Mars gets hit by hundreds of basketball-size space rocks every year
June 29, 2024
Brazil’s massive Pantanal wetlands haven't technically entered annual fire season but already the number of blazes reported has broken records and is leading experts to predict this year will be the most devastating in decades
June 29, 2024
Animal rescuers were trying to keep dozens of dolphins away from shallow waters around Cape Cod after 125 of the creatures earlier stranded themselves
June 29, 2024
They thought this rare, tiny flower was extinct since WWI. Now it’s a symbol of hope
June 30, 2024
This 12-year-old memorized the periodic table at age 2. He’s heading to NYU after finishing high school in just 2 years
June 30, 2024
Japan has succesfully deployed an upgraded Earth observation satellite for disaster response and security after it was launched on a new flagship H3 rocket
July 01, 2024
Australia restricts vape sales to pharmacies in ‘world-leading’ move to cut nicotine use
July 01, 2024
A new museum in northern Arizona features the fossilized feces of prehistoric animals
July 01, 2024
In new Alzheimer’s criteria, some see progress while others fear profit-driven ‘diagnostic creep’
July 01, 2024
This electric car battery takes less than 5 minutes to charge
July 01, 2024
How a group of butterflies flew 2,600 miles across the Atlantic Ocean without stopping
July 01, 2024
A North Carolina aquarium says a stingray that got pregnant this winter despite not having shared a tank with a male of her species for many years has died
July 01, 2024
Hurricane Beryl’s explosive growth into an unprecedented early storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season ahead
July 01, 2024
NASA administrator weighs in on China’s historic lunar far side samples — and potential US access
July 01, 2024
Bionic leg restores natural walking speeds and steps: ‘I didn’t feel like my leg had been amputated’
July 01, 2024
California lawmakers are weighing a bill that would regulate powerful artificial intelligence systems
July 02, 2024
The U.N. weather agency says it has confirmed that Tropical Cyclone Freddy, a deadly Indian Ocean storm that lashed eastern Africa last year, was the longest-lasting cyclone ever recorded — at 36 days
July 02, 2024
Tracking destructive and deadly tornadoes in the US, in maps and charts
July 02, 2024
Telltale signs of ‘sand volcanoes’ reveal an ancient earthquake rerouted the Ganges, scientists say
July 02, 2024
The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine
July 02, 2024
A new study says the melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating
July 02, 2024
Several shark species are facing extinction. Here’s how you can help
July 02, 2024
AI-based drug developer Formation Bio said on Wednesday that it has raised $372 million in a late-stage funding round, with a significant participation from French drugmaker Sanofi.
June 26, 2024
After purple urchins helped nearly wipe out 96% of California's iconic underwater bull kelp forests over a six-year span, biologists say they are seeing promising signs that efforts to save them may be helping
December 09, 2023
An agreement at the United Nations-led climate conference to transition away from fossil fuels brought a measure of relief for climate activists, even as many said it doesn’t go far enough
December 09, 2023
Trump explains why he will not accept CNN debate against Harris
Congo frees 600 inmates at main prison in a bid to ease overcrowding
New center-right government in France announced 2 months after divisive elections
Kenya's president visits Haiti as UN grapples with future of peacekeeping efforts
Sullivan expresses worry over escalating Israel-Lebanon tension, calls Hezbollah strike as justice served
Court gives 5 days for X to validate its Brazil legal representative
Tiny rainforest lizards leap into water and don’t come up when expected. Scientists now know why
She was born blind, but she travels the world by herself
Travel isn’t just fun. It might also help fight the signs of aging
Lindor's earliest return to New York Mets lineup from back injury likely Tuesday at Atlanta