Fully self-driving cars for hire have been hailed as the technology of the future for years now. That future has finally arrived -- but only in some cities.
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Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesJust like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines. -
Erin Hooley/AP Photo/Erin Hooley/APBetting on what people say is becoming an increasingly popular category of prediction market sites. Now, federal officials have opened a probe examining whether those markets are a magnet for manipulators.
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NPR's science podcast Short Wave brings us space news
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Last May, a medevac plane crashed into the Capitan Mountains in New Mexico at night after a military GPS jamming exercise at the nearby White Sands Missile Range knocked out the plane’s GPS. -
Millions of people in Europe stepped outside Wednesday to watch a spectacular sunset with a solar eclipse. The path of totality passed through portions of Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Portugal. -
The federal lawsuit alleges that the service from the president's media company violates the Constitution. Meanwhile, Trump Media executives say they have signed up more than 10 customers. -
That policy is under renewed scrutiny after police shot and killed a 38-year-old Black man.
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Find out the best ways to view the peak of Wednesday night’s Perseid meteor shower from across almost the entire Northern Hemisphere. -
"Snow eaters" are a new category of heat wave, marked by unseasonably warm weather that strips mountains of their snowpack.
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Federal efforts to revive uranium mining in the West and decrease reliance on Russian uranium raise concerns about drinking water for tribal communities reckoning with the industry's deadly legacy. -
Experts say AI can get personal finance fundamentals right but may struggle with nuanced questions. -
While parts of Greenland and Western Europe savor a total solar eclipse, much of the Northern Hemisphere will be able to see the peak of the Perseid meteor shower Wednesday night.
