Groundbreaking Black mathematician Gladys West, who helped develop the algorithms behind GPS, died Jan. 17 at age 95. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Marvin Jackson, who co-wrote West's memoir.

A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped ...

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

Parts of northern Wisconsin received up to 17 inches of snow overnight on Dec. 28-29, leaving many ready to break out snowmobiles and hit one of the state's many trails. But you should probably check ...

In September 2025, a Widerøe Airlines flight was trying to land in Vardø, Norway, which sits in the country’s far eastern arm, some 40 miles from the Russian coast. The cloud deck was low, and so was ...

A portion of the Mountain Bay Trail in Marathon County opened for snowmobile use at 8 a.m. Dec. 13, according to a community announcement. Officials said the open segment will extend from County ...

OAKFIELD – A 69-year-old Fond du Lac man suffered serious injuries in a single snowmobile crash Dec. 15, according to the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office. The snowmobile operator called 911 ...

CO Troy Fondie (Orr) reports snowfall remains minimal and there’s no snowmobile activity. Area lakes continue to be checked as some angling has started. Weekend temperatures of 15 or more below zero ...

A person was taken to a local hospital after a snowmobile crash in Muirhead Springs Forest Preserve in Kane County. At 9:15 p.m. Sunday, the Pingree Grove and Countryside Fire Protection District ...

The government on Monday confirmed that several airports, including Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, saw GPS spoofing signals last month, but said there was no impact on flight operations. GPS spoofing ...

SandboxAQ has entered an agreement with the Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to join its Transition of Quantum Sensing (TQS) program, focusing on developing and testing advanced ...