NASA head: Space station hole cause will be determined
MOSCOW (AP) — The head of the U.S. space agency said Tuesday that he’s sure that investigators will determine the cause of a mysterious hole...
Hurricane Michael headed to Florida is classic October storm
WASHINGTON (AP) — A classic October storm, Hurricane Michael is quite the contrast to September’s Florence. Michael is likely to be stronger, windier and fast-moving...
UN: Losses from natural disasters surge over last 20 years
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. office for disaster risk reduction said Wednesday that worldwide reported economic losses from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, hurricanes and other...
For sale to the highest bidder: A 12-pound chunk of the moon
BOSTON (AP) — Anyone who can’t make it to the moon to gather a few lunar rocks now has the opportunity to buy one right...
California judge mulls new trial in $289M Roundup award
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco judge said Wednesday she is considering tossing out the lion’s share of the $289 million judgment against agribusiness...
Fast, furious: How Michael grew into a 155 mph monster
WASHINGTON (AP) — Moist air, warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, and ideal wind patterns supercharged Hurricane Michael in the hours before it smacked...
The Latest: Astronauts flown to town near landing site
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — The Latest on the failed space launch carrying two astronauts (all times local): 6:30 p.m. NASA says two astronauts from the...
US, Russian astronauts safe after emergency landing
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — Two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia were safe Thursday after an emergency landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan following the...
Scientists: US military program could be seen as bioweapon
NEW YORK (AP) — A research arm of the U.S. military is exploring the possibility of deploying insects to make plants more resilient by altering...
Violinist, professor, pastor among 25 ‘genius grant’ winners
CHICAGO (AP) — A violinist who organizes concerts for the homeless, a professor whose research is being used to increase access to civil justice by...
Debut of SpaceX, Boeing crew capsules off until next year
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The debut of SpaceX and Boeing crew capsules is off until next year. NASA said this week that the first...
No free lunch for renewables: More wind power would warm US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ramping up wind power in America would also dial up the nation’s temperatures, a new study out of Harvard found. While wind...
New effort will analyze genes of endangered Northwest orcas
SEATTLE (AP) — A new scientific effort will sequence the genomes of critically endangered Pacific Northwest orcas to better understand their genetics and potentially find...
Nepal says its tiger population has almost doubled from 2009
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The number of tigers roaming the jungles of Nepal has nearly doubled because of initiatives from the government, conservationists and local...
US bans new mining claims on public land near Yellowstone
EMIGRANT, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke approved a 20-year ban on new mining claims in the towering mountains north of Yellowstone National...
SpaceX satellite launch lights up night sky, social media
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When SpaceX launched a rocket carrying an Argentine Earth-observation satellite from California’s Central Coast, both the night sky and social media...
UN report on global warming carries life-or-death warning
WASHINGTON (AP) — Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and...
Indonesia expert warned of quake, gov’t mapped risk areas
PETOBO, Indonesia (AP) — When the violent shaking from a massive magnitude 7.5 earthquake finally stopped, Selvi Susanti stood up and realized something strange was...
Hubble Space Telescope sidelined by serious pointing failure
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope has been sidelined by a serious pointing problem. NASA announced Monday that one of Hubble’s gyroscopes...
The Latest: Lawmakers vow action on Google location tracking
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on Google’s location-tracking settings (all times local): 3 p.m. Lawmakers are vowing to step up their oversight of the...
Questions loom over Tesla deal after CEO reveals Saudi link
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s elaboration on his plan to engineer a buyout of the electric car maker could get the Silicon...
5 nations sign deal on Caspian Sea water, fishing rights
MOSCOW (AP) — Leaders of the five countries along the Caspian Sea have signed a convention aimed at ending decades-long uncertainty over exploitation of its...
‘Touch the sun’: NASA spacecraft hurtles toward our star
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Embarking on a mission that scientists have been dreaming of since the Sputnik era, a NASA spacecraft hurtled Sunday toward...
Alaska’s North Slope hit by strongest quake noted in region
KAVIK RIVER CAMP, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s North Slope was hit Sunday by the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the region, the state’s seismologist...
Live salmon released for ailing orca but she doesn’t eat
SEATTLE (AP) — Researchers carrying out unprecedented efforts to save an ailing young killer whale in the U.S. Northwest released live salmon into waters in...
