CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the…
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Company’s carbon credits raise questions about unproven ocean technology to fight global warming
The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000…
EPA employees put names to ‘declaration of dissent’ over agency moves under Trump
A group of Environmental Protection Agency employees on Monday published a declaration of dissent from the…
US pulls funding from global vaccines group, saying it has ‘ignored the science’
LONDON — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the country is pulling its support…
Galapagos tortoise celebrates 135th birthday and first Father’s Day at Zoo Miami
MIAMI — A South Florida zoo’s oldest resident celebrated his 135th birthday and his first Father’s…
Chance of Milky Way colliding with galaxy in billions of years? Odds now 50-50: Study
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — It turns out that looming collision between our Milky Way and Andromeda…
Uncommon May nor’easter brings rain and snow to New England states just before Memorial Day weekend
BOSTON — An unusual May nor’easter was pulling away from New England on Friday after soaking…
Endangered whales gave birth to few babies this year as population declines
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season,…
Oldest Ant Ever Found: 113-Million-Year-Old Hell Ant Unearthed In Brazil
In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have unearthed the oldest known ant fossil, dating back 113 million…
Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there’s new hope
Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things…