~hackernews | Bookmarks (6)

SKIP ADVERTISEMENTScientists are looking at layers of minerals left behind on mammoth tusks to estimate where the hulking animals spent their days.An artist’s reconstruction of mammoths crossing dunes north of the Swan Point archaeological site in Alaska 14,000 years ago.Credit...Julius Csotonyi/University of Alaska...

Alaska Airlines again grounded all of its Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners after federal officials indicated further maintenance might be required to assure that another inflight blowout like the one that damaged one of its planes doesn’t happen again. (Jan. 7) Photos By CLAIRE RUSH, DAVID KOENIG and BECKY BOHRER Updated ...

Published: 22:37 EST, 5 January 2024 | Updated: 00:58 EST, 6 January 2024 An Alaska Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, California was forced to make an emergency landing back at Portland International Airport less than an hour after takeoff after suffering depressurization.Terrifying audio recordings ...