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Bleached coral sits next to healthy coral during a scuba dive at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023.

Climate change is hurting coral worldwide but these reefs off the Texas coast are thriving

Bleached coral sits next to healthy coral during a scuba dive at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023.

November 19, 2023, 4:12pm Nation & World

OFF THE COAST OF GALVESTON, Texas — Divers descending into azure waters far off the Texas coast dip below a horizon dotted with oil and gas platforms into an otherworldly landscape of undersea mountains crusted with yellow, orange and pink coral as far as the eye can see. Read story

Principal scientist Keerthi Prasad Venkataramanan talks about a fermentation process being performed in a lab at Absci in 2021. "We are changing the world one protein at a time," he said. (Randy L.

Absci announces new partnership, records loss for Q3

Principal scientist Keerthi Prasad Venkataramanan talks about a fermentation process being performed in a lab at Absci in 2021. "We are changing the world one protein at a time," he said. (Randy L.

November 15, 2023, 7:06pm Business

Vancouver biotechnology company Absci announced a new dermatological drug partnership Tuesday, along with continued financial losses and declining revenue. Read story

In this photo provided by Briana Abrahms, a male cheetah, named Qamar, has a fully belly after making a kill in northern Botswana on July 17, 2015. He wears a GPS collar as part of a study. Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn and dusk hours during warmer weather, according to a study published Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Unfortunately for endangered cheetahs, that sets them up for more potential conflicts with mostly nocturnal competing predators like lions and leopards, say the authors of the paper.

Climate change biting cheetahs: African cats becoming more nocturnal on hot days, leading them to tangle with other predators

In this photo provided by Briana Abrahms, a male cheetah, named Qamar, has a fully belly after making a kill in northern Botswana on July 17, 2015. He wears a GPS collar as part of a study. Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn and dusk hours during warmer weather, according to a study published Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Unfortunately for endangered cheetahs, that sets them up for more potential conflicts with mostly nocturnal competing predators like lions and leopards, say the authors of the paper.

November 14, 2023, 6:02am Life

Cheetahs are usually daytime hunters, but the speedy big cats will shift their activity toward dawn and dusk hours during warmer weather, a new study finds. Read story

Astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first Apollo mission to the moon, has died at age 95

November 9, 2023, 3:29pm Life

Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8’s historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died. He was 95. Read story

The sun sets behind the COP27 logo outside the venue of the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit on Nov. 12, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

Fossil fuel interests have large presence at climate talks

The sun sets behind the COP27 logo outside the venue of the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit on Nov. 12, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

November 8, 2023, 6:36pm Nation & World

The badges said they were there to participate in negotiations to curb climate change. They stated affiliations like the government of Brazil, Indigenous organizations of the Amazon, the Climate Registry. But in reality, the livelihoods of these participants were more aligned with what’s keeping the problem going: fossil fuels. Read story

This image provided by the European Space Agency shows Euclid&rsquo;s panoramic view of the Horsehead Nebula. The European Space Agency released Euclid&rsquo;s first photos Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023 four months after the spacecraft was launched from Florida to study the dark universe, invisible yet everywhere. Euclid will observe billions of galaxies, creating the largest 3D map ever made of the cosmos, in order to better understand the dark energy and matter that make up 95 percent of the universe.

Shimmering galaxies revealed in new photos by European space telescope

This image provided by the European Space Agency shows Euclid&rsquo;s panoramic view of the Horsehead Nebula. The European Space Agency released Euclid&rsquo;s first photos Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023 four months after the spacecraft was launched from Florida to study the dark universe, invisible yet everywhere. Euclid will observe billions of galaxies, creating the largest 3D map ever made of the cosmos, in order to better understand the dark energy and matter that make up 95 percent of the universe.

November 7, 2023, 8:50am Life

Scientists on Tuesday unveiled the first pictures taken by the European space telescope Euclid, a shimmering and stunning collection of galaxies too numerous to count. Read story

An imaginary view of Columbian mammoths (left) sharing Western Washington tundra with a herd of bison, in front of retreating glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age around 13,000 years ago. Illustration by Julio Lacerda for the Burke Museum, used with permission.

Washington’s fossils brought to life in ‘Spirit Whales & Sloth Tales’

An imaginary view of Columbian mammoths (left) sharing Western Washington tundra with a herd of bison, in front of retreating glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age around 13,000 years ago. Illustration by Julio Lacerda for the Burke Museum, used with permission.

November 7, 2023, 6:02am Clark County Life

Legend once had it that Battle Ground Lake is bottomless. That’s not true, but it’s easy to see how such a myth might arise from the lake’s connection to murky mysteries of the distant past. Read story

Wilson's snipe is among the birds that will be renamed. Wilson's warbler and Wilson's snipe were both named after the 19th century naturalist Alexander Wilson. (U.S.

North America ornithological society to rename dozens of birds

Wilson's snipe is among the birds that will be renamed. Wilson's warbler and Wilson's snipe were both named after the 19th century naturalist Alexander Wilson. (U.S.

November 7, 2023, 6:02am Life

Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, the American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday. Read story

Mammoth Mountain, in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, is located along the giant Long Valley Caldera.

One of California’s riskiest volcanoes is very active

Mammoth Mountain, in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, is located along the giant Long Valley Caldera.

November 7, 2023, 6:00am Life

One of California’s riskiest volcanoes has for decades been undergoing geological changes and seismic activity, which are sometimes a precursor to an eruption, but — thankfully — no supervolcanic eruptions are expected. Read story

This annotated image provided by NASA on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, shows a composite view of data from NASA&rsquo;s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope indicating a growing black hole just 470 million years after the big bang. It is the oldest black hole yet discovered.

Oldest black hole discovered dating back to 470 million years after the Big Bang

This annotated image provided by NASA on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023, shows a composite view of data from NASA&rsquo;s Chandra X-ray Observatory and James Webb Space Telescope indicating a growing black hole just 470 million years after the big bang. It is the oldest black hole yet discovered.

November 6, 2023, 2:32pm Life

Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, a cosmic beast formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang. Read story