Denise Chow

1 week ago | nbcnews.com | Denise Chow

May 27, 2025, 3:39 PM EDTSpaceX will attempt to launch its Starship megarocket on a key test flight Tuesday, months after two launches both failed when the upper-stage vehicle exploded and rained debris over the Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Caribbean. Tuesday’s uncrewed launch — Starship’s ninth test flight — is set to blast off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas, during a launch window that opens at 7:30 p.m. ET.

2 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Denise Chow |Megan Shannon |Alexandra Marquez

President Donald Trump on Friday signed four executive orders aimed at easing regulations on and expanding the production of nuclear energy. The executive orders aim to reform nuclear energy research at the Department of Energy, clear a path to allow the Energy Department to build nuclear reactors on federally-owned land, overhaul the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and expand uranium mining and enrichment in the U.S, a senior administration official told reporters ahead of the signing.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Denise Chow |Alexandra Marquez |Megan Shannon

8 hours agoHouse Republicans passed a reconciliation bill that guts the Inflation Reduction Act, meaning fewer jobs, less electricity generation, and higher emissions. President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) bill was a landmark move for the economy. One year after it was signed into law, it had …

2 weeks ago | nbcwashington.com | Denise Chow

Kentucky is known as the land of horses, bourbon and bluegrass - and soon, it will be home to a whole lot of cicadas. Billions of the winged insects are set to emerge from underground starting this month for a weekslong, frenzied and famously noisy mating ritual. This year, cicadas are expected to pop out of the ground in nearly a dozen states, but the emergence will mostly be centered in Kentucky and Tennessee.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Denise Chow

Kentucky is known as the land of horses, bourbon and bluegrass — and soon, it will be home to a whole lot of cicadas. Billions of the winged insects are set to emerge from underground starting this month for a weekslong, frenzied and famously noisy mating ritual. This year, cicadas are expected to pop out of the ground in nearly a dozen states, but the emergence will mostly be centered in Kentucky and Tennessee.