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The Stratolaunch — the world's largest plane by wingspan — took its first flight on Saturday above the Mojave Desert in California.

With A Wingspan Wider Than A Football Field, The World's Largest Plane Takes Flight

The Stratolaunch is the world's largest plane by wingspan. During its first test flight on Saturday, the plane reached an altitude of 17,000 feet and a speed of 189 mph.

What We Can Never, Ever Know: Does Science Have Limits?

If we had enough time, enough brain power, the right computers, the occasional genius, is there any limit to what we can know about the universe? Or is nature designed to keep its own secrets, no matter how hard we try to crack the code? What can we never know?

Corps of Engineers makes additional space available in reservoirs ahead of runoff season

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says additional storage space will be available in the six Missouri River main stem reservoirs this spring.During a…

Missouri River Unified Command provides update on gushing pipe at wastewater treatment plant

By Cheril LeeOmaha, NE – Omaha Public Works officials say they now have a gushing pipe at a Wastewater treatment plant nearly under control.At today's…

Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle looks out at the Missouri River after the Lewis and Clark Landing re-opened Friday morning.

After 104 days, flood threat ends in Omaha

By Katie SchubertOmaha, NE – After more than 100 days of flooding, Omaha's Lewis and Clark landing is re-open to the public.City officials removed the…

The LUX Dark Matter Detector is installed in the Davis Cavern of the Sanford Lab in South Dakota in March. The water tank measures 24 feet in diameter, is two stories high and will hold 71,600 gallons.

At Old Mine, Hopes Of Striking Gold With Dark Matter

A mile-deep mine in South Dakota was closed a decade ago. Now, it's been cleaned up and revamped as an underground science laboratory. Scientists hope the experiments thousands of feet underground will help prove the existence of dark matter.

Trees surround Crawford Lake in Milton, Ontario., on Monday, July 10, 2023. A team of scientists is recommending the start of a new geological epoch defined by how humans have impacted the Earth should be marked at the pristine Crawford Lake outside Toronto in Canada.

Scientists say new epoch marked by human impact — the Anthropocene — began in 1950s

The Anthropocene Working Group is proposing a small but deep lake outside of Toronto, Canada — Crawford Lake — to place a historic marker.

Verónica Zaragovia

Verónica Zaragovia was born in Cali, Colombia, and grew up in South Florida. She’s been a lifelong WLRN listener and is proud to cover health care for the station. Verónica has a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master's degree in journalism. For many years, Veronica lived out of a suitcase (or two) in New York City, Tel Aviv, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, D.C., San Antonio and Austin, where she worked as the statehouse and health care reporter with NPR member station KUT.

Street signs in the city of Lahore, Pakistan, are rare. The few that exist are in disrepair, like the one above. Two entrepreneurs are looking to change that and improve navigation in the city.

Street Signs Intended To Give Pakistani City New Direction

In one of Pakistan's oldest cities, Lahore, street signs are rare, and people constantly ask for directions. Two young entrepreneurs are hoping to change that with a project to make street signs commonplace.

A city worker helps a woman who decided to cross St. Mark square on a gangway, in spite of prohibition, in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. (Luca Bruno/AP)

Venice Is The Latest Victim Of Historic Flooding From Climate Change

Venice is reeling from historic floods. And the systems designed to prevent this kind of damage aren’t completed, and may not work anyway.

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