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Residents express amazement after seeing fireball streak across the southern sky
Read full article: Residents express amazement after seeing fireball streak across the southern skyMore than 200 people across a half-dozen southern states have reported witnessing a fireball streak across the sky, and NASA has determined that it was a meteor.
The government cuts key data used in hurricane forecasting, and experts sound an alarm
Read full article: The government cuts key data used in hurricane forecasting, and experts sound an alarmWeather experts are warning that hurricane forecasts will be severely hampered by the upcoming cutoff of key data from U.S. Department of Defense satellites.
International Space Station welcomes its first astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary
Read full article: International Space Station welcomes its first astronauts from India, Poland and HungaryThe first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary have arrived at the International Space Station, ferried there by SpaceX on a private flight.
Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos faces additional charges
Read full article: Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos faces additional chargesA Harvard University researcher accused of smuggling clawed frog embryos into the United States is facing additional charges.
Israel killed at least 14 scientists in an unprecedented attack on Iran's nuclear know-how
Read full article: Israel killed at least 14 scientists in an unprecedented attack on Iran's nuclear know-howIsraelās tally of war damage it has wrought on Iran includes the targeted killings of at least 14 nuclear scientists and experts.
Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern US
Read full article: Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern USAn intense and nearly historic weather pattern is cooking much of America in a dangerous heat dome this week with triple-digit heat that hasnāt been seen in some places in more than a decade.
NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander
Read full article: NASA spacecraft around the moon photographs the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar landerA NASA spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company's lunar lander.
UK lawmakers back a bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their lives
Read full article: UK lawmakers back a bill to allow terminally ill adults to end their livesU.K. lawmakers have backed a bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives in a historic vote in Parliament that takes it a step nearer to becoming law.
Government says Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos brought 'biological materials'
Read full article: Government says Harvard researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos brought 'biological materials'Attorneys argued over whether a Harvard University researcher accused of smuggling frog embryos brought ābiological materialsā into the U.S. Kseniia Petrova, a Russian-born scientist conducting cancer research for Harvard Medical School, appeared in Massachusetts federal court Wednesday for a probable cause hearing, where government and defense attorneys argued over whether she brought ābiological materialsā into the U.S. She was returning from a vacation from France in February when she was...
The US plans to open a fly factory in Texas as part of its fight against a flesh-eating parasite
Read full article: The US plans to open a fly factory in Texas as part of its fight against a flesh-eating parasiteThe U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed millions of the insects in Texas near the border with Mexico as part of an effort to keep a flesh-eating parasite from infesting American cattle.
Early humans survived in a range of extreme environments before global migration, study says
Read full article: Early humans survived in a range of extreme environments before global migration, study saysHumans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra.
Had a belly full. Could Chinese swimmers have eaten 5 kilos of food en route to failed doping test?
Read full article: Had a belly full. Could Chinese swimmers have eaten 5 kilos of food en route to failed doping test?The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency told senators that Chinese swimmers would have had to ingest around 11 pounds, or five kilograms of food to test for the amounts of the performance enhancer that resulted in the much-debated positive drug tests from 2021 that were later disregarded.
Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuations and flight cancelations
Read full article: Volcanic eruption in Indonesia forces evacuations and flight cancelationsIndonesiaās Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki has erupted with giant ash and smoke plumes again after forcing evacuations of villages and flight cancelations, including to and from the resort island of Bali.
Eruption of Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano creates ash plume visible 90 miles away
Read full article: Eruption of Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano creates ash plume visible 90 miles awayMount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia has erupted, spewing towering columns of hot ash.
Eco Hero winner starts lifechanging 2-week adventure in Australia
Read full article: Eco Hero winner starts lifechanging 2-week adventure in AustraliaThis yearās Eco Hero winner, a recent high school graduate, boarded her 21-hour flight to Australia on Saturday and landed in Melbourne to start her life-changing two-week adventure.
Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he's never seen such discrimination in 40 years
Read full article: Judge rules some NIH grant cuts illegal, saying he's never seen such discrimination in 40 yearsA federal judge says it was illegal for the Trump administration to cancel several hundred research grants issued by the National Institutes of Health.
Eco Hero winner: Aspiring conservation veterinarian to fly to Australia on Saturday
Read full article: Eco Hero winner: Aspiring conservation veterinarian to fly to Australia on SaturdayThis yearās Eco Hero winner, a recent high school graduate, is flying from Miami to Melbourne, Australia on Saturday.
Space station leak concerns will delay visit by astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary
Read full article: Space station leak concerns will delay visit by astronauts from India, Poland and HungaryA chartered spaceflight for India, Poland and Hungary's first astronauts in decades has been delayed indefinitely because of leak concerns at the International Space Station.
A grassland bird eavesdrops on prairie dog calls to keep itself safe from predators
Read full article: A grassland bird eavesdrops on prairie dog calls to keep itself safe from predatorsNew research says long-billed curlews listen to alarm barks from prairie dog colonies to protect themselves from predators.
Trump EPA moves to repeal climate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants
Read full article: Trump EPA moves to repeal climate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plantsThe Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to eliminate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas.
Video shows dolphin calf birth and first breath at Chicago zoo. Mom's friend helped
Read full article: Video shows dolphin calf birth and first breath at Chicago zoo. Mom's friend helpedA bottlenose dolphin at the Brookfield Zoo Chicago gave birth to a calf early Saturday morning with the help of a fellow mom.
UN nuclear agency members draft resolution accusing Iran of failing to meet obligations
Read full article: UN nuclear agency members draft resolution accusing Iran of failing to meet obligationsWestern nations are planning to table a resolution at an IAEA meeting that will find Iran in non-compliance with its so-called safeguards obligations for the first time in 20 years, a senior western diplomat said.
Cutting off rhinos' horns is a contentious last resort to stop poaching. A new study found it works
Read full article: Cutting off rhinos' horns is a contentious last resort to stop poaching. A new study found it worksA study published in the academic journal Science has found that cutting off the horns of rhinos in Africa leads to a reduction in poaching of the endangered species.
Dilly Dally the sea turtle returns to the ocean after flipper amputation
Read full article: Dilly Dally the sea turtle returns to the ocean after flipper amputationAn adolescent loggerhead sea turtle named Dilly Dally is back in the Atlantic Ocean, months after having a front flipper amputated at a Florida turtle hospital.
What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus US authorities say was smuggled in from China?
Read full article: What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus US authorities say was smuggled in from China?Federal prosecutors have charged two Chinese researchers with smuggling a crop-killing fungus into the U.S. last summer.
A Virginia museum found 4 Confederate soldiers' remains. It's trying to identify them
Read full article: A Virginia museum found 4 Confederate soldiers' remains. It's trying to identify themArchaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.
US says it broke up effort to bring toxic fungus to Michigan lab from China
Read full article: US says it broke up effort to bring toxic fungus to Michigan lab from ChinaTwo scientists from China have been charged in Michigan in what the FBI says was an effort to bring a toxic fungus to the U.S. Investigators say the pathogen can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people.
A long-running experiment finds a tiny particle is still acting weird
Read full article: A long-running experiment finds a tiny particle is still acting weirdFinal results from a long-running U.S.-based experiment show a tiny particle continues to act strangely -- but thatās still good news for the laws of physics as we know them.
Scientists say a record amount of seaweed hit the Caribbean and nearby areas in May
Read full article: Scientists say a record amount of seaweed hit the Caribbean and nearby areas in MayA new report says that a record 38 million metric tons of sargassum piled up across the Caribbean and nearby areas in May, with more expected this month.
An accidental discovery at a planetarium opens a window into the universe's inner workings
Read full article: An accidental discovery at a planetarium opens a window into the universe's inner workingsScientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar systemās many secrets.
Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar storms
Read full article: Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar stormsSpace weather forecasters say northern lights may be visible in parts of the northern United States following weekend solar storms.
Milky Way's chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50
Read full article: Milky Way's chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies might not happen after all.
Archaeologists find new evidence of ancient slave labor in southern Iraq
Read full article: Archaeologists find new evidence of ancient slave labor in southern IraqA system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a massive agricultural system built by slave labor.
Strauss' 'Blue Danube' is beamed into space as Vienna celebrates with a concert
Read full article: Strauss' 'Blue Danube' is beamed into space as Vienna celebrates with a concertStrauss' āBlue Danubeā waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA's Voyagers.
Trump says he's withdrawing the nomination of Musk associate Jared Isaacman to lead NASA
Read full article: Trump says he's withdrawing the nomination of Musk associate Jared Isaacman to lead NASAPresident Donald Trump says he's withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, an associate of Trump adviser Elon Musk, to lead NASA.
FAA demands an accident investigation into SpaceX's latest out-of-control Starship flight
Read full article: FAA demands an accident investigation into SpaceX's latest out-of-control Starship flightThe Federal Aviation Administration is demanding an accident investigation into the out-of-control Starship flight by SpaceX.
Half of world's population endured extra month of extreme heat due to climate change, experts say
Read full article: Half of world's population endured extra month of extreme heat due to climate change, experts sayScientists say 4 billion people, about half the worldās population, experienced at least one extra month of extreme heat because of human-caused climate change from May 2024 to May 2025.
US supercomputer named after Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna to power AI and scientific research
Read full article: US supercomputer named after Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna to power AI and scientific researchA new supercomputer named after a winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry will help power artificial intelligence technology and scientific discoveries from a perch in the hills above the University of California, Berkeley, federal officials said Thursday.
What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers
Read full article: What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answersIn a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future.
China launches spacecraft it says will return samples and yield 'groundbreaking discoveries'
Read full article: China launches spacecraft it says will return samples and yield 'groundbreaking discoveries'China's space agency has launched a spacecraft that promises to return samples from a pair of asteroids near Mars.
Ancient DNA reveals a new group of people who lived near land bridge between the Americas
Read full article: Ancient DNA reveals a new group of people who lived near land bridge between the AmericasScientists have identified a new pod of ancient people who lived near the land bridge between North America and South America.
Judge: Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos was unlawfully detained by ICE
Read full article: Judge: Harvard researcher charged with smuggling frog embryos was unlawfully detained by ICEA federal judge in Vermont has granted a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher release from immigration custody as she deals with a criminal charge of smuggling frog embryos into the U.S. Colleagues and academics testified Wednesday on Kseniia Petrovaās behalf, saying she is doing valuable research in pursuing cures for cancer.
A new variant of COVID-19 may be driving up cases in some parts of the world, WHO says
Read full article: A new variant of COVID-19 may be driving up cases in some parts of the world, WHO saysA new variant of COVID-19 is circulating in parts of the world and may be driving an increase in cases in the eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and western Pacific regions.
SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions, but it tumbles out of control
Read full article: SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions, but it tumbles out of controlSpaceX has launched its Starship mega rocket again after back-to-back explosions.
What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it?
Read full article: What is Manhattanhenge and when can you see it?Twice per year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers.
Slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima will be used in the prime minister's flower beds
Read full article: Slightly radioactive soil from Fukushima will be used in the prime minister's flower bedsJapan plans to use some of the slightly radioactive soil removed from across Fukushima prefecture on flower beds outside Prime Minister Shigeru Ishibaās office.
Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire them
Read full article: Scientists have lost their jobs or grants in US cuts. Foreign universities want to hire themAs the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants.
Uncommon May norāeaster brings rain and snow to New England states just before Memorial Day weekend
Read full article: Uncommon May norāeaster brings rain and snow to New England states just before Memorial Day weekendAn unusual May norāeaster is pulling away from New England after soaking the region and setting some record cold temperatures.
