Japan’s nuclear watchdog has formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region from starting
November 13, 2024
Planet-heating pollution to hit all-time high, dashing hopes it would start to drop in 2024
November 13, 2024
Robin Zeng, the billionaire founder of CATL, aims to reinvent the world’s largest battery maker as a green-energy provider and to slash the cost of developing electric
November 13, 2024
SoftBank's Japanese telecoms unit will receive the first chips using Nvidia's latest Blackwell design for its supercomputer, the California-based chip designer said, as Masayoshi Son
November 13, 2024
Even as Earth sets new heat records, humanity this year is pumping 330 million tons (300 million metric tons) more carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels than it did last year
November 13, 2024
Authorities say two monkeys have been returned to a South Carolina compound that breeds the animals for medical research
November 12, 2024
British writer Samantha Harvey has won the Booker Prize for fiction with “Orbital,” a short, wonder-filled novel set aboard the International Space Station
November 12, 2024
Countries have promised to reduce their fossil fuel subsidies to fight climate change, but it’s harder to do than it looks. An energy law expert explains the challenges.
November 12, 2024
Fast-rising methane emissions could undermine efforts to limit global warming by mid-century, prompting scientists and policymakers to urge aggressive action to curb
November 12, 2024
After nearly a decade of negotiations, leaders during the United Nations climate conference’s first day decided on some of the finer points of much-debated sticking point aimed at cutting planet-warming emissions from coal, oil and gas
November 12, 2024
State-owned aerospace company AVIC unveiled China's first commercial uncrewed spaceplane at the country's biggest air show in Zhuhai on Tuesday, with
November 12, 2024
The president of Azerbaijan, host of this year's U.N. climate summit, lashed out at Western critics of his country's oil and gas
November 12, 2024
This year's U.N. climate summit - COP29 - is being held during yet another record-breaking year of higher global temperatures, adding pressure to negotiations aimed at
November 12, 2024
Thousands in Australia line up to see stinking ‘corpse flower’ that only blooms once a decade
November 12, 2024
Research reveals China has built prototype nuclear reactor to power aircraft carrier
November 12, 2024
Archaeologists identify centuries-old battle site in Iraq using declassified spy satellite images
November 12, 2024
New Uranus research suggests what’s known about the planet could be wrong
November 11, 2024
Authorities say five more monkeys have been returned to a South Carolina compound that breeds the animals for medical research
November 11, 2024
Genetic testing firm 23andMe said on Monday it is reducing about 40%, or 200 employees, from its workforce and discontinuing further development of all its therapies as part of a
November 11, 2024
African elephants are Earth's largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. They also are in peril.
November 11, 2024
Countries at the two-week COP29 climate summit gave the go-ahead on Monday to carbon credit quality standards which are critical to launching a U.N
November 11, 2024
Talks aimed at reaching a global agreement on how to better fight pandemics will continue into next year and are expected to be completed by the next World
November 11, 2024
Astronomers say better catch this week's supermoon
November 11, 2024
Alien-like signal from 2023 has been decoded. The next step is to figure out what it means
November 11, 2024
A digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica has been created using artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most important monument’s
November 11, 2024
Equipped with a rodent version of a Cybertruck, these driving rats reveal that positive experiences may sculpt the brain just as powerfully as stressful ones
November 11, 2024
It’s all about perspective: The higher you go, the more you can see the curve.
November 11, 2024
Stacker consulted research from Yale Medical School and the World Health Organization to find how SARS-CoV-2 has evolved since 2020.
November 11, 2024
Over a thousand years ago, the hundreds of giant geoglyphs carved into the desert in northern Chile were a bustling scene.
