California, New York and other U.S. states are preparing a lawsuit to block Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros, sources familiar with the
June 05, 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with Sen. Bernie Sanders to discuss public ownership in AI companies — a meeting that highlighted the tension between AI powerhouses and policymakers
June 06, 2026
A second case of the flesh-eating screwworm parasite was confirmed in Texas by the U.S.
June 06, 2026
A Los Angeles jury on Friday sided with Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit by the families of three women who alleged that the company's talc products
June 06, 2026
Marvell Technology is set to join the benchmark S&P 500 later this month, S&P Dow Jones Indices said on Friday, after the chipmaker cleared a key profitability hurdle riding an AI-
June 06, 2026
Anthropic is calling on major artificial intelligence labs to consider a coordinated and verifiable pause in development, warning that rapid advances in the
June 05, 2026
Argentina is expanding its investigation into a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship
June 06, 2026
East Asia’s tallest tree is the ‘Heaven Sword,’ an environmental guardian
June 06, 2026
U.S.
June 06, 2026
The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa could grow to 20,000 cases or more, depending on how quickly infected people are isolated to slow the spread
June 06, 2026
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is concerned that a new factory isn’t expected to start work for more than a year on mitigating the New World screwworm fly infestation in his state
June 06, 2026
The White House said on Friday it would accelerate the development and use of AI for national security applications, while
June 06, 2026
President Donald Trump is calling for the U.S. military and national security agencies to accelerate their use of artificial intelligence
June 06, 2026
Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday that 71 new Ebola cases were confirmed in a 24-hour period and warned of rapid community transmission of the deadly disease.
June 06, 2026
The quiet Texas cattle town of La Pryor has become ground zero in the fight against screwworm after the first U.S. case in decades was detected
June 05, 2026
U.S.
June 06, 2026
Russia's nuclear energy corporation Rosatom said on Friday that a Ukrainian drone had deliberately struck engineers demining an area around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear
June 05, 2026
U.S.
June 04, 2026
Oklahoma prepares for potential spread of screwworm pest
June 06, 2026
Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark explains a need for an option to pause or slow AI advancement, as the technology could eventually build newer versions of itself, with enormous implications for the world.
June 05, 2026
The FDA has launched a safety study of the abortion pill, also called mifepristone, a step that could pave the way for the Trump administration to
June 05, 2026
The Energy Department says a small nuclear reactor under development at a national lab has reached a crucial milestone that could allow it to produce electricity in the next few years
June 06, 2026
A federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy enacted after the shooting of two National Guard members that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to stay and enter the country
June 05, 2026
Inside the 6-year process of turning American football fields into World Cup pitches
June 06, 2026
Financial markets are underestimating the economic risks of biodiversity loss, potentially exposing countries to sovereign debt crises and sharply higher
June 05, 2026
NASA ordered five astronauts aboard the International Space Station to take shelter and prepare for possible evacuation for on Friday as a Russian crew tried to fix a
June 05, 2026
A worsening air leak aboard the International Space Station prompted five astronauts to take shelter and prepare for evacuation for roughly two hours on
June 05, 2026
Global oil inventories are running dangerously low as a deal to re-open tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has
June 05, 2026
NASA directs its ISS crew members to board spacecraft amid leak repair attempt
June 05, 2026
Anthropic is proposing that top AI companies coordinate a way to pause the development of advanced AI systems if they become too dangerous
June 05, 2026
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have briefly taken shelter during a repair to fix a new leak
June 05, 2026
US heat forecast: See where Americans are at the most risk for extreme heat
May 26, 2024
A sea drone self-destructed near an oil terminal in Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta on Friday, without causing casualties, as Ukraine said Russia
June 05, 2026
The World Health Organization chief announced a $518 million six-month joint plan to fight Ebola on Friday, calling for money and
June 05, 2026
The United States is preparing a draft resolution condemning Iran ahead of next week's meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog's Board
June 05, 2026
In Congo, the battle against the rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola has been complicated by skepticism, attacks on health workers and misinformation
June 05, 2026
The Trump administration's Friday auction of oil and gas leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge attracted only $3.7 million in winning bids for five
June 05, 2026
A Carnegie Mellon researcher explains the connection between our brains and AI chatbots – and what a new Pennsylvania lawsuit reveals about the dangers of AI.
June 05, 2026
Generating solar power requires a lot of land – but which land should it be? And what else can be done on that land?
