Science

Alaska

Biden administration recommends major Alaska oil project | Politics | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Biden administration released a long-awaited study Wednesday that recommends allowing a major oil development on Alaska’s North Slope that supporters say could boost U.S. energy security but that climate activists decry as a “carbon bomb.” The move — while not final — drew immediate anger from environmentalists who saw it […]

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Arkansas

Science startups in Arkansas get a funding nod

Illustration: Rebecca Zisser/Axios The Walton Family Foundation awarded a two-year extension to the Science Venture Studio of Fayetteville. The studio helps science and tech-focused startups land federal research dollars so they can commercialize their technology. Why it matters: The funding comes from programs run by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The process requires competitive proposals, […]

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Alabama

Ivey tells reporters she has a ‘clean bill of health’ | #elections | #alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday made her first public appearance in nearly three weeks, telling reporters she was in good health but also declining to say whether she had undergone any recent medical treatment. Ivey toured a science and technology lab at at a Montgomery elementary school in her first […]

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Alabama

How an AP reporter broke the Tuskegee syphilis story | Politics & Elections | #elections | #alabama

SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) — Jean Heller was toiling away on the floor of the Miami Beach Convention Center when an Associated Press colleague from the opposite end of the country walked into her workspace behind the event stage and handed her a thin manila envelope. “I’m not an investigative reporter,” Edith Lederer told the 29-year-old […]

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Alabama

Space Command base change process was flawed, report says | #elections | #alabama

DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Air Force abruptly changed its procedures to select a permanent headquarters for the U.S. Space Command during the election year of 2020, which led to it choosing heavily Republican Alabama over Democrat-dominated Colorado after a White House meeting, according to a report from the General Accounting Office that was made […]

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