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The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here...
The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks overnight Sunday, giving skywatchers a chance to enjoy one of the best shooting s...
Why Japan issued its first-ever 'megaquake advisor...
Japan issued a “megaquake advisory” following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake off its coast. That raised the risk of a larger...
Scientists propose warming up Mars by using heat-t...
Scientists are proposing a new approach to warm up Mars by pumping engineered particles into the atmosphere as aerosols ...
NASA Inspector General gives damning assessment of...
Amid ongoing issues with Boeing’s Starliner spaceship, a report from NASA’s Inspector General highlights other shortcomi...
After a burst ice dam unleashed a flood, residents...
Homes and some businesses were damaged by floodwaters in Juneau, Alaska, after rainwater and snowmelt overtook an ice da...
Outbreak of Valley fever at California music festi...
Cases of Valley fever have been climbing in California. An outbreak among attendees at a music festival highlights the f...
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest down t...
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest slowed by nearly half compared to the year before, according to government s...
NASA considers keeping Boeing astronauts on the sp...
NASA is considering keeping the astronauts who flew Boeing's capsule to the space station there until February as a resu...
EPA issues emergency order to stop use of a pestic...
The EPA has issued an emergency order to stop the use of a pesticide that can harm fetuses — the agency's first such mov...
Red Cross faces emergency blood shortage caused in...
The American Red Cross is facing an emergency blood shortage after extreme heat impacted blood drives last month.
Avocado goldrush links U.S. companies with Mexico’...
Environmental damage caused by illegal practices and growing demand have prompted U.S. nonprofit the Organic Consumers A...
Cutting-edge technology helps researchers track hu...
Researchers are sending a dozen remotely-controlled Saildrones into the ocean off the coast of the United States to help...
With a fire burning just miles away, residents of ...
As the Pioneer Fire crept within a mile and a half of the remote northern town of Stehekin, Washington, emergency manage...
NASA weighs Boeing vs. SpaceX choice in bringing b...
NASA management has been in deep discussion this week about whether to return the agency’s astronauts on board Boeing’s ...
Young climate advocates think Harris can do more f...
President Biden passed the U.S.’ most significant climate legislation, but leaders of youth climate groups see Kamala Ha...
56 days and counting: Two NASA astronauts are stil...
Eight weeks after they launched, two NASA astronauts are still waiting aboard the space station as engineers try to addr...
Triathletes swim in Seine as last-minute testing s...
After months of speculation about whether the River Seine would be clean enough for Olympic athletes to compete in it, o...
Wildfire smoke is probably harming your brain
Parts of California, Oregon and Montana are facing unhealthy levels of air pollution as several large fires blaze, inclu...