Jeff Bezos plans to go to space aboard Blue Origin flight in July

Jeff Bezos, his brother and the winner of an auction will be aboard Blue Origin’s first human space flight on July 20.

Bald eagle kills 54 lambs on Idaho farm, owner says

An Idaho farmer kept finding his sheep dead with puncture wounds and thought someone may have been shooting them. But then he caught the real culprit in the act.

Food, experiments, and tardigrades headed to International Space Station

A gleaming new Dragon cargo capsule packed with solar panels, food, and some of the toughest creatures on Earth is headed to the International Space Station after a Thursday afternoon launch from Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX completes launch for resupply mission to space station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to carry a Dragon spacecraft on its second cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station.

NASA picks 2 new missions to Venus to study 'lost habitable' world

NASA is sending missions to Venus to better understand the solar system’s hottest planet and how it evolved so differently from Earth.

Wild elephant herd approaches major Chinese city after 300-mile journey

A herd of wild elephants that walked across China was approaching the city of Kunming. Authorities have set up barriers to try and keep them away.

East Troy's Camp Timber-Lee welcomes campers again

After a quiet summer, staff at Camp Timber-lee in East Troy is preparing for the return of campers after shutting down for the first time since they opened in 1972 due to COVID-19.

Black bear sighting in Middleton; DNR urges caution

Middleton police and the Wisconsin DNR are monitoring a stretch of Lake Mendota on Wednesday, June 2 after reports of a black bear sighting.

Milwaukee Air and Water Show canceled

The 2021 Milwaukee Air and Water Show scheduled for July 24-25 has been canceled.

FAA questions lead to new halt in deliveries of Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Boeing has again halted deliveries of its 787 jetliner after federal regulators asked for more information about production flaws, including small gaps where panels of the fuselage are joined.

NASA to rocket tardigrades, glow-in-the-dark baby squid into space

The micro-animals will head to the International Space Station next week onboard a Falcon 9 rocket during SpaceX’s 22nd cargo resupply mission.

Forecast: 40% chance Earth to be hotter than Paris goal soon

There’s a 40% chance that the world will get so hot in the next five years that it will temporarily push past the temperature limit the Paris climate agreement is trying to prevent.

Great white shark population along California coast booming

The great white shark population off the California coastline is rising, per a study published in Biological Conservation.

Algae proteins partially restore blind man’s vision, study says

A new study using algae proteins and specially engineered goggles successfully restored a blind man's partial vision, according to a new study.