Desalination plants are notoriously large electricity users. The company OceanWell estimates its technology will cut that electricity use by up to 40%.
- Doyle Rice USA Today
A new study is changing the way we think about fog.
- Janet Loehrke USA Today
There will be plenty of celestial events this June, from planetary conjunctions and the summer solstice to a micro full Strawberry Moon.
- Eric Lagatta USA Today
NASA and Blue Origin had high hopes that the company's towering rocket would be able to jump-start the agency's plans for a moon base in 2026. Then it exploded.
- Doyle Rice USA Today
New research shows that though the world sees more rain overall, it's getting drier at the same time. How can that be?
- Eric Lagatta USA Today
The moon is about to have more company for one night in May, and skygazers should easily be able to see it.
- Will Dunham Reuters
Researchers said it shows Neanderthals were capable of such complex dental procedures tens of thousands of years before our own species was.
The use of antidepressants while pregnant does not raise the children's risk for developmental disorders such as autism, according to an analysis of data from more than 25 million pregnancies.
The Artemis II crew members may be back on Earth after a moon-circling mission, but the next group of astronauts is already getting ready to head to space.
The loss of bird populations has been documented since the 1970s.
Researchers said the monkeys have been observed eating soil more frequently, a behavior they said may help the macaques avoid stomach upset from consuming human snacks.
Five years ago, a tragic environmental story unfolded when thousands of giant sequoia trees, an iconic California species that can live for 3,000 years, were killed during multiple large wildfires.
On the night of April 21-22, sky watchers will have the chance to catch sight of several shooting stars as the Lyrid meteor shower is expected to reach its peak.
Time to look up stargazers. There's another comet coming our way.
Rocky Mount residents, whose area of town has only one entrance and exit, are concerned that if a train stops at that opening, a person having an emergency can't get help.
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It was the ultimate unwelcome wagon.
Former Virginia Tech Board of Visitors Rector John Rocovich filed a complaint in Montgomery County Circuit Court on Tuesday, asking a judge to determine that Gov. Abigail Spanberger unlawfully removed him from the board in May.
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The driver charged in a Stafford County bus crash that killed five people made his first court appearances Wednesday.
Annin Flagmakers bills itself as the oldest and largest manufacturer of the Star-Spangled Banner in the United States.
Users are changing the ways they spend on food, clothes and health and beauty products, as well as how they eat out.
The work began about 1:20 a.m. ET, after the Department of Justice said the government would miss the court's 11:59 p.m. Friday deadline.
A federal judge in Washington on Friday declined U.S. President Donald Trump's request to temporarily pause an order to remove Trump's name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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In January, Erin Strotman pleaded no contest to nine counts of child abuse in Henrico County Circuit Court as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
Lawrence Toler’s family says the 39-year-old died in custody after months of medical issues tied to a 2024 police shooting.
A Franklin County man was sentenced to three active years in prison in connection with a 2024 crash that killed a Martinsville man and seriously injured two children.
Rocky Mount police executed search warrants at three vape shops on Thursday for potentially selling products exceeding legal THC limits.
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The Supreme Court of Virginia has appointed a three-judge panel to decide if multiple legal challenges to the state's new assault weapons ban should be consolidated.
There’s still a path forward for a retail marijuana market that could include Virginia’s budget, say the sponsors of the vetoed bills, who are both members of General Assembly budget-writing committees.
In May, Virginia recorded 75,376 background checks — more than double the total from the same month last year.