Researchers were surprised to find how widespread this magnetic property was, not only across families of bees but also beetles, wasps and flies.
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When you’re tired and distracted, an online ad’s claims can be more effective in pitching a product when they’re assertive and explicit.
July 17, 2026
Studies increasingly show that how kids are using screens is more important than the exact amount of time they’re spending on them – and parents and caregivers tend to know what’s best for their families.
July 17, 2026
If Congress didn’t believe habitat destruction and degradation constitute ‘harm’ under the statute, why would it require permits and plans to offset habitat loss?
July 17, 2026
Water activities provide a refreshing escape from the heat, but without proper safety precautions, they can be a source of danger for autistic kids.
July 17, 2026
Wildfire smoke is driving terrible air quality as new wildfire plumes arrive from Canada
July 15, 2026
Seven American aid workers who had been in Congo to fight the Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation facility in Kenya after the U.S.
July 17, 2026
The transport of Ebola victims' bodies between different areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, often for funerals in their home communities,
July 17, 2026
Hungarian authorities have been channeling water into a vast area within the country's Hortobagy National
July 17, 2026
By interfering with how communities collect data and how researchers access it, the CDC risks undermining the hard-won trust needed for effective public health.
July 08, 2026
Salmon fishing returns to Sacramento River after 3-year closure as restoration efforts continue
July 17, 2026
Bronze Age ‘shaman,’ previously assumed to be a male metalworker, was actually a woman
July 17, 2026
Japan’s parliament has enacted a historic revision to the 19th-century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal-lineage males can become emperor
July 17, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for more global cooperation in the development and governance of artificial intelligence, while promising support for other countries
July 17, 2026
Chinese AI startup Moonshot on Friday unveiled Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter model that it said is the world's largest open-weight AI system and
July 17, 2026
For five years, China imported an average of 11.5 million barrels of oil per day. Since April, it has averaged just 8 million bpd.
July 17, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday cast Beijing as the champion of a new global AI order, using China's
July 17, 2026
Taiwan must heed international calls to share the responsibility for "collective defence", President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, appealing for
July 17, 2026
A team of South Korean and U.S. researchers has unveiled a robotic technology that allows a person to suit up without using their hands or aid
July 17, 2026
To air or not to air
July 17, 2026
When you breathe in wildfire smoke, harmful particles can travel deep into your body.
July 17, 2026
Science works at a much slower pace than social media, opening a large window for early findings to be taken at face value and misinformation to spread.
July 08, 2026
Severe storms have dumped over 20 inches of rain in parts of Texas, causing significant flooding
July 17, 2026
SpaceX's next Starship test flight is off until at least next week after a last-second abort on the pad
July 17, 2026
The start time for the MLB game between the New York Mets and the Phillies on Thursday in Philadelphia was moved up one hour due to air quality concerns due to wildfire smoke from Canada and northern Minnesota, and an MLS game in Chicago was postponed
July 17, 2026
An outbreak of diarrhea from a parasite is surging. Here’s what to eat and what to avoid
July 15, 2026
SpaceX's Starship rocket triggered a last-second abort before liftoff for its 13th flight test from Texas on Thursday as some of its 33 engines failed to start, with
July 17, 2026
A tick disease researcher explains the risks and how she avoids bringing home ticks from both work and walking her dog in the woods. Lint rollers, tick checks and some types of chemicals play a role.
July 16, 2026
Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the U.S. Midwest to the East Coast
July 16, 2026
Standard Nuclear's shares slid about 10% in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday after the company slashed its offering size by
July 16, 2026
A shakeout in U.S. semiconductor stocks tanked the tech-heavy Nasdaq on Thursday as AI jitters spread globally, while solid U.S. economic data
July 17, 2026
Heavy smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada enveloped a swath of the U.S. from the Midwest to the Northeast on Thursday, prompting warnings
July 16, 2026
With the sun obstructed by haze, Spain’s players practiced ahead of the World Cup final outside in northern New Jersey while air conditions are hazardous because of smoke from Canadian wildfires
July 17, 2026
The National Transportation Safety Board says the remains of several geese were found on the wreckage of a New York City sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last year and killed 6 people
July 17, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has worked to stop offshore wind development on the grounds it’s a national security risk since late last year, halting work on major projects and buying back leases
July 17, 2026
The White House is closely monitoring the food-borne cyclospora outbreak and is committed to providing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with all necessary
July 17, 2026
Alphabet's Google is months behind schedule on the release of Gemini 3.5 Pro, its most powerful flagship AI model, as the tech giant works to improve its capabilities, particularly
July 17, 2026
Tracking cyclospora outbreak in the Kansas City metro | How can you protect yourself?
July 17, 2026
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind pill that can drastically reduce cholesterol
July 16, 2026
Chase Strangio says he contracted cyclosporiasis in May. He joins CNN News Central to share his experience.
July 16, 2026
Testosterone doesn’t mean what most people think it does
July 16, 2026
Trump’s teleprompter operator under investigation for insider trading, sources say
July 16, 2026
Twenty-nine countries on Thursday signed an agreement to establish the World AI Cooperation Organization, an intergovernmental body China says aims to promote
July 16, 2026
Smoke from Canadian wildfires has blanketed much of the northeastern United States, triggering health alerts, but a cold front expected on the weekend will
July 16, 2026
Prediction market platform Kalshi will start taking bets on the outcomes of clinical trials and FDA regulatory reviews, it said on Thursday, making drug-development odds public for
July 16, 2026
Racing to work, to pick up your children from school, or go from one errand to the next not only wastes money and sends harmful emissions into the air, it barely saves you time, new research says
July 16, 2026
Increasing flash flooding is exhausting communities as they’re hit again and again.
