2021
To open space up to less wealthy countries.
NASA’s New 'Dream Chaser' Cargo Ship Can Fly to the ISS and Back In Hours
That's good news for certain kinds of biological and physical science experiments.
Hold Onto Your Astro-Butts, 2016 Will Be a Big Year for Space
2016 has some exceptionally large spaceboots to fill.
It's Been At Least 500 Years Since California Had This Little Snowpack
A new study provides that latest in a long series of milestones marking the severity of the state's drought, which is now in its fourth year and has led to mandatory water restrictions.
The Latest Victim of the California Drought Is Beer
California is home to a wealth of amazing craft breweries. The problem? Beer is 95 percent water and the state is literally drying up.
California's Governor Issues Mandatory Water Cuts — Except for Farmers
The agricultural sector consumes 80 percent of the state's water, and farmers are planting more water-intensive crops, like almonds and pistachios.
Why the Sierra Nevada Mountains Are Drying Up
Researchers estimate a 26 percent drop in runoff from one of California's key freshwater sources.
The Long Struggle of Mexico's Tarahumara Tribe to Hold on to Its Last Bit of Land
For centuries, Mexico's Tarahumara have been chased into the mountains by conquistadors, missionaries, and mining operations. Now real estate developers want some of the last rocky land the tribe has left and the priceless view that goes along with it...
American Kisses Spacecraft Monogamy Goodbye
In April 2010, President Obama said, "nobody is more committed to manned space flight, to human exploration of space, than I am." He called for more robotic exploration, extending the life of the ISS, and bringing in private contractors to create the...