November 11, 2024
Artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI are seeking to overcome unexpected delays and challenges
November 11, 2024
In Baku, Azerbaijan the two-week United Nations climate negotiations, called COP29, got right to the major focus of striking a new deal on how many hundreds of billions — or even trillions — of dollars a year will flow from rich nations to poor to try to curb and adapt to climate change
November 11, 2024
Chinese scientists have recommended a region-specific diet they say is crucial to improving eating habits in the country amid a rise in obesity and lifestyle diseases, and as a
November 11, 2024
U.S. researchers have concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers
November 11, 2024
For the first time, a group of U.S. researchers has concluded that China has built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor to power future aircraft carriers
November 11, 2024
A deep dive into 866 public companies and 1,413 carbon projects reveals some twists in who relies on cheap offsets and who chooses to cut their own emissions instead.
November 11, 2024
Authorities say more than half of the monkeys bred for medical research that escaped from a compound in South Carolina have been recovered unharmed
November 11, 2024
As California wildfires become more frequent, people will need to fireproof their homes. Here’s what it takes to do it
November 10, 2024
The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says he will travel to Iran in the coming days to hold talks regarding the country’s nuclear program
November 10, 2024
Canada has detected its first presumptive case of H5 bird flu in a person, a teenager in the western province of British Columbia, health officials said on Saturday.
November 10, 2024
Genetic genealogy helps solve cold case homicide of child, remains found 65 years ago
November 09, 2024
Officials say one of 43 monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina has been recovered unharmed
November 09, 2024
The majority of strokes could be prevented, according to new guidelines aimed at helping people and their doctors do just that
November 09, 2024
Countries at the U.N. COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan will attempt to agree rules for a global system for trading carbon offset credits.
November 09, 2024
Scans help solve a 3,000-year-old mystery of a high-status Egyptian woman
November 09, 2024
Nearly 200
November 09, 2024
Ancient ‘terror birds’ were giant apex predators. Suspected new species is among the largest ever known
November 08, 2024
Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month won't say which one of them got sick
November 08, 2024
Nearly two dozen retired research chimpanzees will be relocated from New Mexico to a sanctuary in Louisiana
November 08, 2024
U.S. officials are proposing tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development across more than 6,500 square miles of federal land in the U.S. West
November 08, 2024
Stanford students build robots to help around the house
November 08, 2024
Authorities say 43 monkeys bred for medical research that escaped a compound in South Carolina have been spotted in the woods near a fence surrounding the site and that workers are using food to try to recapture them
November 08, 2024
The Conversation examines the real reasons for the differences between light and dark meat.
November 08, 2024
CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta examines the effects that traveling through space has on astronauts.
November 08, 2024
NASA astronauts on readjusting to life on Earth: ‘It’s hard to sit’
November 08, 2024
A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been abruptly diverted from its usual task to help in the increasingly desperate search for the missing from Spain’s floods
November 08, 2024
In interviews with residents and builders after disasters from Hawaii to Colorado to Puerto Rico, an engineer and policy specialist found people often overestimating the cost of building back better.
November 08, 2024
AI is already widespread and garnering billions of dollars in investment. But that doesn’t mean its ubiquity is predetermined. Society can decide when and how it’s used.
November 08, 2024
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano is spewing towering columns of hot ash high into the air following the huge eruption that killed nine people and injured dozens of others
November 08, 2024
Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted several times on Friday, belching volcanic ash that rose up to 10 km (32,800 ft) into the sky, officials said, following a big eruption
November 08, 2024
Elon Musk's dream of transporting humans to Mars will become a bigger national priority under the administration of U.S.
November 08, 2024
France has stepped up its bird flu risk assessment to 'high' from 'moderate', it said on Friday in a decree that will trigger reinforced security measures around poultry farms.
November 08, 2024
Southern California firefighters have gained ground against a wildfire that has destroyed at least 132 structures, mostly houses, as favorable conditions were expected to continue through the weekend after two days of dangerous gusty winds
November 08, 2024
There are no winners in tariff or trade wars, nor in wars over science and technology or industry, said China's top envoy to the United States, as
November 08, 2024
This year's U.N. climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, marks the world's 29th leadership gathering to confront global warming since the first "Conference of the Parties" in 1995.