July 13, 2026
Health officials serving under President Donald Trump want to make it easier for men to get a prescription for testosterone
July 16, 2026
‘Whataboutism’ makes the internet exhausting. Why people think this way
July 16, 2026
Micron Technology on Thursday signed long-term agreements with automotive suppliers, including chip designer Qualcomm and audio products maker Harman, to secure memory and storage
July 16, 2026
Abbott beat quarterly estimates and raised its annual profit forecast on Thursday, as strong demand for its cancer diagnostics business and
July 16, 2026
Boy with 'Iron Man' arm to future engineer: Alex Pring returns to UCF, chasing new dreams
July 16, 2026
Courts have long let utilities seize private property to build transmission lines. Does that hold if the power flows to a single data center?
July 16, 2026
Flash flood emergency issued for Camp Mystic disaster area as rivers rise in southern Texas
July 15, 2026
There have been three recent contamination events inside the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, South Africa’s nuclear regulator said
July 16, 2026
Vertical Aerospace said on Thursday it will partner with Near Earth Autonomy to equip its Valo aircraft with autonomous
July 16, 2026
AtaiBeckley shares soared 50% premarket on Thursday after a report that Eli Lilly was in talks to acquire the psychedelic drug developer as soon as this week.
July 16, 2026
Eli Lilly will buy AtaiBeckley for up to $3.8 billion, the company said on Thursday, joining a race among pharma majors to develop psychedelic
July 16, 2026
Kilauea ends episode 51 after over 8 hours of volcanic activity
July 16, 2026
Pluto flyby mission wakes up after long sleep nearly 6 billion miles from Earth
July 16, 2026
A study shows major artificial intelligence models are likely to refuse to criticize restrictive leaders worldwide
July 16, 2026
From Michigan Avenue, Saline Township looks like any other farming community, with its corn and soybean fields,
July 16, 2026
AI models from leading labs including Anthropic and OpenAI are much less likely to criticize governments known for restricting free speech, Meta's Oversight Board said on Thursday.
July 16, 2026
Global investment in space startups was near record levels in the second quarter, buoyed by investor enthusiasm following SpaceX's nearly $86 billion initial public
July 16, 2026
One of the world’s most prominent hospitals is testing how AI can revolutionize health care
July 16, 2026
Washington's new policy that says American citizens returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where there is an Ebola outbreak, must spend
July 15, 2026
Nvidia said on Thursday it was partnering with Japanese companies including Fanuc and Yaskawa Electric to advance the development of robotics and AI.
July 16, 2026
Detailed data is useful for understanding and addressing environmental effects on people’s lives in ways that become difficult or impossible if only the broadest and blurriest picture is developed.
June 30, 2026
Japanese communications company Fujitsu is leading a major push in artificial intelligence and robotics using Nvidia’s technology to develop “physical AI.”
July 16, 2026
Cities benefit from trees, which can cool concrete sprawls and improve air quality.
June 25, 2026
The dip in SpaceX's shares below its blockbuster IPO price of $135 a share is an ominous sign for Elon Musk's internet and rocket company as it faces more
July 16, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to outline an ambitious vision for China's role in global AI governance at a forum on Friday, as Huawei showcases
July 16, 2026
Hyundai Motor Group on Thursday disclosed that it would make U.S. robotics company Boston Dynamics a wholly owned subsidiary by acquiring
July 16, 2026
The full implementation of China's rare earth export restrictions could put $6.5 trillion of downstream production outside the country at risk, the International Energy
July 16, 2026
Airbus said on Thursday it had signed a multi-year agreement with Iliad-owned Scaleway to provide cloud infrastructure for sensitive
July 16, 2026
The twice-yearly changing of the clocks could be a thing of the past if legislation currently in Congress that calls for permanent daylight time makes it through
July 16, 2026
There are opportunities at every level of the US energy market to save consumers money – if governments, companies, communities and individuals choose to act.
June 17, 2026
The U.S. has implemented restrictions related to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which prevent American citizens and nationals
July 16, 2026
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said on Wednesday that risks posed by Anthropic's Mythos AI model are a "real issue" that the U.S. government is on top of, underscoring concerns
July 16, 2026
Who’s afraid of salad?
July 16, 2026
Cadence Design Systems on Wednesday launched an artificial-intelligence "super agent" that designs printed circuit boards and chip packages,
July 16, 2026
The driver of a Tesla Model 3 that killed a 76-year-old woman when it ploughed into her home at high speed in Katy, Texas in June had overridden the
July 16, 2026
Meteorite that crashed into a New Jersey home contains ‘extraterrestrial’ amino acids
July 16, 2026
The chief engineer at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been killed by a Ukrainian drone near the station, the head of Russia's state nuclear
July 16, 2026
The U.S. aviation sector urged Congress on Wednesday to provide $20 billion to complete a massive effort to modernize America's aging air traffic
July 16, 2026
Thousands of visitors have been told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area because of wildfires sending heavy smoke across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast
July 15, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he's rolling out a new screening program for “testosterone deficiency” among troops
July 16, 2026
The Trump administration’s latest nominee to lead the nation’ top public health agency drew frustrated reactions from some U.S. senators when they pressed her on whether she would protect the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from political meddling
July 15, 2026
AI startup Thinking Machines revealed on Wednesday a new artificial intelligence model that could serve as one of the few alternatives to popular open
July 16, 2026
U.S.
July 15, 2026
Erica Schwartz, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S.
July 15, 2026
Un nuevo estudio rastrea cómo las ranas jóvenes equilibran la energía entre crecer y combatir infecciones.
June 24, 2026
Apple is looking to buy chip companies to bolster its efforts to make server processors for running AI, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the
July 15, 2026
A new blood test may predict Alzheimer’s risk but should be used carefully
July 15, 2026
Amazon says that the technology company will launch its new satellite internet service Amazon Leo in South Africa in 2027
July 15, 2026
Medici family mystery may be solved after more than 400 years
July 15, 2026
The U.S.
July 14, 2026
Shares of Celcuity fell nearly 19% in morning trading on Wednesday, as the delayed commercial launch of its newly approved breast cancer drug and label concerns
July 15, 2026
Standard Nuclear slashed the size of its proposed U.S. initial public offering by more than 50% on Wednesday, joining a string of companies that have scaled back their valuation
July 15, 2026
Electra said on Wednesday it has signed a production agreement with France's Safran Helicopter Engines for turbogenerators, as the hybrid-electric aircraft
July 15, 2026
Particles’ properties at the quantum level could one day enable faster computing and better cybersecurity.
July 15, 2026
Ebola cases in Congo have reached 2,011, with 754 deaths, according to government data
July 15, 2026
Astronomers have discovered a faint new world orbiting a young star after more than a decade of cosmic hide-and-seek
July 15, 2026
China's cyberspace regulator said on Wednesday that Apple's on-device generative AI service, Apple Intelligence, has been registered for use on
July 15, 2026
European shares ended Wednesday with slim gains as a strong rebound in luxury stocks countered weakness in telecom and
July 15, 2026
In Arizona, dead fish lie in the dry bed of a reservoir.
July 15, 2026
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets A torrent of new information hit markets on Tuesday, with a mostly
July 15, 2026
‘We just need someone who’s not crazy’: How the White House decided on Erica Schwartz for CDC director
April 18, 2026
New Zealand reported its first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu after a migratory seabird found on a beach near the capital, Wellington, tested positive, Biosecurity
July 15, 2026
ASML, the world's dominant supplier of equipment needed to make high-tech computer chips, raised its 2026 sales forecasts on
July 15, 2026
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July 15, 2026
India's aircraft accident investigating body has prepared a cockpit voice recorder transcript, conducted a psychological
July 15, 2026
Setting a price for power might seem straightforward, but in reality it’s extremely complicated – and residential customers have very little influence in the decision.
July 06, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook Europe's most valuable company and the top supplier of chip-making equipment reports on Wednesday with the AI rally getting
July 15, 2026
A blood test that helps diagnose Alzheimer's might also forecast if healthy older adults will develop symptoms
July 15, 2026
Health officials say a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Manhattan’s Upper East Side now counts 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing
July 15, 2026
This chaotic 2,000-pound seal has returned to sea – but leaves behind a conundrum
July 11, 2026
The U.S.
July 14, 2026
Rare high flood risk for potentially ‘catastrophic’ impacts issued for already inundated parts of Texas
July 13, 2026
White House launches AI cybersecurity clearinghouse
July 15, 2026
Dozens of New York cooling towers test positive for Legionnaires’ bacteria as outbreak reaches 63 cases
July 15, 2026
Yum Brands' Taco Bell said on Tuesday it had removed limited items from some restaurants as a precaution but said U.S. health officials have not linked the widening outbreak of
July 15, 2026
The Trump administration was sued on Tuesday by nine environmental groups that said its recent decision to rescind a more than 50-year-old definition of "harm"
July 15, 2026
Australia will create an office at the heart of the government to manage the development of artificial intelligence standards and force
July 14, 2026
Motorists' misuse of driver-assistance technology and drivers being distracted by in-vehicle features, rather than mechanical problems, are the biggest risks for
July 15, 2026
A coalition of public health organizations, pediatricians and parents sued the U.S.
July 15, 2026
A U.S.-Russian space crew has arrived at the International Space Station for an eight-month mission
July 14, 2026
One of the people arrested on suspicion of having started the fire in a historic forest near Paris was a volunteer firefighter who confessed on Tuesday, French media said,
July 14, 2026
Miracle on the Hudson pilot Sully Sullenberger announces Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis
July 15, 2026
A China-born U.S. seismologist has been detained in China without trial for nearly two years
July 14, 2026
A Tyrannosaurus rex fossil billed as one of the world’s largest and most complete specimens has sold for a record $50.1 million at an auction
July 15, 2026
The World Health Organization’s emergencies chief has warned that most Ebola cases in eastern Congo come from unknown transmission chains
July 14, 2026
Top U.S. universities and research advocates urged President Donald Trump's administration on Monday to withdraw a proposed rule on federal grants
July 14, 2026
AI startup Reflection said on Tuesday it has signed a more than $1 billion deal to secure computing capacity from Nebius, including access to Nvidia's latest chips.
