For the first time in history, earthlings can hear what a black hole sounds like: a low-pitched groaning, as if a very creaky heavy door was being opened again and again.
Science & Tech
Citizen science program uses artificial intelligence to track thousands of humpback whales
Through photographs shared by whale watchers, Happy Whale has recorded thousands of whales that travel to and from Alaska.
Alaska Volcano Observatory reclassifies Mt. Edgecumbe as ‘historically active’
A lot of people in Sitka have become used to describing Mt. Edgecumbe as “dormant,” but that term really isn’t used by geologists.
Native organizations win $35M grant to bring broadband home
It’s the largest grant awarded by the new federal Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program.
Earth’s atmosphere could be one source of water on the moon, UAF study finds
Researchers estimate that the moon’s poles could contain about as much water as Lake Huron.
Southeast Alaska gillnetters are part of a national study on commercial fishing and sleep
There’s a lot of research on sleep deprivation and shift workers like truckers, but there’s nearly nothing on fishermen.





