Science
High heat and fire danger loom for California ahea...
Much of California is facing a dangerous heat wave and high fire risk at a time when millions will be outside celebratin...
Hurricane Beryl broke a startling record before ma...
On Sunday, Hurricane Beryl became the first Category 4 storm ever to form in the Atlantic Ocean in the month of June.
Dams in distress: Partial failure in Minnesota off...
The partial failure of Minnesota’s Rapidan Dam sheds like on the almost 4,100 dams in the U.S. that are categorized at t...
Scientist behind Alzheimer’s drug in late-stage tr...
A neuroscientist whose work helped pave the way for an Alzheimer’s drug candidate was indicted by a federal grand jury o...
A chunk of space debris found in N.C. came from a ...
A large chunk of space debris discovered last month in North Carolina came from a SpaceX capsule that had journeyed to t...
No return date yet for NASA astronauts who launche...
Two NASA astronauts will stay longer at the International Space Station as engineers troubleshoot problems on Boeing’s n...
A harmless asteroid will whiz past Earth on Saturd...
An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth, making its closest approach on Saturday morning.
As Covid cases rise, CDC panel recommends new vers...
With fresh Covid cases bubbling up in some parts of the country, health officials are setting course for a fall vaccinat...
Deaths during Hajj: How this year's pilgrimage tur...
After 1,300 people died during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, witnesses and experts say high temperatures and diff...
Gassy cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denm...
Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, the first c...
CDC issues dengue fever alert in the U.S.
This year, global dengue fever cases hit record highs due to rising temperatures, creating ideal conditions for mosquito...
Summer’s start: A deadly week of extreme weather
In the last week, extreme weather has wreaked havoc in many parts of the U.S. and around the world. The events have brou...
NASA astronauts' return on Boeing's spaceship has ...
The NASA astronauts who flew Boeing’s Starliner capsule to the space station have been in orbit longer than anticipated ...
A slew of new weight loss drugs are in development...
At the ADA conference in Orlando, researchers will present data on 27 GLP-1 drugs in development, while others focus on ...
A deadly tornado and a rare feat for storm chasers...
As a deadly tornado cut a path across Iowa last month, storm chasers tracked it, gathering rare data that is now offerin...
Levels of contamination in the Seine remain unsafe...
Levels of contamination in Paris’ River Seine remain unsafe for Olympians to compete, with just over a month until the g...
California to become third state to mandate heat p...
California is poised to pass the state’s first regulations to protect indoor workers from extreme heat — a policy that c...
The Iberian lynx is back from the brink of extinct...
The Iberian lynx was on the brink of extinction just over two decades ago. But the animal, native to Spain and Portugal,...
Climate change made killer heat wave in Southwest ...
This month’s heat in the Southwestern U.S., Mexico and Central America was 35 times more likely and 2.5 degrees hotter b...
A giant dinosaur roamed Montana with blade-like ho...
Anyone wandering 78 million years ago through the swamplands of modern day Montana may have come across a dinosaur so un...