July 14, 2026
Frontier Airlines said on Tuesday it will launch in-flight Wi-Fi using SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet and start installing it across its fleet in early 2027.
July 14, 2026
Germany's media regulator said on Tuesday that Google's AI Overviews and Perplexity AI are subject to the country's media laws, stepping up scrutiny of AI-generated content
July 14, 2026
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is weighing raising new funds one month after closing its first round and has begun preparations for an initial public offering, according to media
July 14, 2026
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has installed 59 natural gas turbines for its Colossus 2 data center project in
July 14, 2026
The World Health Organization has received less than half the funding it needs to fight the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a WHO official said on
July 14, 2026
Infections from the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora are surging, with 2026 already the nation's worst year for reported cases
July 14, 2026
Sold for a record price of more than $50 million, ‘Gus’ was described by Sotheby’s as more than 60% complete.
July 15, 2026
A top U.S. official told Congress on Tuesday that a small number of Nvidia H200 chips, one of the company's most powerful AI
July 14, 2026
UK banks' inability to access Anthropic's powerful AI model Mythos emphasises the urgent need for Britain to build its own AI capabilities and adopt a more
July 14, 2026
Action regulating artificial intelligence and semiconductors is coming, a U.S. Commerce Department official who oversees export controls said at a hearing on Tuesday.
July 14, 2026
Russia sent two cosmonauts and an American astronaut to the International Space Station on Tuesday from Kazakhstan, resuming crewed flights from a
July 14, 2026
Outbreak of diarrhea from parasite expands to more states as US cases soar beyond last year’s level
July 15, 2026
Astronomers detect sugar in interstellar space for the first time
July 14, 2026
New York is blocking new large data centers that fuel artificial intelligence for up to a year to protect the environment and energy grid
July 14, 2026
AI-powered translation tools are certainly impressive. But there is an important frontier for translation technology, one AI might never be able to breach: the poem.
June 25, 2026
Idaho homeowners turn to home fire retardant kits to protect their properties from wildfires
July 14, 2026
More than 25% of Gen Z patients don’t have doctors. Experts weigh in on the cost of skipping care
July 14, 2026
Rare T. rex fossil sells for record $50.1 million at auction
July 14, 2026
How one Atlanta camp is growing the next generation of environmental stewards
July 14, 2026
What has the Sunshine State learned from 27 years of school choice?
July 06, 2026
An experimental drug might help slow early Alzheimer's disease in a markedly different way than current treatments — by lowering the brain's production of a protein called tau
July 14, 2026
While discord exists over the meaning of the 250th anniversary, Americans strongly believe there is more that unites the country than divides it.
July 14, 2026
Spoonerisms can be silly and make you laugh. But linguists see something more: a rare glimpse of how the mind plans speech before we even open our mouths.
July 14, 2026
A lunar base could allow for research, economic activities and lunar mining. Such an operation has potential benefits, but lots of challenges await NASA.
July 14, 2026
Police departments vary widely in how they use ‘scoop and run’ – and whether they use it just for colleagues who’ve been shot or for members of the public too.
July 14, 2026
The Trump administration is blocking American citizens in the Democratic Republic of Congo from traveling to the U.S. on commercial flights,
July 14, 2026
Many people will experience a serious injury or medical condition at some point in their lives
July 14, 2026
Planes scoop up water from River Seine to battle wildfire near Paris
July 13, 2026
South Korea pledged on Tuesday to swiftly advance artificial intelligence investments to bolster economic performance, as it raised its 2026 growth forecast to
July 14, 2026
The development of AI will require investment of $5 trillion each year by 2040, and any talk of a bubble forming around the technology is "absurd", SoftBank
July 14, 2026
China's exports surged in June, buoyed by orders for chips to fuel the global AI boom and automobiles, deepening producers' reliance on
July 14, 2026
China has reported its export picked up pace in June, jumping 27% from a year earlier thanks to strong demand from the boom in artificial intelligence
July 14, 2026
Geofencing warrants, which round up the location data of everyone in a specific place at a specific time, are now legally subject to Fourth Amendment protections.
June 30, 2026
The strategy calls for moving firefighters, engines and aircraft into areas where wildfire risk is high in hopes of catching flames before they make a catastrophic run
July 14, 2026
Defense supplier L3Harris Technologies has secured a $955 million contract from an agency under the U.S.
July 14, 2026
The U.S.
July 14, 2026
A Chinese-born American seismologist who has published U.S.-funded work on detecting North Korean nuclear tests has been detained in China for nearly
July 14, 2026
Another round of sweltering heat is in store for much of the U.S. this week
July 14, 2026
Argentina court recognizes two goldfish as sentient beings with rights
July 14, 2026
Michigan says diarrhea outbreak may be linked to lettuce, salad greens as cases rise above 3,000
July 13, 2026
Canada's federal banking regulator warned the country's
July 14, 2026
A wildfire tore through a historic forest near Paris on Monday, forcing highway closures and mobilising water-bombing aircraft, while
July 13, 2026
Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that’s also found in raspberries
July 13, 2026
A federal appeals court on Monday revived more than 500 private lawsuits against Tylenol maker Kenvue over the painkiller's alleged link to autism.
