Future Scope (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig May 26, 2016 You may have missed it among the flood of presidential campaign news, but NASA recently announced the discovery of over twelve-hundred new planets. Dig deeper

Breaking Free: A Rising Tide of Climate Resistance

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan May 19, 2016 It has become increasingly clear that it is the younger generation that will save us all. It has become increasingly clear that it is the younger generation that will save us all. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Clean Aviation Will Take Wing, but ETA Is Up in the Air

Thor Benson / Truthdig Mar 4, 2016 With legendary inventor Elon Musk in the vanguard, innovators are racing to design an all-electric aircraft. One fact that spurs them on: Today's aviation-fuel airplanes are a significant part of the pollution crisis. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Moon: Who Will Lead It?

Jenna Berbeo / Truthdig Oct 16, 2015 He already thinks he hung it, so Donald Trump would be a natural leader for Jeb Bush's future moon colony. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Cutting Emissions May Save Some U.S. Cities, but More Than 400 Appear ‘Already Lost,’ Study Finds

By Reynard Loki, AlterNet Oct 15, 2015 Researchers say it is already too late for Miami and New Orleans, which will be overcome by rising sea levels caused by man-made climate change. Under a worst-case scenario, New York could be unlivable by 2085. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: NASA Finds Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars

Staff / Truthdig Sep 28, 2015 In a major announcement, scientists suggest that flowing water exists on Mars -- a discovery they say has exciting implications for the future search for life on the Red Planet. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Spacy Trump

Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star Tribune. Cagle Cartoons. Jul 19, 2015 Dig deeper

Pluto’s Heart

John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune. Cagle Cartoons Jul 19, 2015 Dig deeper

NASA

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NASA: The World’s Groundwater Is Quickly Running Out

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 20, 2015 Over a decade-long study of 37 major aquifers worldwide, 21 of them -- including the Indus Basin, which supplies much of India’s water -- showed a depletion of supply. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Hoax of Climate Denial

By Naomi Oreskes, TomDispatch Jun 17, 2015 It’s often claimed that environmental science done in federal agencies is “politically driven” and therefore suspect. While widely held, the idea is demonstrably false. It ignores the simple fact that most of the major contributions of the twentieth century, at least in the physical sciences, came from just such government science. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Critics: USA Freedom Act Will Codify Government Data Collection

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 14, 2015 Legislative critics of the USA Freedom Act, which was celebrated by privacy advocates as it passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday, say the law will merely adjust and codify the government’s practice of bulk telephone data collection, rather than end it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )