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A surge of grant cancellations hit researchers focused on the health of gay, lesbian and transgender people last week, as the Trump administration continues to target what it describes as ideologically driven science.
The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a stunning backdrop.
Around the globe, hotter temperatures stoked by climate change are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier precipitation that can wreak havoc on people and the environment.
23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and its co-founder and CEO has resigned as the struggling genetic testing company continues its push to cut costs.
A private European aerospace company has scrubbed the first test flight of its orbital launch vehicle.
A beloved bald eagle who gained popularity after incubating a rock is mourned after dying from head trauma sustained during violent storms in Missouri last week.
With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations.
An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.
The Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia has erupted, sending an ash column 26,000 feet high and prompting authorities to expand the danger zone around the volcano.
Residents of the Tuscan beach enclave of Orbetello are seeking a state of emergency declaration to help combat an invasion of midges that are keeping people indoors and threatening businesses catering to tourists.
The most recent eruption episode of Hawaii’s most active volcano has ended after sending fountains of lava hundreds of feet into the sky.
An experimental treatment appears to postpone Alzheimer's symptoms in some people genetically destined to get the disease at a young age.
Scientists are homing in on the nature of a mysterious force called dark energy, and nothing short of the fate of the universe hangs in the balance.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls short of any endurance record.
A European space telescope launched to explore the dark universe has released a trove of new data on distant galaxies.
Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms since it was first detected in North America in late 2021.
South African officials say a member of a research team at an isolated Antarctica base has been put under psychological evaluation after he allegedly assaulted and sexually harassed colleagues.
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth after being stuck in space for more than nine months.
A SpaceX capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts.
Reductions to federal support for research at universities and other institutions under President Donald Trump are dimming young scientists’ prospects, cutting off pathways to career-building projects and graduate programs.
A judge finds that Virginia law does not consider frozen embryos to be property that can be divided up in a partition lawsuit.
More than 100 million people in the U.S. are in the path of an expected massive March storm starting Friday.
Universities across the U.S. have announced hiring freezes due to the risk of federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration.
A new report says at least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years.
Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for egg prices averaging nearly $5 a dozen.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced nearly three dozen deregulatory moves that he said would spur the U.S. economy by rolling back rules that have unfairly burdened industry.
A volcano near Alaska’s largest city is showing new signs of unrest, with experts saying the likelihood of an eruption at Mount Spurr in the next few weeks or months has increased.
Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years old.
A National Institutes of Health study aims to find out whether ultraprocessed foods lead people to eat more.
Explorers have discovered the sunken wreckage of one of the first steel cargo ships to travel the Great Lakes.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s radiation levels have significantly dropped since the cataclysmic meltdown 14 years ago.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers urge the Trump administration to scrap plans to kill more than 450,000 invasive barred owls in West Coast forests in coming decades.
An American biochemist whose research has helped scientists make inroads on treating coronavirus and HIV has won this year’s Wolf Prize, a major Israeli award in the arts and sciences.
A new study finds that climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too.
Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst.
Scientists have dated the skeleton of an ancient child that caused a stir when it was first discovered because it carries features from both humans and Neanderthals.
Researchers, doctors, their patients and supporters are venturing out of labs, hospitals and offices across the country to stand up to what they call an attack on life-saving science by the Trump administration.
The U.S. military's classified mini space shuttle has returned to Earth after circling the world for 434 days.
A private lunar lander is no longer working after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole.
Ripple effects of the Trump administration's crackdown on U.S. medical research promise to reach every corner of America.
President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the National Institutes of Health is promising to help restore trust in medical research.
NASA's two stuck astronauts are just a few weeks away from finally returning to Earth after nine months in space.
The SS United States is expected to arrive in Mobile, Alabama, sometime Monday. The next step? Off the coast of Destin, where it will be turned into an artificial reef.
Dr. Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist, and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, is retiring from the government agency and urging “respect” for its embattled workers.
NOAA's weather data is freely available and critical for meteorologists to create accurate forecasts. But that's not all NOAA does. How its different divisions impact your life.
Chip Ganassi Racing on Friday said it has partnered on a strategic research collaboration with OpenAI — a deal that makes the two-time reigning IndyCar championship winning team the first to bring in a partner from the artificial intelligence field.
A new government report says that rates for precancerous lesions decreased about 80% among younger women who were screened for cervical cancer.
As President Donald Trump's administration looks to reverse a cornerstone finding that climate change endangers human health and welfare, scientists say they need to look around because it’s obvious how bad global warming is and how its getting worse.
A 66-year-old suspect in the 1977 slaying of a Hawaii teenager has agreed to be extradited from Utah to face a murder charge.
A report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog says Iran has accelerated its production of near weapons-grade uranium as tensions between Tehran and Washington rise after the election of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Seven planets grace the sky at the end of February in what’s known as a planetary parade, though some will be difficult to spot.
Dr. S. James Gates, graduate of Orlando's Jones High School, has a storied career trying to explain what ties the universe together. These days, those aren't the only ties he thinks -- and worries -- about.
Scientists from the University of Athens monitoring an earthquake swarm near the island of Santorini say the phenomenon is in “gradual decline” nearly a month after the multiple tremors started.
A new and massive study finds that climate change is melting the world’s mountain glaciers faster than ever.
Health care facilities in Utah would be required to let patients bring their own blood or choose their own donor for medical procedures under legislation gaining momentum in Utah.
The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers it fired as part of President Donald Trump’s broad cuts because they were involved in the government’s response to the ongoing bird flu outbreak that has devastated egg and poultry farms over the past three years.
Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania.
Eight green sea turtles stunned by the cold during a rare snowfall in Florida have been released back into the Atlantic Ocean.
City leaders in Longwood could decide Monday night whether to remove fluoride from the city’s water supply. The city commission meeting starts Monday evening at 6 p.m. at the commission chambers.
Crocodiles, monkeys, tigers, zebras and dozens of other taxidermy animals will move to new homes after concerns about arsenic exposure forced the closure of the South Dakota museum where they had been displayed for decades.
Department of Health and Human Services officials expected most of the agency’s roughly 5,200 probationary employees to be fired.