July 13, 2026
The U.S.
July 13, 2026
Young poets wrestled with loneliness, fractured families, violence and other challenges – but also showed an unwillingness to surrender to despair.
June 25, 2026
Arizona mom watches son lose everything to kratom sold at gas stations
July 14, 2026
Hundreds of economists urge immediate action to address AI's potential impact on the economy
July 13, 2026
German auto component and chip maker Bosch is beginning sample production at its first U.S. semiconductor factory, the company said Monday, finalizing a $
July 13, 2026
Aortic dissection: The medical emergency linked to Lindsey Graham’s death
July 13, 2026
A judge has ruled that a Vermont man who was 17 when he and a friend killed a pair of married Dartmouth College professors 25 years ago will have a chance at parole in about 20 years, when he reaches the age of one of his victims
July 13, 2026
The aortic tear that likely caused the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham is a medical emergency that can rapidly kill
July 13, 2026
The U.S.
July 13, 2026
A fire is raging in the historic Fontainebleau forest south of Paris, prompting evacuations and disrupting traffic
July 13, 2026
Trump’s latest leak hunt against The New York Times is deeply personal
July 13, 2026
Intel has begun a €5 billion ($5.7 billion) capital investment to upgrade its Irish campus and expand its European output to meet growing global
July 13, 2026
Meta said on Monday its data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana, will expand to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity, with investment in the project increasing to more than $50
July 13, 2026
GLP-1s are shrinking bodies. Cadaver fat is plugging the gap
July 13, 2026
Instead of schools trying to replace teachers with AI, teachers could use AI to become better educators.
July 13, 2026
Research shows that losing coverage, even temporarily, tends to make people less healthy, and it exposes them to financial losses.
July 13, 2026
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July 11, 2026
The U.S.
July 13, 2026
El Niño could cut Brazil's expected record harvest by up to a fifth, according to the Brazilian Coffee Industry Association (Abic), as excessive heat
July 13, 2026
More than 200 researchers and economists, including 15 Nobel laureates and researchers at OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, have called for governments and technology leaders to
July 13, 2026
A T. rex found in South Dakota could smash auction records — and possibly disappear forever
July 13, 2026
The University of Oxford has launched the first human trial of a vaccine against Bundibugyo ebolavirus, seeking to accelerate efforts to combat an outbreak spreading in the
July 13, 2026
AI demand is jacking up prices for iPads, Nintendo Switches and other gadgets. What experts say you should do
July 13, 2026
Butter and margarine are both made up of long fatty acid chains, but some slight chemical differences mean differences in how they melt.
June 10, 2026
European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave that engulfed the west of the continent in late June,
July 13, 2026
For half a century, workers in northern China have been using a technique called "straw checkerboards" to combat desertification
July 13, 2026
Lindsey Graham was the garrulous son of South Carolina pool hall owners and he rose to become a prominent senator and fixture on the global stage
July 13, 2026
Soccer, not just American football, may affect long-term brain health
July 12, 2026
The governing body for sailing is looking at how the sport’s Olympic-class equipment is made, used and discarded, to eventually make changes that will reduce its environmental impact
July 12, 2026
Africa’s renewable energy transition is entering a new phase as the continent shifts from proving that clean energy works to building the institutions needed to deploy it at scale
July 12, 2026
China’s national weather center says Typhoon Bavi has made landfall in the eastern province of Zhejiang and is expected to gradually weaken
July 11, 2026
A widespread and dangerous heat wave is building across the U.S., with triple-digit highs expected in the Southwest and Great Plains this weekend
July 11, 2026
The Guggenheim Museum was among a number of Manhattan buildings that recently tested positive for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease amid the city’s latest outbreak
July 12, 2026
Colorado firefighters get some help from "Goldie" the goat while fighting Rock Creek Fire
July 12, 2026
The death toll from the two earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24 has risen to 4,333, National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez told reporters on Saturday,
July 11, 2026
Meta has pulled the plug on a feature of a recently launched AI tool following criticism that it made Instagram accounts fodder for use in creating AI-generated images
July 11, 2026
Heat and fire generate overlapping problems for much of southern Europe
July 11, 2026
A US citizen working for a humanitarian organization in Congo has tested positive for the Ebola virus, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, as the Central African country struggles to contain the swelling outbreak
July 11, 2026
As the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo surpasses 1,800, an American working for a humanitarian group has tested positive for the virus. The CDC said it is working with the patient's employing organization to help prevent further transmission and identify high-risk contacts.
July 11, 2026
Fermented foods are trending, but experts say they are not all the same
July 11, 2026
Renewable energy allies are trying to ensure that massive data centers will be powered by climate-friendly sources
July 11, 2026
Daniel Dae Kim and three Michelin‑starred chef Corey Lee explore how researchers in Seoul are working on Korea’s most iconic dish... in a lab. K-Everything: a CNN Original Series streams in the U.S. on the CNN app and globally on HBO Max.
July 11, 2026
Martha Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient using an iron lung, has died at 78 in Oklahoma
July 11, 2026
New York’s Department of Investigation launches inquiry into buckling Manhattan high-rise
July 11, 2026
If students choose to listen to music while studying, they should consider music that is less distracting – and save high-energy playlists for when they don’t need to focus.
June 29, 2026
Japan has conducted a first test flight for its reusable rocket
July 11, 2026
The World Cup is bringing visitors and AI-driven surveillance systems, but only one of those is certain to leave when the games are done.
June 30, 2026
Trump administration opens endangered species’ habitats to development, reversing 50 years of environmental law
July 11, 2026
The Trump administration has finalized a rule that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species Act
July 11, 2026
The Trump administration finalized a major change on Friday to how threatened species are considered in agency actions, removing regulatory language aimed at preventing damage to
July 11, 2026
Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets as it seeks to build its own hardware for ChatGPT
July 11, 2026
The New York Times in a court filing on Friday accused the U.S.
July 11, 2026
Energy company Holtec Nuclear Corporation filed for an initial public offering in the U.S. on Friday, seeking to capitalize on investor enthusiasm for nuclear power businesses amid
July 11, 2026
PFAS pesticides approved after EPA adopts new toxicity definition
July 11, 2026
Health experts advise washing hands and produce amid a significant outbreak of a parasitic infection in Michigan, affecting more than 1,500 people
July 11, 2026
Lightning sends chunks of concrete flying in Kansas family's front yard
July 11, 2026
Victims of Spanish wildfires killed while trying to escape along river bed ‘trap’
July 10, 2026
A new AI detection tool from Meta, which the tech company previewed this week alongside the launch of its image-generation model, Muse Image, failed
July 10, 2026
SK Hynix's U.S.-listed shares jumped 14% in their Nasdaq debut following its $26.5 billion
July 10, 2026
Mystery spheres on beach are likely space debris that fell back to Earth
July 10, 2026
The U.S.
July 10, 2026
An outbreak of diarrhea caused by a parasite has hit thousands of people. Here’s how to stay safe
July 09, 2026
They’re called rock glaciers, and they might not look like much, but they’ll continue to provide meltwater after the world’s iconic white glaciers are gone.
July 02, 2026
Elon Musk may have pitched a future where space powers AI, but Wall Street analysts say SpaceX's near-term value remains firmly tethered to Earth, where it is
July 10, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to give Ukraine a license to produce Patriot air-defense systems could mark a major breakthrough for Kyiv
July 10, 2026
Most of America’s Lower 48 states are about to swelter under an unusually large, strong and long-lasting heat dome
July 10, 2026
By Waylon Cunningham and Nicholas P.
July 10, 2026
When South Korean billionaire Chey Tae-won rang the Nasdaq's opening bell for SK Hynix's $26.5 billion listing on Friday, it marked the ultimate payoff of a
July 10, 2026
Two communication scholars explain how what Americans eat became shorthand for who they are.
July 10, 2026
Amid growing political pushback against data center development, more evidence is emerging of their impact on local economies.
July 10, 2026
Dads today are spending dramatically more time with their kids than they did a generation ago. But there’s a less encouraging trend tucked into this development.
June 16, 2026
Elon Musk’s plans refer to an idea conceived in the 1960s. What is the Kardashev scale?
July 10, 2026
As Europe bakes, Eurostar orders trains that can cope with 55C heat
July 10, 2026
Rare earths startup ReElement Technologies has stopped seeking an $80 million Pentagon loan that was part of a broader
July 10, 2026
‘L.A. at rush hour.’ ‘Disney World.’ American national parks feeling the strain this summer
July 10, 2026
A cholera outbreak in Sudan could get worse as war, displacement and the onset of the rainy season threaten to exacerbate a humanitarian crisis in the
July 10, 2026
Four out of every five new Ebola cases in parts of Democratic Republic of Congo have no known link to existing patients, a senior World Health
July 10, 2026
After Make America Healthy Again activists drew up a petition to get him fired, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities his agency would pursue
July 10, 2026
The buckling of two steel columns at the former Pfizer headquarters in Manhattan has raised questions about one of the nation’s largest office-to-apartment conversions
July 10, 2026
China on Friday successfully tested an experimental rocket retrieval system using a net attached to a sea platform, state media reported, in the hope of breaking U.S.
July 10, 2026
The Philippines has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu among backyard birds in its Oriental Mindoro province, the World Organisation for Animal Health (
July 10, 2026
China has successfully recaptured the first stage of a rocket after a launch, marking a breakthrough for its space program
July 10, 2026
Israel has launched a project aimed at clearing part of the seas to give beach space back to the population
July 10, 2026
China reports reusable rocket breakthrough as it vies to catch up with the US
July 10, 2026
Australia on Friday confirmed the first case of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in a local seabird, raising concerns that the disease is beginning to
July 10, 2026
Millions who rely on US-funded HIV/AIDS programs face uncertainty as financial cliff looms
July 10, 2026
Fossils reveal the earliest animal with a head was also the oldest known ‘righty’
July 10, 2026
South Korea's SK Hynix priced its American Depositary Receipts at $149 on Thursday raising about $26.5 billion, a U.S. regulatory
July 09, 2026
Shifting geopolitical alliances are pushing sovereign wealth funds to place greater emphasis on strategic national priorities — from resilient
July 10, 2026
Utilities face a dilemma: How to deliver power through dry, windy regions without accidentally starting a catastrophic fire.
