Record drought in Midwest
Rainfall in the midwest states of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas is at its lowest since 1895, says the US National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, North Carolina. The latest figures show that rainfall is 56 centimetres lower than usual in north-east Texas, 64 cm lower in south-east Oklahoma and 58 cm lower in south-west Arkansas.
Pluto, and step on it
NASA’s New Horizons probe is set to become the fastest spacecraft ever to escape Earth’s gravity. As Â鶹´«Ã½ went to press, the mission to Pluto was being readied for launch atop an Atlas 5…
