Ed Dwight, a Black Air Force captain selected in the '60s for the U.S.'s astronaut trainee program, but who never made it to space because of racism, finally reached space this week at the age of 90.
The big picture: Dwight was aboard a Blue Origin flight that successfully launched and returned to Earth on Sunday, ending a long-awaited journey that began during the Civil Rights Movement.
A new AI analysis of plant biology papers reveals what research topics countries are prioritizing and how different tools and technologies have steered the field.
Why it matters: AI is often touted as a tool to help scientists in a key aspect of their work: keeping up with a deluge of scientific papers.
The Sun's dynamo magnetic field starts some 20,000 miles below its surface and not 130,000 miles below its surface as previous research suggested, a new study has found.
Why it matters: The findings could help scientists more accurately forecast powerful solar storms that can trigger auroras, like the ones seen across Northern and Southern Hemisphere skies this month, and which have the potential to cause communications disruptions, and damage electricity grids and Earth-orbiting satellites.
Texas' power grid is expected to break demand records for the month of May as Texans turn to air conditioning during a scorching heat wave over Memorial Day weekend.
Why it matters: Human-caused climate changeis expected to heavily strain U.S. electrical grids, including Texas', which has been vulnerable to winter and summer weather extremes in the past.
A tornado that struck Greenfield, Iowa, killed four people and wounded at least 35 others, officials said Wednesday.
The big picture: It was one of several tornadoes to hit Iowa on Tuesday in a damaging outbreak of severe thunderstorms, with several tornadoes, powerful straight-line windsand other deadly hazards striking the Midwest into Wednesday.