November 08, 2024
A California state agency said on Thursday it is mandating enhanced data reporting requirements for autonomous vehicles including reports for incidents where self-
November 07, 2024
Bird flu infections in dairy workers went undetected, new study shows
November 07, 2024
Monkey mayhem in South Carolina after 43 primates escape research facility
November 07, 2024
Federal health officials are calling for more testing and treatment of workers on farms with bird flu
November 07, 2024
Farm workers who have been exposed to animals with bird flu should be tested for the virus even if they do not have symptoms, the U.S.
November 07, 2024
A new study says private jet carbon pollution soared 46% from 2019 to 2023
November 07, 2024
With the assistance of China's Zhurong rover, scientists have gathered fresh evidence that Mars was home to an ocean billions of years ago - a far cry from the
November 07, 2024
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for centuries
November 07, 2024
Researchers are learning more about ‘Zosia,’ the 17th century ‘vampire’ buried with a blade over her neck
November 07, 2024
Clouds affect Earth’s weather and climate in many ways. New research suggests that the presence of microplastic particles could alter these processes.
November 07, 2024
Japan's revered Mount Fuji finally regained an iconic snowcap on Thursday, setting a record for the slowest snowfall in 130 years, the
November 07, 2024
A robot that has spent months inside the ruins of a nuclear reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a tiny sample of melted nuclear fuel, in what plant officials said was a step toward beginning the cleanup of hundreds of tons of melted fuel debris
November 07, 2024
Why brain aging can vary dramatically between people
November 07, 2024
Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted eight times on Thursday, spewing a plume of volcanic ash up to 8,000 m (26,250 ft) high, officials said, as the government scrambled to
November 07, 2024
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki has erupted again, spewing a column of hot clouds from its peak three days after a midnight eruption killed nine people and injured dozens of others
November 07, 2024
It's now virtually certain 2024 will be the hottest year on record, and the first with over 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above the pre-industrial average, according to the European climate agency Copernicus
November 07, 2024
This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change
November 07, 2024
2024 will be the first year on record to smash a warming limit scientists warned about
November 07, 2024
According to official monitoring, Amazon rainforest loss in Brazil dropped by one-third compared to the previous year, according to official monitoring
November 06, 2024
Compounded semaglutide associated with at least 10 deaths, Novo Nordisk CEO warns
November 06, 2024
Hurricane Rafael knocks out Cuba’s power grid and heads into the Gulf on a much different path
November 06, 2024
Emperor penguin turns up on Australian beach, thousands of miles from home
November 06, 2024
The birth of Haggis, an endangered pygmy hippo, at the Edinburgh Zoo has captured the hearts of animal lovers and become the latest viral sensation. CNN's Jeremy Roth reports.
November 06, 2024
Endangered pygmy hippo born in Scottish zoo
November 06, 2024
Respiratory therapists create disposable hijabs for Muslim health care workers
November 05, 2024
World’s oldest writing system may have its origins in mysterious, undeciphered symbols
November 05, 2024
Chile's state copper giant Codelco has applied for an environmental permit for a $650 million project to make water use in its Andina mine more sustainable, the company said on
November 05, 2024
U.S.-based startup Axiom Space is exploring using Indian launch vehicles to support its international space station mission, a senior executive said on
November 05, 2024
Demand for green power in the United States will grow regardless of who is the country's next president, major players in the wind
November 05, 2024
The world's first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and
November 05, 2024
Russia launched a Soyuz rocket early on Tuesday carrying two satellites designed to monitor the space weather around Earth and 53 small satellites, including two Iranian ones, Russia's
November 05, 2024
LOS ANGELES — New research suggests several chemicals released during fires may pose a greater cancer risk than previously recognized, according to a study led by a Los Angeles County firefighter-turned-scientist. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that six polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) showed stronger potential for cancer-causing DNA damage than the only PAH, benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), currently classified as a known human carcinogen. Derek Urwin, a UCLA adjunct professor of chemistry and full-time L.A. County Fire Department firefighter, collaborated with UCLA researchers to examine how these chemicals interact with DNA sequences commonly linked
November 04, 2024
ADHD Advisor used scientific, peer-reviewed research studies to investigate the impacts of media multitasking on attention and memory.
November 04, 2024
A small facility in Cyprus is hosting senior government officials from as far as Algeria, Iraq and Georgia for training by top U.S. experts to prevent the kinds of materials used to build weapons of mass destruction from crossing their borders
November 04, 2024
The Canadian government released draft regulations on Monday that would cap emissions of greenhouse gases from the oil and gas sector at 35% below 2019
November 04, 2024
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has a practical mission – protecting seeds as a backup for seed banks around the world – but inspires strong cultural, political and artistic reactions.
November 04, 2024
Sugar in the first 1,000 days after conception linked to health issues later in life, study says
November 04, 2024
How to spot a fireball from the first branch of the Taurid meteor showers
November 04, 2024
Pakistan province calls for ‘climate diplomacy’ with India as record smog chokes major city
November 04, 2024
Russia will launch two Iranian satellites into orbit using a Soyuz launcher on Tuesday, Iran's ambassador to Moscow said on Monday, as the two U.S.-sanctioned countries deepen their
November 04, 2024
Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after a six-month stay on China’s Tiangong space station
November 04, 2024
RFK Jr. says fluoride is ‘an industrial waste’ linked to cancer, diseases and disorders. Here’s what the science says
November 03, 2024
Conservationists and a Native American advocacy group are suing to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction, disrupt groundwater flows and threaten cultural resources
November 03, 2024
How disease detectives’ quick work traced deadly E. coli outbreak to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
November 02, 2024
A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 meltdown
November 02, 2024
Lost Maya city discovered in Mexico
November 02, 2024
The deadliest flash floods in Spain's modern history have killed at least 214 people and dozens were still unaccounted for, four days
November 02, 2024
A 5.48 metre (18 ft) Australian crocodile that held the world record as the largest crocodile in captivity has died, a wildlife sanctuary said on Saturday.
November 02, 2024
After two weeks of negotiations, delegates agreed at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary body that will include Indigenous peoples in future decisions on nature conservation
November 02, 2024
At the United Nations biodiversity summit in Colombia, negotiators struggle to find common ground on key issues, such as how to finance protections for 30% of the Earth's wild species by 2023 and how to make payments for nature’s genetic data
November 01, 2024
A makeshift aquarium built beneath a leaky New York City fire hydrant has been revived
November 01, 2024
Record-breaking prime number containing more than 41 million digits found by former Nvidia programmer
November 01, 2024
Maine high school football player pledges to donate brain to science to help improve game safety
November 01, 2024
Those typing monkeys will never produce Shakespeare’s works, mathematicians say
November 01, 2024
Aging spacecraft starts up a radio transmitter it hasn’t used since 1981 from 15 billion miles away
November 01, 2024
Increased bear activity expected after Hurricane Helene, officials warn
November 01, 2024
Israel plans to use lasers to shoot down incoming missiles
November 01, 2024
Every human brain still holds primitive instincts that we share with our monkey ancestors. Is that part of your brain in charge when you cast your ballot?
November 01, 2024
At-home brain stimulation relieves symptoms of depression, study finds
November 01, 2024
Effective flood warning systems could help to avoid the level of destruction that has occurred in the Valencia region of Spain this week, the World Meteorological Organization said
November 01, 2024
Commerzbank names new CFO amid UniCredit approach
US watchdog issues final rule to supervise Big Tech payments, digital wallets
Indian opposition calls for Adani probe, Modi's BJP questions timing of US indictment
Sri Lanka's inflation rate drops to minus 0.7% in October
Germany faces high corporate default risk in 2025, Bundesbank says
What will happen to CNBC and MSNBC when they no longer have a corporate connection to NBC News?
Has a waltz written by composer Frederic Chopin been discovered in an NYC museum?
Australian tourist dies after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, raising toll to 4 including American