Governors: Trump directive could hurt effort to save bird
DENVER (AP) — Some governors in the U.S. West say a new Trump administration directive threatens to undermine a hard-won compromise aimed at saving a...
White House called toxins contamination ‘PR nightmare’
HORSHAM, Pa. (AP) — Lauren Woeher wonders if her 16-month-old daughter has been harmed by tap water contaminated with toxic industrial compounds used in products...
Disney says its new streaming service won’t rival Netflix
NEW YORK (AP) — Disney’s upcoming streaming service won’t try to compete directly with Netflix and Amazon, but will focus instead on quality — namely...
Advocates condemn psych techniques used to keep kids online
CHICAGO (AP) — Children’s advocates want the American Psychological Association to condemn the tech industry’s practice of using persuasive psychological techniques to keep kids glued...
GOP congressman from New York charged with insider trading
NEW YORK (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins of New York was arrested Wednesday on charges he fed inside information he gleaned from sitting...
Twitter CEO defends decision not to ban Alex Jones, Infowars
LONDON (AP) — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended his company’s decision not to ban right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his “Infowars” show, as many...
Uber faces new roadblock in New York on its way to IPO
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber will have to navigate around a new regulatory pothole in New York on an already bumpy road to its initial...
Tesla CEO’s buyout bid raises eyebrows, legal concerns
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is seeking relief from the pressures of running a publicly held company with a $72 billion buyout...
Tech billionaire Henry Nicholas facing drug counts in Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tech billionaire and advocate of crime victims Henry T. Nicholas III is facing drug counts after being arrested along with a...
Tesla stock drops closer to pre-Musk tweet level
After two days of turmoil, Tesla shares have fallen back closer to the level they were trading at before CEO Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday that...
Samsung’s new phone shows how hardware innovation has slowed
NEW YORK (AP) — Samsung’s new smartphone illustrates the limits of innovation at a time when hardware advances have slowed. The new phone, the Galaxy...
US students turn grief into tech startup after France attack
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — California college student Anjali Banerjee was watching fireworks during a 2016 celebration on a seafront promenade in the French city of...
Tech giants still stumbling in the social world they created
NEW YORK (AP) — Who knew connecting the world could get so complicated? Perhaps some of technology’s brightest minds should have seen that coming. Social...
Grieving orca still swimming with her dead calf in Northwest
SEATTLE (AP) — An endangered orca is still clinging to her dead calf more than two weeks after her newborn died. Michael Milstein, a spokesman...
Police: Alaska man, son caught on video killing bear, cubs
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A father and son skied to a remote bear den on an Alaska island, shot a mother bear in front of...
Pence outlines US Space Force plan for ‘next battlefield’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pointing to growing threats and competition from Russia and China, the White House on Thursday announced ambitious plans to create the U.S....
Huge Los Angeles gas leak leads to $120 million settlement
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California utility reached a nearly $120 million settlement over a massive blowout at a natural gas storage field that...
NASA sending spacecraft straight into sun’s glittering crown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is sending a spacecraft straight into the sun’s glittering crown, an atmospheric region so hot and harsh any normal...
Crews battle growing wildfire near homes in California
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters fought to spare homes Friday from a growing Southern California forest fire, a day after flames came perilously close...
Teams trying to save ailing orca practice feeding live fish
FALSE BAY, Wash. (AP) — Teams taking drastic measures to save a young, ailing killer whale loaded up two boats with fat live salmon as...
Jury backs man who claims Roundup weed killer caused cancer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco jury on Friday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay $289 million to a former school groundskeeper dying of...
Lombok lifted 10 inches by quake that killed nearly 400
TANJUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Scientists say the powerful Indonesian earthquake that killed nearly 400 people lifted the island it struck by as much as 25...
Albania hit by magnitudes 5.4 and 5.1 tremors; homes crack
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Northern Albania was struck Saturday by two earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 5.4 and 5.1, damaging scores of buildings, authorities said....
Last-minute technical problem delays NASA’s flight to sun
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A last-minute technical problem Saturday delayed NASA’s unprecedented flight to the sun. The early morning launch countdown was halted with...
Gala opens countdown to 50th anniversary of 1st moon landing
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Former NASA astronaut Buzz Aldrin was noticeably absent from a gala kicking off a yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary...