Shortcut? Think again! Why planes dodge the Pacific
Flights to Japan from the US often take routes over Alaska due to the Earth's spherical shape, optimized flight paths, and ...
Mongabay on MSN20h
New Zealand blocks tighter trawling rules at South Pacific fisheries meeting
Aotearoa New Zealand spent years spearheading the introduction of a new set of rules governing bottom trawling in the South ...
Marin Water pursues project to capture more winter rainfall
Marin Water​ is planning a pipeline and pumping station to divert excess winter rainfall into its reservoirs from the Russian ...
Futuristic $177 Million Bel-Air Megamansion With Its Own Private Jazz Club Hits All the Right Notes at the Top of the Most Expensive Homes List
The 15,520-square-foot interior has a billiard room, home theater, golf simulator, full bar, an office, a wine cellar, an ...
End of a mystery: U.S. Army Air Force pilot identified nearly 80 years after WWII crash
All 11 crewmen aboard the Heaven Can Wait bomber perished in March 1944. A pilot who died on board has been found 80 years ...
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Sky5 video shows wildfire debris washing into the Pacific Ocean
Iconic actor Gene Hackman has died at the age of 95. The two-time Oscar winner starred in dozens of movies, including "The ...
Micronesia: Activists push for Chuuk islands' independence
The US' new and seemingly erratic foreign policy has sent out waves across the Pacific Ocean — to the Chuuk islands in ...
Saturday Morning News Roundup
Daytime highs will be mostly in the high 50s to low 60s on the coast, in the mid 50s to high 60s around the bay, and in the mid 60s to low 70s inland. Overnight lows will be mostly in the mid 40s to ...
ZME Science21h
An Astronaut Just Captured a Jaw-Dropping Photo of Earth and the Milky Way from Space
NASA astronaut Don Pettit used a camera with low light and long duration settings to capture this Jan. 29, 2025, photo of the ...
The Diplomat12h
A Shot Across the Bow: China Signals New Era of Sea Power in the Southwest Pacific
The live-fire exercises were a demonstration of China’s growing sea power in Australia and New Zealand’s immediate periphery ...
NASA Image Reveals Flurry of Six Tropical Cyclones Active at Once
In the Southern Hemisphere, the space agency notes, the tropical cyclone season typically runs from November to April. The ...
'This is insane!' B.C. man gets en-dolphin rush as pod joins him for skim on the ocean
Jerry McArthur was out on his electric hydrofoil — a propeller-driven ocean glider that he designs and sells — when he was ...