How the Trump administration's move will affect Harvard's international students
Read full article: How the Trump administration's move will affect Harvard's international studentsThe efforts by President Donald Trumpās administration to prevent Harvard University from enrolling international students have struck at the core of the Ivy League schoolās identity and unsettled current and prospective students around the world.
Get ready for another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024
Read full article: Get ready for another busy Atlantic hurricane season, but maybe not as crazy as 2024With warmer-than-normal ocean waters, forecasters are expecting another unusually busy hurricane season for the Atlantic.
Rare May nor'easter brings rain and chance of snow to New England before Memorial Day
Read full article: Rare May nor'easter brings rain and chance of snow to New England before Memorial DayAn unusual May norāeaster is soaking New England and threatening to bring snow to higher elevations as the states prepared for the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
Markers in blood and urine may reveal how much ultraprocessed food we are eating
Read full article: Markers in blood and urine may reveal how much ultraprocessed food we are eatingScientists have identified molecules from blood and urine that may reveal how much energy a person consumes from ultraprocessed foods.
With a massive ark and museum, he spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial. Heās not alone
Read full article: With a massive ark and museum, he spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial. Heās not aloneThe 1925 Scopes monkey trial famously put the spotlight on evolution and appeared to mark a defeat for biblical fundamentalism.
Trump budget would cut ocean data and leave boaters, anglers and forecasters scrambling for info
Read full article: Trump budget would cut ocean data and leave boaters, anglers and forecasters scrambling for infoSweeping research cuts in President Donald Trump's proposed budget would target an ocean-monitoring system that scientists say is crucial to predicting tsunami escape routes and hurricane intensity and helping ships navigate dangerous harbors safely.
Indian space agency's satellite mission fails due to technical issue in launch vehicle
Read full article: Indian space agency's satellite mission fails due to technical issue in launch vehicleThe Indian space agencyās mission to launch into orbit a new Earth observation satellite has failed after the launch vehicle encountered a technical issue during the third stage of flight.
Harvard researcher charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos to be transferred to Massachusetts
Read full article: Harvard researcher charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos to be transferred to MassachusettsA federal judge has ordered the transfer of a Russian-born scientist and Harvard University researcher facing deportation from Louisiana, where she was detained by immigration authorities, to Massachusetts, where she has been charged with trying to smuggle frog embryos.
The FBI is disbanding one of its public corruption squads in its Washington office, AP sources say
Read full article: The FBI is disbanding one of its public corruption squads in its Washington office, AP sources sayThe FBI is disbanding a squad in its Washington field office that investigates allegations of fraud and public corruption against members of Congress and other federal officials.
Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millions
Read full article: Gene editing helped a desperately ill baby thrive. Scientists say it could someday treat millionsA baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is thriving after getting an experimental gene editing treatment made just for him.
What the EPA's partial rollback of the 'forever chemical' drinking water rule means
Read full article: What the EPA's partial rollback of the 'forever chemical' drinking water rule meansThe Environmental Protection Agency says it will roll back limits on several types of what are known as forever chemicals in drinking water.
Early human ancestors used their hands to both climb trees and make tools, new study shows
Read full article: Early human ancestors used their hands to both climb trees and make tools, new study showsA new study shows two species of early human ancestors used their hands for both climbing and tool-making.
How ancient reptile footprints are rewriting the history of when animals evolved to live on land
Read full article: How ancient reptile footprints are rewriting the history of when animals evolved to live on landScientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone recovered near Melbourne.
Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggests
Read full article: Ancient wooden spears found in Germany may have been wielded by Neanderthals, a new study suggestsA set of ancient wooden spears may be younger than scientists thought and wielded by Neanderthals instead of their ancestors.
Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a form of ancient communication
Read full article: Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a form of ancient communicationA new study shows that chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks.