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FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2016, file photo, a haul truck with a 250-ton capacity carries coal from the Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Mont. As President Donald Trump touts new oil pipelines and pledges to revive the nation’s struggling coal mines, federal scientists are warning that burning fossil fuels is already driving a steep increase in the United States of heat waves, droughts and floods.

Experts: climate change undeniable

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2016, file photo, a haul truck with a 250-ton capacity carries coal from the Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Mont. As President Donald Trump touts new oil pipelines and pledges to revive the nation’s struggling coal mines, federal scientists are warning that burning fossil fuels is already driving a steep increase in the United States of heat waves, droughts and floods.

August 9, 2017, 10:24pm Politics

As President Donald Trump touts new oil pipelines and pledges to revive the nation’s struggling coal mines, federal scientists are warning that burning fossil fuels is already driving a steep increase in the United States of heat waves, droughts and floods. Read story

FA haul truck with a 250-ton capacity carries coal from the Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Mont. As President Donald Trump touts new oil pipelines and pledges to revive the nation’s struggling coal mines, federal scientists are warning that burning fossil fuels is already driving a steep increase in the United States of heat waves, droughts and floods.

U.S. scientists contradict Trump’s climate claims

FA haul truck with a 250-ton capacity carries coal from the Spring Creek strip mine near Decker, Mont. As President Donald Trump touts new oil pipelines and pledges to revive the nation’s struggling coal mines, federal scientists are warning that burning fossil fuels is already driving a steep increase in the United States of heat waves, droughts and floods.

August 9, 2017, 12:24pm Nation & World

As President Donald Trump touts new oil pipelines and pledges to revive the nation’s struggling coal mines, federal scientists are warning that burning fossil fuels is already driving a steep increase in the United States of heat waves, droughts and floods. Read story

The moon slides across the sun, showing a blazing halo of light, during an annular eclipse viewed from a waterfront park in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Monday. Millions of Asians watched as a rare &quot;ring of fire&quot; eclipse crossed their skies early Monday.

Eclipse safety, history talks scheduled

The moon slides across the sun, showing a blazing halo of light, during an annular eclipse viewed from a waterfront park in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Monday. Millions of Asians watched as a rare &quot;ring of fire&quot; eclipse crossed their skies early Monday.

August 6, 2017, 9:45pm Clark County News

A couple of knowledgable skywatchers, including a Camas High grad, will set the stage in public presentations this week for what is being called the Great American Eclipse. Read story

Facebook-owned Oculus wants game makers to buy into the future of virtual reality, but for some developers, creating content for a smaller audience is also a gamble.

Facebook’s Oculus woos VR game creators

Facebook-owned Oculus wants game makers to buy into the future of virtual reality, but for some developers, creating content for a smaller audience is also a gamble.

August 6, 2017, 5:15am Business

Facebook-owned Oculus wants game developers to buy into the future of virtual reality, but for some developers, creating content for a smaller audience is also a gamble. Read story

Ancient DNA solves mystery of fate of Bible’s Canaanites

August 4, 2017, 6:03am Life

In the Bronze Age, between 4,000 and 3,000 years ago, a diverse group of people called the Canaanites lived in the Middle East. Despite their culture and influence — one of the only golden calf idols discovered was found in the Canaan seaport of Ashqelon — they left behind little… Read story

A Karner blue butterfly is seen after it was released at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission in Albany, N.Y. Wildlife officials announced July 20 that the butterfly on the federal endangered species list is doing well in the sandy pine barrens west of Albany. The butterfly is also making a comeback through recovery efforts in Ohio and New Hampshire.

Endangered Karner blue butterfly making recovery goals

A Karner blue butterfly is seen after it was released at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission in Albany, N.Y. Wildlife officials announced July 20 that the butterfly on the federal endangered species list is doing well in the sandy pine barrens west of Albany. The butterfly is also making a comeback through recovery efforts in Ohio and New Hampshire.

August 4, 2017, 6:03am Life

The Karner blue butterfly has exceeded recovery goals in the rare New York habitat where it was discovered by Russian author Vladimir Nabokov in the 1940s, officials announced last week. Read story

Illustration of a Capinatator praetermissus.

Scientists identify tiny prehistoric sea worm

Illustration of a Capinatator praetermissus.

August 3, 2017, 9:18pm Life

Long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, a bizarre creature with a Venus flytrap-like head swam the seas. Read story

Marcus Hutchins, British man indicted

Hacker who stopped WannaCry malware facing federal charges

Marcus Hutchins, British man indicted

August 3, 2017, 5:43pm Nation & World

A 22-year-old hacker who helped slow the spread of the WannaCry global computer virus in May has been arrested by U.S. officials and charged with participating in a scheme to spread a different type of malware — one that aimed to collect victims’ financial data, according to a federal indictment… Read story

Boy stumbles across million year old fossil

August 3, 2017, 6:03am Life

Jude Sparks was out on a family hike in the desert near Las Cruces, N.M., testing walkie-talkies, when the then-9-year-old boy tripped over a rocky protrusion. Read story

The water intake crib for the city of Toledo, Ohio, is surrounded by an algae bloom on Lake Erie, about 2.5 miles off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. Researchers are working on creating an early warning system that can spot when algae begins showing up on hundreds of lakes across the U.S., using real-time data from satellites that already monitor harmful algae hotspots on Lake Erie in Ohio and on the Chesapeake Bay along the East Coast. (AP Photo/Haraz N.

Researchers creating warning system for toxic algae in lakes

The water intake crib for the city of Toledo, Ohio, is surrounded by an algae bloom on Lake Erie, about 2.5 miles off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. Researchers are working on creating an early warning system that can spot when algae begins showing up on hundreds of lakes across the U.S., using real-time data from satellites that already monitor harmful algae hotspots on Lake Erie in Ohio and on the Chesapeake Bay along the East Coast. (AP Photo/Haraz N.

August 1, 2017, 1:30pm Nation & World

Satellites in space and a robot under Lake Erie’s surface are part of a network of scientific tools trying to keep algae toxins out of drinking water supplies in the shallowest of the Great Lakes. Read story