June 05, 2026
Amanita mushroom poisonings prompt concerns after deaths. A doctor explains what to know
June 05, 2026
The long-awaited, massive SpaceX initial public offering is expected next week, a major event for the U.S. stock market, with investors wary of possible
June 05, 2026
The World Trade Organization said on Friday there were signs global merchandise trade growth may be starting to slow, though it had shown resilience in
June 05, 2026
A physical chemist outlines the promises and risks associated with methane fuel and describes why SpaceX and Blue Origin use it in their superheavy rockets.
June 05, 2026
A healthier gut may be key to cancer care
June 05, 2026
Anthropic warns that AI will soon be able to improve itself without human intervention
June 05, 2026
A federal judge in Washington has blocked a plan to loosen rules for fishing red snapper in the Atlantic, halting what was expected to be the longest recreational snapper season in years
June 05, 2026
A months-long dispute between Trump administration officials and AI firm Anthropic is showing signs of easing across parts of the U.S.
June 05, 2026
Most of the 13 U.S. treatment centers in a government-funded hospital network for severe infectious diseases are ready to handle patients, including those with
June 05, 2026
A year ago, Ryan Tseng, the head of U.S. defense tech startup Shield AI, announced his company had turned a new page.
June 05, 2026
Popping a cold beer — or two or three — while watching sports at home, at a bar or during a live game is an age-old tradition
June 05, 2026
Miraculous story of survival high on Everest as Sherpa guide missing for a week found alive
June 05, 2026
Japan could fall prey to a new form of colonialism in the AI era if it fails to keep pace with the technology's rapid development, the country's digital
June 05, 2026
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook The drawdown in tech stocks that has followed a narrow earnings miss at U.S. chipmaker Broadcom deepened in Asia on Friday,
June 05, 2026
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for an "exponential" expansion of the country's atomic arsenal during a visit to a newly operational nuclear material
June 04, 2026
The Pan American Health Organization said on Thursday it is stepping up efforts to help countries across the Americas to strengthen their preparedness for Ebola, although the risk
June 05, 2026
Following the first confirmation of screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, on a U.S. farm in decades, federal and
June 04, 2026
Shares of Quantinuum rose 13.3% in their Nasdaq debut, fetching a valuation of $17.63 billion as Honeywell's quantum computing company became
June 04, 2026
The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century
June 05, 2026
A bipartisan pair of U.S.
June 04, 2026
'Smelled like a clogged toilet': Family experienced travel horror story aboard Turkish Airlines flight
June 05, 2026
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's attempt to dismantle Boulder's NCAR lab
June 05, 2026
A new study finds that smoke from larger wildfires is reversing more than a decade of American improvements in smog
June 05, 2026
The number of ozone-related premature deaths due to wildfires is also rising.
June 05, 2026
The Trump administration agreed to strip endangered species protection from a lizard whose habitat overlapped the largest oil-producing region in the United
June 05, 2026
The U.S.
July 03, 2025
San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly on Thursday said that while she believes AI over a five- to 10-year window could be a deflationary force, the effect is "not a
June 04, 2026
Louisville Zoo announces birth of 3 tiger cubs, the first in decades
June 05, 2026
Cullman woman is first patient to receive medical cannabis in Alabama
June 05, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is warning that foreign artificial intelligence platforms could be used against Canadians
June 04, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in May Ukraine would buy 20 of Saab's Gripen E fighter jets and Sweden will gift another 16 of an older
October 22, 2025
The U.N. nuclear watchdog sent a report to member states on Thursday with no major changes to its assessment of Iran's nuclear programme, despite three months of U.S.-
June 04, 2026
Goldman Sachs expects revenue from SpaceX's AI division to surge to $322 billion by 2030, up from $3.2 billion in 2025, according to the Wall Street bank's forecasts shared with a
June 04, 2026
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the New World screwworm fly has arrived in south Texas
June 04, 2026
The U.N. nuclear watchdog has been unable to inspect nuclear facilities in Iran affected by the war last June, according to a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog
June 04, 2026
Fossil reveals bizarre gliding creature that hunted birds 120 million years ago
June 04, 2026
Researchers say this new Trump rule could destroy American science as we know it. They’re fighting back
June 04, 2026
Guns are what make violent partners so dangerous. And in the US, Black women get less protection from laws meant to keep firearms out of abusers’ hands.
June 04, 2026
Some of what happens during youth can’t be reversed. It’s another reason to rethink kids’ screen time
June 04, 2026
Hungarian authorities ordered the culling of 3,000 pigs on a farm after African swine fever was reported in domestic pigs for the first time in the country, the National
June 04, 2026
A team of researchers worked grueling, hot hours in the desert to understand the history of life in Earth’s oceans after a major extinction event.