July 07, 2026
Michigan is experiencing its largest outbreak of a parasitic infection that causes severe diarrhea
July 09, 2026
Disease outbreaks, poor sanitation, lack of access to clean water, and disruptions to basic medical care could pose the greatest health risks
July 09, 2026
Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died
July 10, 2026
Democrats in Maine are beginning a sprint to nominate a new candidate for a pivotal U.S. Senate seat
July 09, 2026
(Corrects figure in paragraph 11 to 2.5 gigawatts by end of year, not 5.5 gigawatts.) By Katie Paul, Max A.
July 09, 2026
California teen develops drone rescue system to help first responders
July 10, 2026
The next steps for a weakened NYC high-rise are up in the air. Here’s what’s happening now – and what could come next
July 09, 2026
Senior British policing officials say technology and online platforms are increasingly being exploited for threats to the United Kingdom
July 10, 2026
OpenAI showcased a new AI agent on Thursday meant to help white-collar workers access the power of coding tools without the sticker shock.
July 09, 2026
Aviation pioneer Wally Funk, who trained as an early female astronaut, dies at 87
July 10, 2026
Two physicians discuss the ongoing earthquake relief efforts in their home country of Venezuela and explain what the healthcare system was like before the disaster.
July 10, 2026
Anthropic said on Thursday it has appointed former U.S.
July 09, 2026
New York sued 3M, DuPont and other companies on Thursday for harming the environment and people's health by selling "forever chemicals" that they knew
July 09, 2026
The New York Times, the Daily News and other media outlets are asking a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, escalating a legal fight over artificial intelligence and copyright that could shape the future of a struggling news industry
July 09, 2026
AI notetakers can quickly summarize meetings and create to-do lists, but they raise privacy concerns
July 09, 2026
Micron Technology said on Thursday it plans to invest more than $250 billion in the U.S. through 2035, driven by surging demand for memory chips in the AI era and President Donald
July 09, 2026
Multiple Pakistani law enforcement agencies were targeted in separate hacking campaigns linked to groups associated with China and India, researchers at cybersecurity
July 09, 2026
Meta Platforms on Thursday released long-awaited developer access to its Muse Spark AI alongside an upgraded version, pitting it directly
July 09, 2026
Ebola response workers in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo staged protests outside three
July 09, 2026
The United Nation’s agency for digital technologies on Thursday announced a new initiative to improve the trust of artificial intelligence agents, as
July 09, 2026
Sick of Earth? NASA is recruiting volunteers for a yearlong Moon and Mars simulation
July 09, 2026
The pitfalls of using social media and AI for health decisions, according to a doctor
July 09, 2026
New suspected Ebola cases have been reported in previously unaffected parts of Congo, according to the government
July 09, 2026
Trump surprises Zelensky with public promise on Patriots – but the missiles may not come soon enough
July 09, 2026
Jackson’s concurrence traces the 14th Amendment to work done by people ‘beyond Congress’ and Black Americans who ‘helped galvanize the push for full equality.’
July 09, 2026
Most people credit policing or the lack of it, but the real story tracks three trends that rose and fell together.
July 09, 2026
Colorado watered down its AI legislation but may still face litigation from the Department of Justice.
July 09, 2026
Member states handed back Syria's voting rights at the global chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday, following what they described as "a significant change in
July 09, 2026
A major pattern shift sets the stage for a dangerous heat dome in the West
July 08, 2026
An impenetrable steel ‘Black Box’ will record ‘every step’ humanity takes toward catastrophe
July 09, 2026
The defence minister of the Philippines on Thursday rejected as "baseless" and "ludicrous" assertions by Chinese scholars that its northernmost island-chain province belongs
July 09, 2026
Skyrocketing demand from artificial intelligence data centers is exacerbating shortages of critical grid equipment like transformers across the U.S., driving up
July 09, 2026
Asian investors struck a cautious tone on artificial intelligence as they increasingly wager on businesses that can withstand the AI-led disruption and look for firms
July 09, 2026
Fishermen sheltered in harbours, residents queued for sandbags and farmers raced to bring in crops on
July 09, 2026
Australia has agreed to sell uranium to India for peaceful purposes
July 09, 2026
President Donald Trump has flown partway home from a NATO summit in Turkey on an old baby blue Air Force One plane instead of making the full trip aboard the new Qatari-gifted and retrofitted jet he arrived in
July 09, 2026
The death toll from Venezuela's twin earthquakes has risen to 3,811, according to figures released by National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez on Wednesday.
July 09, 2026
SpaceXAI on Wednesday launched the Grok 4.5 AI model, calling it the company's most intelligent offering to date designed for coding and agentic tasks.
July 09, 2026
Tech giant Meta announced Wednesday it will build a massive data center in central Alberta, the company's first in Canada, as it rapidly builds out
July 09, 2026
Facebook and Instagram parent Meta said Wednesday it will invest more than 13 billion Canadian dollars ($9.1 billion) to build its first artificial intelligence data center in Canada and its largest outside the United States
July 09, 2026
New World screwworm cases in dogs in Texas and New Mexico are prompting warnings from veterinarians and humane societies that pet owners need to remain vigilant to protect their animals
July 09, 2026
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July 09, 2026
China only gave the United States a few hours notice ahead of a ballistic missile test launch on July 6 and provided insufficient detail, a State
July 08, 2026
Oil prices rose, and stock markets dropped in shaky trading worldwide after President Donald Trump raised doubts about the temporary truce in the war with Iran
July 08, 2026
The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon earlier this year are back in Florida, reunited with their capsule and launch team
July 09, 2026
OpenAI on Wednesday launched GPT-Live, a new family of voice models capable of listening and speaking simultaneously in real time.
