Well, howdy there, internet people. It's Dana again. And today you're at Research Road. This is a

weekly series where we go through science and tech news with a bit of dry humor. Then we do a dive

into a science topic and we close out by answering some questions from y'all. Today is the 24th of June

2025. And on this date in 1938, the Chikora meteor estimated to be about 450 tons blew up over the skies of Pennsylvania.

Today is National Upsychland Day, a day to make a list of all the things that can be reused for projects around the house.

So, starting off with tech news,

the cost of batteries for use with solar power generation is dropping so much

that we're hitting the point where it will be cost-effective to store enough energy to provide solar at night.

Thousands of Nintendo Switch 2 consoles were stolen in Colorado.

Elon tested one of his rockets.

It would have been a successful test if it was a military rocket.

It produced quite a glorious explosion.

There were no injuries, and the explosion was reportedly due to the failure

of a pressurized nitrogen tank. And now on to space. This could have gone under tech or space,

really. The Veri-Ruban Observatory has been using the world's largest digital camera to take

photos of space. They're just starting to release some of the images, and they are stunning,

showing millions of galaxies and identifying a bunch of new asteroids.

A NASA satellite that has been thought to be long dead

suddenly started emitting radio signals, surprise and experts.

Now it's time to talk about the developing climate crisis.

New York is set to build the first major nuclear power plant in the U.S. in 15 years.

It will provide a gigawatt of power.

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