UN climate talks inch forward, appear headed for overtime
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Agreement on the fine print of the Paris climate accord drew closer Thursday, three years after countries sealed the landmark deal...
States cite climate worries in push to stop US coal sales
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Four states that say burning coal will hurt their residents as it makes climate change worse are trying to stop the...
Weather agency chief: I’ve never briefed Trump on warming
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the government agency that monitors climate change says that in nearly two years he has never discussed the issue...
Congress OKs bill to allow killing sea lions to help salmon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Congress has agreed to make it easier to kill sea lions threatening fragile runs of salmon in the Northwest. Oregon Public...
Former nicotine research monkeys now at primate sanctuary
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — More than two dozen monkeys that were test subjects in nicotine addiction research denounced by British primatologist Jane Goodall have been...
The Latest: Climate delegate: ‘What’s the point?’ of talks
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — The Latest on the U.N. climate talks in Poland and other climate news (all times local): 8:45 p.m. The head of...
Renewed battle over using fetal tissue in medical research
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers clashed over science, ethics and politics at a House hearing Thursday on using fetal tissue in critically important medical research, as...
Scientists scour WWI shipwreck to solve military mystery
WASHINGTON (AP) — A hundred years ago, a mysterious explosion hit the only major U.S. warship to sink during World War I. Now the Navy...
Record number of Mexican gray wolves found dead in 2018
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Wildlife managers have confirmed a record number of Mexican gray wolves have been reported dead this year, fueling concerns about the...
Virgin Galactic tourism rocket ship reaches space in test
MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Virgin Galactic’s tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high above California’s Mojave Desert on Thursday, reaching for the first time...
Draft agreement emerges at UN climate talks, pitfalls remain
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Negotiators at the U.N. climate meeting in Poland are gathering to discuss the first comprehensive draft agreement to emerge after almost...
S. Korea conducts successful rocket engine test
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has launched a single-stage rocket to test a locally made engine as part of efforts to place a...
Mars touchdown: NASA spacecraft survives supersonic plunge
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Minutes after touching down on Mars, NASA’s InSight spacecraft sent back a “nice and dirty” snapshot of its new digs....
Gene-editing Chinese scientist kept much of his work secret
SHENZHEN, China (AP) — The Chinese scientist who says he helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies veered off a traditional career path, keeping much...
Gene-editing scientist under scrutiny by Chinese officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — The rebuke from China was fast and furious. A Chinese scientist who claimed he helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies is...
Food chain disruption eyed in Hawaii whale sighting decline
HONOLULU (AP) — Research into the decline of humpback whale sightings in Hawaii points to a food chain disruption likely caused by warmer ocean temperatures...
Brazil withdraws offer to host UN climate change conference
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil has withdrawn its offer to host a large U.N. conference on climate change next year, the foreign ministry said...
World faces ‘impossible’ task at post-Paris climate talks
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Three years after sealing a landmark global climate deal in Paris, world leaders are gathering again to agree on the fine...
China halts work by team on gene-edited babies
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s government ordered a halt Thursday to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world’s first...
EU executive wants bloc to go climate neutral by 2050
BERLIN (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch proposed Wednesday that the bloc should cut its emissions of greenhouse gases to net zero by 2050,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...