June 04, 2026
Authoritarian governments, including the Trump administration, are reorienting AI safety provisions away from protecting the public toward coercing support for the regime.
June 04, 2026
Ben Franklin led an effort to print paper bills in the American colonies, after a coin shortage constrained the economy.
June 04, 2026
Patience is a virtue that researchers have linked to many parts of well-being. But it’s also something that needs a bit of practice and training – and can be undermined by instant, easy gratification.
June 04, 2026
About a third of Americans report using high-interest credit cards for everyday expenses as costs continue to rise.
June 04, 2026
Approximately 400,000 bison roam the North American landscape today, of which nearly 90% are considered livestock.
June 04, 2026
Amazon on Thursday unveiled an upgraded AI-powered mobile robot for its warehouses that can respond to conversational prompts, as part of a €10
June 04, 2026
Supporters of a long-stalled push to expand nationwide sales of higher-ethanol E15 gasoline are pursuing an uphill
June 04, 2026
Satellite images obtained by Reuters confirmed the presence of a structure at the entrance of the hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South
June 04, 2026
Kim Jong Un inspects new nuclear plant, plans ‘exponential’ weapons production ramp-up
June 04, 2026
Foxconn said on Thursday it will work with U.S. chipmaker Intel to jointly develop and deploy next-generation AI infrastructure and intelligent computing platforms in a move
June 04, 2026
Taiwan's TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, is striving to keep up with demand and avoid becoming a bottleneck in the global supply chain
June 04, 2026
North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has visited a new facility to produce nuclear materials and announced plans to bolster the country’s nuclear forces “at an exponential rate."
June 04, 2026
Honeywell Aerospace told investors on Wednesday that it expects to book $6.5 billion in adjusted earnings by 2030, fueled by strong demand from jetmakers and
June 03, 2026
Meta has repeatedly pushed back plans to release its new Muse Spark AI model API to developers, and as of Tuesday, had no scheduled launch date, the Wall Street Journal reported,
June 04, 2026
Some of the leading artificial intelligence companies are moving toward initial public offerings this year at eye-popping valuations
June 04, 2026
Flesh-eating New World screwworm detected in Texas calf, USDA says, signaling major threat to food production
June 04, 2026
Foodborne illnesses kill millions. Make these changes to reduce your risk
June 04, 2026
SpaceX secured tax incentives on Wednesday for its proposed Terafab chip manufacturing project in Grimes County, Texas,
June 03, 2026
Honeywell's Quantinuum said on Wednesday it has raised $1.68 billion in its U.S. initial public offering after pricing shares at $60 apiece, as
June 04, 2026
There were no treatments or vaccines to protect people during the recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship
June 04, 2026
Americans who test positive for Ebola at Kenya facility could be treated in US, federal officials say
June 04, 2026
The Canadian government has endorsed a plan to move the last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park and zoo in Ontario to aquariums in the U.S. and Spain
June 04, 2026
Acting U.S.
June 04, 2026
A commercial bus crash in Virginia that killed five people and injured dozens of others has raised questions about the driver, the company that employed him and the overall safety of the industry
June 04, 2026
The oceans are in deep trouble. The Trump administration is ditching a vital deep-sea monitoring system
June 04, 2026
The World Health Organization chief says Congo's Ebola outbreak had a head start but that testing is improving, even as violence plagues the region
June 03, 2026
Trump’s new ‘Aliens’ website exploits UFO intrigue to demean immigrants
June 04, 2026
Oil prices rose following the latest threats to the U.S.-Iran ceasefire, and U.S. stocks retreated from their records
June 03, 2026
The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all clear
June 04, 2026
Around 20 flights carrying medical equipment and specialist staff have landed at a base in Kenya where the U.S. government is continuing
June 03, 2026
British lawmaker Jess Asato is suing Elon Musk's xAI, saying in a statement on Wednesday the Grok AI platform had been used to create fake sexualised images of her.
