5 reasons why COP 28, the UN climate talks, are worth your attention
The annual U.N. climate talks are nearly two weeks of delegates meeting
December 01, 2023The annual U.N. climate talks are nearly two weeks of delegates meeting
December 01, 2023South Korea has launched its first military spy satellite, a little over a week after rival North Korea claimed to put its own spy satellite into orbit for the first time
December 01, 2023U.S. and Israeli authorities say a small western Pennsylvania water authority was just one of multiple organizations breached by Iran-affiliated hackers who targeted a specific industrial control device because it is Israeli-made
December 02, 2023A powerful earthquake that shook the southern Philippines has killed at least one villager and injured several others as thousands scrambled out of their homes in panic and jammed roads to higher grounds after a tsunami warning was issued
December 03, 2023Teachers are voicing skepticism about a Maine proposal to update science education standards to incorporate teaching about genocide, eugenics and the Holocaust
December 04, 2023Britain’s polar research ship has crossed paths with the largest iceberg in the world
December 04, 2023Wildlife officials have captured hundreds of invasive carp from the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wisconsin
December 04, 2023A team of scientists reported that the world this year pumped 1.1% more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than last year because of increased pollution from China and India
December 05, 2023For Lebanon’s Christians, the cedars are sacred, these tough evergreen trees that survive the mountain’s harsh snowy winters
December 05, 2023The U.N. weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and 2020 and the Antarctic ice sheet lost 75 percent more compared to the previous ten years, as it released its latest stark report about the fallout on the planet from climate change
December 05, 2023Tom Hanks is a lifelong space buff
December 05, 2023Fifty-two endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles suffering from “cold stun” are rehabbing at four facilities in Florida after a flight on a private plane from the New England Aquarium in Massachusetts
December 06, 2023One of the biggest and brightest stars in the night sky will momentarily vanish
December 06, 2023Indonesian authorities have ended the search for any more victims among climbers who were caught by a weekend eruption of the Mount Marapi volcano that killed 23 people and injured several others
December 07, 2023An international team of climate scientists says the ongoing catastrophic rains in East Africa have been made worse by human-induced climate change
December 07, 2023When the U.S. military took the extraordinary step of grounding its fleet of V-22 Ospreys this week, it wasn't reacting just to the recent deadly crash of the aircraft off the coast of Japan
December 07, 2023As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are largely focused on how to curb climate change have another thing on their plates: how to adapt to the warming that’s already here
December 08, 2023South Korea’s defense minister has threatened massive retaliatory missile strikes on “the heart and head” of North Korea in the event of provocation, as the rivals escalate their rhetoric over their respective spy satellite launches in recent days
December 08, 2023The International Union for Conservation of Nature, the leading tracker of global biodiversity, released their new Red List of Threatened Species on Monday at the United Nations climate conference in Dubai
December 11, 2023Boeing is promoting a woman to one of its top jobs, putting her in the discussion about possible successors to current CEO David Calhoun
December 12, 2023Five years after a fatal accident, federal officials are proposing modifications and additional inspections to the engine housing of nearly 2,000 Boeing jets in the U.S. The proposal by the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday largely follows recommendations that Boeing made to airlines in July
December 13, 2023Mauna Kea is a 14,000-foot shield volcano in Hawaii’s Big Island
December 13, 2023The year's best meteor shower, the Geminids, peaks this week
December 13, 2023A federal judge says she will decide by Friday whether to temporarily halt the impending reintroduction of gray wolves to Colorado under a voter-approved initiative
December 14, 2023Pope Francis is calling for an international treaty to ensure artificial intelligence is developed and used ethically
December 14, 2023