July 08, 2026
What do cacti spines and wasp stingers have in common? What about snail genitalia and shark teeth?
July 09, 2026
Another ‘Super El Niño’ is brewing. Scientists are looking at a controversial solution to squash them
July 09, 2026
Researchers search for lost Revolutionary War burial ground in New Albany
July 09, 2026
Because melatonin is sold as a dietary supplement rather than a drug in the US, there is little to no quality control over the wide array of product types.
June 23, 2026
Two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the flu vaccine optional in the military, an outbreak has led several branches of the military to make it mandatory again.
June 25, 2026
OpenAI will launch GPT-5.6, its most advanced AI model, on Thursday after a delay prompted by U.S. government concerns over the potential national security risks posed by
July 08, 2026
Erica Schwartz, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S.
July 08, 2026
China is planning to allow the country's top AI companies to buy a limited number of Nvidia's H200 chips, the Information reported on Wednesday, citing two people with direct
July 08, 2026
The heat dome that settled over much of the United States affected some specialty farmers who produce crops fruits and vegetables
July 08, 2026
A cybersecurity platform operated by China's industry ministry warned on Wednesday that it had identified a serious security "backdoor" risk in Anthropic's AI coding tool,
July 08, 2026
Heat waves do more than dry out vegetation that can easily burn. They also play a role in lightning strikes, particularly dry lightning.
June 18, 2026
Rather than chasing dollars, gig workers are micro-entrepreneurs who perform a strict ‘mental audit’ of every single task to see if it’s worth their time.
July 08, 2026
The goal of creating synthetic cells is not to replace nature, but to learn more deeply about biology and reengineer it to help society.
July 08, 2026
The floodwaters that ravaged southern China this week look set to expand to other provinces with the imminent arrival of
July 08, 2026
Apple plans to spend more than $30 billion under a multi-year chip supply deal with Broadcom, bolstering its U.S. sourcing as President Donald
July 08, 2026
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is looking to tap outside investors for the first time, aiming to raise $10 billion in a funding round that would value the rocket maker at $130 billion
July 08, 2026
Climate change could significantly weaken Italy's long-term economic growth and make its already heavy public debt burden harder to sustain, with output
July 08, 2026
A Qatari tanker loaded with liquefied natural gas (LNG) was at risk of exploding, one source said, after it sustained significant damage in an attack on the
July 08, 2026
A look at cats’ diets as reported by researchers over many years shows they eat a lot more than people might think.
July 08, 2026
Too much fertilizer disrupts the hidden world of soil-dwelling microbes that were sustaining healthy crops long before synthetic fertilizer was invented.
July 08, 2026
From airliners to supertankers, GPS has long been invaluable for safe navigation, but its signals can easily be jammed and almost as easily faked. Researchers are racing to develop backups.
June 23, 2026
Japanese moon transport company ispace said on Wednesday it would start a new, lower-cost lunar cargo business using the Starship heavy rocket and moon
July 08, 2026
Sitting on roughly $3.5 million in SpaceX shares, Chip, a former data scientist at Elon Musk's aerospace behemoth, has recently
July 08, 2026
The cryptocurrency industry is starting to prepare for the threat of quantum computing as recent advances fuel concerns that the technology could soon be
July 08, 2026
Data center proposals are often local controversies with significant underlying principles at stake.
July 01, 2026
OpenAI will publicly launch GPT-5.6, its most advanced AI model, on Thursday following a delay last month prompted by U.S. government
July 08, 2026
Every year, the number of human-caused fires spikes on July 4, and many of them are related to fireworks. When trees and grasses are dry and the temperature high, the risk rises even more.
June 29, 2026
Despite growing evidence of alcohol’s harms, it remains deeply embedded in social norms and cultural rituals, both in the US and abroad.
July 02, 2026
Decades of farmers using more fertilizer than they needed have quietly built up large reserves of nutrients in the soil.
June 24, 2026
China’s navy has test-launched a long-range ballistic missile from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific
July 06, 2026
Road closures and bamboo bridges have helped protect Taiwan's largest terrestrial crab species during breeding season when they
July 08, 2026
AI startup Perplexity on Tuesday confirmed it plans to use Nvidia's new central processing units, as the chip giant works to broaden its market and
July 08, 2026
U.S. chip design giant Synopsys plans to stop offering a suite of manufacturing process control software used by global semiconductor makers,
July 07, 2026
Roseville Fire plans major drone expansion to speed emergency response
July 08, 2026
Small businesses file lawsuits against Trump's new sweeping tariffs
Israel detains over 70 suspects following deadly violence in the West Bank
Heat dome expands across the central United States, creating dangerous conditions for millions
Disappointment and fear as tens of thousands people evacuate French wildfires
LeBron moves Philly up, but OKC and Spurs remain NBA favorites, according to books and markets
Healthy again, Gabby Thomas explains why she's skipping US nationals — and loving it
Scrutiny of WNBA intensifies as mounting discord around the league looms over All-Star festivities