June 04, 2026
Uber has committed close to half a billion dollars in self-driving startup Nuro, two sources directly aware of the matter told Reuters, detailing the
June 04, 2026
It’s a fight for two lives: a mother is trying to survive for her unborn daughter
June 04, 2026
Tesla said on Wednesday it was rolling out its unsupervised robotaxis in the Austin Metro area in Texas, as the electric-vehicle maker looks to speed up its autonomous ride-hailing
June 03, 2026
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will advocate against proposals that AI developers obtain U.S. government approval before releasing new models to the public,
June 03, 2026
The increasing need for memory chips to power artificial intelligence data centers could lead to dramatic price hikes in U.S. consumer goods and
June 03, 2026
Georgia's oldest city is welcoming a truckload of historical treasures from the earlier period of U.S. history
June 03, 2026
The National Hurricane Center says the first tropical storm of the Pacific season has formed
June 03, 2026
According to a United Nations University report, the environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries
June 03, 2026
FWC testing for algae following fish kill at Laishley Park Marina in Punta Gorda, Florida
June 03, 2026
The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the world is "catching up" with the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo, where
June 03, 2026
Steven Spielberg's “Disclosure Day” returns Hollywood’s preeminent big-screen craftsman to one of his most abiding questions: Are we alone
June 03, 2026
Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen’s home within the hive
June 03, 2026
Table tennis helps metro Atlantans with neurological disorders bounce back
June 03, 2026
USA Rare Earth said on Wednesday it has signed agreements with the U.S.
June 03, 2026
For the past century, the Blue-fronted Lorikeet was one of Indonesia's most elusive birds, known only from a 2014 photographic record and a handful of museum
June 03, 2026
Meta Platforms on Wednesday unveiled an artificial intelligence agent aimed at helping businesses carry out day-to-day operations, positioning the social media
June 03, 2026
A special Philippine task force said on Wednesday that it is investigating reports of an alleged new structure on the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea,
June 03, 2026
A growing body of evidence suggests that popular GLP-1 drugs, widely used for weight loss and diabetes, can provide protection against many types of cancer.
June 03, 2026
Cathy Smithwick, now 67, has lived with breast cancer, and then ovarian cancer, for more than 20 years with the help of targeted drugs, drugs that harness the
June 03, 2026
Multiple teachers diagnosed with breast cancer at Uxbridge, Massachusetts high school, prompting investigation
June 03, 2026
The European Commission proposed laws on Wednesday to boost domestic cloud, AI and semiconductor industries and cut reliance on U.S.
June 03, 2026
New research offers a cautionary tale about the difficulty of removing ‘forever chemicals’ from the environment.
June 03, 2026
The term’s contradictory uses signal deeper worries about cultural fragmenting and algorithmic-induced flattening.
June 03, 2026
(Amends dateline) By Gleb Bryanski and Elena Fabrichnaya ST.
June 03, 2026
The world’s biggest tech companies are betting big on computers that control themselves
June 03, 2026
South Korea and the U.S. held inaugural talks this week to discuss nuclear cooperation under a joint fact sheet on security agreed by U.S.
June 03, 2026
The European Central Bank met commercial lenders last week to discuss the potential threat from the newest artificial intelligence models and will follow up with demands
June 03, 2026
Ultraprocessed food scientists say Americans are ‘fed up’ with industry and government inaction
June 03, 2026
DeepSeek, China's best-known AI startup, is set to raise about 50 billion yuan ($7.4 billion) in its first funding round from investors including Tencent Holdings and CATL, people
June 03, 2026
Rescuers in Laos say they are investigating a possible “knocking response” deep inside a flooded cave network where two men are believed to remain trapped. The response sounds came as rescuers rappelled down a newly discovered vertical shaft that may provide a safer entry into a flooded cave and lead to a chamber where the men could be.
June 01, 2026
Bayer has no plans to spin off Monsanto, a representative said on Tuesday, even as the company faces an avalanche of lawsuits over its
June 03, 2026
Two scientists at a U.S. government lab have been charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa without permits and lying about it to investigators
June 03, 2026
The Trump administration is dismantling a $386 million network of more than 900 ocean sensors funded by the National Science Foundation
June 03, 2026
OpenAI's ChatGPT has crossed 1 billion global monthly active app users, becoming the fastest app ever to reach the milestone, according to estimates from market intelligence firm
June 03, 2026
The Trump administration will ask leading AI developers to voluntarily submit their most capable models for government
June 02, 2026
U.S.
June 02, 2026
The El Nino weather pattern is forming, and is expected to cause extreme weather around the world this year, the WMO said on Tuesday.
June 02, 2026
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a sweeping slate of AI initiatives, from autonomous workplace assistants and gadgets to Nvidia-
June 02, 2026
Stabbing suspect due in court after night of anti-immigrant protests in Northern Ireland
Fear of Ukrainian drones empties the guesthouses in Latvia's Land of Blue Lakes
India bond-tax moves to catalyse foreign debt inflows, bolster bid for global index inclusion
Greece approves quicker migrant returns, aims to set up return hubs
Honda America recalls more than 880,000 vehicles over rear suspension components failure
Somali World Cup referee denied entry to US arrives home to hero's welcome