Environment California's newest state park is like a time machine California's newest state park just opened this summer — and a visit is like stepping into a time machine as its creators reimagine what a state park can be. Jonaki Mehta Christopher Intagliata Ailsa Chang
Environment California's newest state park is like a time machine In the Central Valley, California’s first new state park in a decade opened this summer and it re-imagines what a state park can be. Jonaki Mehta Christopher Intagliata Ailsa Chang
Environment A cold front is bringing some relief to the Northwest — but also wind The Northwest has been suffering record-setting heat. A cold front is supposed to move in, but with it comes high winds and dry thunderstorms in forests that have been cooked tinder dry. Kirk Siegler
Science Scientists may have discovered 'dark oxygen' being created without photosynthesis It has long been understood that photosynthesis creates oxygen, but researchers believe they've found oxygen being created in parts of the ocean with no light. Joe Hernandez Regina G. Barber
Science Watch a livestream of Colorado’s ‘mega den’ of pregnant rattlesnakes On a rocky hillside in Colorado is a “mega den” of hundreds of rattlesnakes — along with cameras livestreaming the whole thing. Linnea Anderson
Environment Here's how $4 billion in government money is being spent to reduce climate pollution Most states submitted plans to reduce planet-warming pollution to unlock federal grant money, and they proposed projects to get started. This week, the Biden administration announced the winners. Halle Parker, WWNO Ellis Juhlin Jessica Meszaros
Environment A hydrothermal explosion sends Yellowstone visitors running A video posted on Facebook showed park visitors running from a massive black cloud as it rose. Hydrothermal explosions happen when water suddenly turns into steam underground. James Doubek
Science It’s not a B movie: scientists say sharks are ingesting cocaine in drug-tainted water Illegal narcotics may be damaging marine wildlife. Sharks are swimming in drug tainted waters, ingesting cocaine according to scientists in Brazil. John Otis
Science The fate of the most powerful X-ray telescope is in doubt NASA's budget proposal would basically axe the most powerful X-ray telescope in the world, and astronomers are scrambling to save it. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Science Dark energy — which causes the expansion of the universe — may be changing One of the big mysteries of the universe is how it's expanding. The phenomenon causing that expansion is known as dark energy — and recently, scientists have started to wonder if its changing. Regina Barber