The head of this year’s United Nations climate talks is calling for governments and businesses to tackle global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in all regions and sectors if they want to stop the planet from passing a key temperature limit agreed on more than seven years ago. Su…
A solar storm forecast for Thursday is expected to give skygazers in some states along the U.S.-Canada border a faint glimpse of the northern lights, which — at their peak — produce a colorful sky show when solar wind hits the atmosphere. Northern lights, also known as aurora borealis, are m…
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured the famous Pillars of Creation, found in the Eagle Nebula, located 6,500 light-years away.
Birth rates in countries around the world are beginning to go down and that’s especially true in places like China, which once had a one child per couple law. Meaning there’s an aging population without enough young people to care for them. Enter this social robot which is being built from t…
Lethal flooding has simultaneously hit India, Japan, China, Turkey and the U.S. Northeast. Scientists have long warned that more extreme rainfall is expected in a warming world. Climate pollutants such as carbon dioxide and methane hold more heat in the atmosphere, and a warmer atmosphere ho…
Archeologists are digging in a central Nebraska field trying to find the bodies of children who were buried more than a century ago at a Native American boarding school. Crews are using shovels, trowels and smaller tools to find any remains. The children once attended the Genoa Indian Indust…
Earth’s average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record. The planetary average hit 63 degrees Fahrenheit, surpassing the 62.9-degree mark set Tuesday and equaled Wednesday, according to data from…
Researchers have developed wearable robotic arms for humans. Jizai Arms are described as a robotic limb system that can be attached as and when required.
In recent years we’ve seen a lot of examples of eVTOLs, or electric vertical take-off and all landing aircraft. They’re often called flying cars, but the problem with that moniker is that few of them actually look like cars and even fewer can drive like them. Buzz60’s Tony Spitz has the details.
The first of four supermoons to rise in 2023, July’s lunar display will appear to be brighter in the night sky than any other full moon event that has occurred this year.
A robot named Belle created at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology can film underwater and collect samples to help researchers understand the living organisms in the deep waters. Belle can blend in without scaring away fish. Veuer has more.
For the first time, scientists have utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to identify a significant carbon molecule in space.
A remarkable robot called ESTHER has been developed with the potential to compete and win at tennis tournaments like Wimbledon and the US Open. Designed by an associate professor of robotics at Georgia Tech, ESTHER is an autonomous wheelchair tennis robot that can swiftly move around the cou…
NASA has released two breathtaking ultraviolet images of Mars, captured by the MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission.
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"Catch Me If You Can," will debut on Thursday as Pinewood's 73rd annual summer production. It's based on the 2002 movie that starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks.
Read through the obituaries published today in The Lincoln Journal Star.
The poll from OpenSky Policy Institute found 55% of Nebraskans oppose the tax credit program. The sponsor of the law says the survey was flawed.
Dennis Fujan, a farmer from Prague, and Jared Storm, a small-business owner and pilot from David City, are seeking the seat held by Sen. Bruce Bostelman of Brainard.
Suspects in Grand Island shoplifting arrested in west Omaha.
A 13-year-old boy has been charged with two counts of first-degree sexual assault in connection with attacks on two Omaha women.
About an hour and a half into its voyage, a missing submersible on an expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic lost communications. It would take another eight hours before the Canadian research icebreaker Polar Prince, which was supporting the Titan, reported it missing to the Coast G…
Scientists have made significant progress in identifying the cause of severe morning sickness in pregnant women.
As our planet continues to get warmer, we’ve been warned of the catastrophic effects that will have on Earth’s ecosystems. However now some physicists say if things go too far, our home could be forced into what is called a Hothouse Earth, one we might not be able to return from.
Shaky video of orcas ramming yachts and fishing boats in European waters has ignited a global sensation, while experts have struggled to explain the behavior and its timing.
What if we could see all of the CO2 emissions being created? What if each source of those emissions was color-coded? Enter NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio.
We all know how the dinosaurs died. A giant asteroid traveling through space at thousands of miles an hour collided with our planet. But what happened next? What really killed the dinosaurs? After all, despite being 7.5 miles wide, that’s quite small on a planetary scale.
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The 28-year-old sustained a "small cut to his forehead" after an investigator pulled him to the ground as he tried to run from police Wednesday night, authorities said.
Angela Nnadozie had sought $35,000 in medical expenses in the lawsuit she filed against Lincoln Electric System in 2020.
The girl said Nicholas Degarmo began sexually propositioning her when she was 11 and sexually assaulted her more than 10 times, according to court records.
The series of reported robberies started near Ninth and A streets, where a man told police he was cleaning his car when two men approached him and demanded his keys.
The poll from OpenSky Policy Institute found 55% of Nebraskans oppose the tax credit program. The sponsor of the law says the survey was flawed.
Dennis Fujan, a farmer from Prague, and Jared Storm, a small-business owner and pilot from David City, are seeking the seat held by Sen. Bruce Bostelman of Brainard.
A revised proposal for a senior living home near 37th and Calvert streets approved by the Planning Commission appears headed to the City Council because of continued opposition by neighbors.
Peter Hind, who is manager of the Lincoln Architecture Group at Schemmer Associates Inc., will start in September, assuming his appointment is approved by the City Council.
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