Self-driving in snow: Waymo to start tests in Michigan
Waymo's autonomous vehicles are heading to Michigan for some cold-weather testing.
Waymo's autonomous vehicles are heading to Michigan for some cold-weather testing.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 26, 2017
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Scientists at the University of York have revealed that the 1976 drought is the worst extreme event to affect butterflies and moths in the 50 years since detailed records began.
Ecology
May 31, 2017
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Cynthia Erickson woke up early, hoping her four furnaces were working.
Environment
Jan 19, 2017
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Japan began killing about 122,000 farm birds on Tuesday to contain another outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, officials said.
Ecology
Dec 20, 2016
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Dangerously cold temperatures gripped the Upper Midwest in advance of a storm that's expected to bring several inches of snow in coming days, while schools and officials in the Northeast braced for their own blast of wintry ...
Environment
Dec 15, 2016
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Plunging temperatures and gusty winds are making their way to the Northeast, the next victim in the path of dangerously cold temperatures that have gripped the Upper Midwest.
Environment
Dec 15, 2016
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The Great Molasses Flood of 1919—one of Boston's most peculiar disasters—killed 21 people, injured 150 others and flattened buildings when a giant storage tank ruptured.
General Physics
Nov 24, 2016
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A cold snap gripped Hong Kong on Sunday, with residents shivering as temperatures plunged to the lowest point in nearly 60 years and frost dusted the mountaintops of a city accustomed to a subtropical climate.
Environment
Jan 24, 2016
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The remnant moisture from what was once Hurricane Patricia and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico were being transported north by a trough of low pressure over Wisconsin. The clouds and moisture were streaming into the Eastern ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 28, 2015
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Some of the coldest air of the 2014-2015 winter season was settling over the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. on February 13, 2015. That Arctic air mass brought wind chills from below zero to the single numbers from the Midwest ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 13, 2015
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