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This image provided by NASA shows the Orion spacecraft approaching Earth on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, as it neared the end of its three-week test flight to the moon.

Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says

This image provided by NASA shows the Orion spacecraft approaching Earth on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, as it neared the end of its three-week test flight to the moon.

May 31, 2023, 2:56pm Nation & World

Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the danger zone,” not just for an overheating planet that’s losing its natural areas, but for the well-being of people living on it, according to a new study. Read story

A woman walks with her dogs May 22, 2019, at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Mass., where a boogie boarder was bitten by a shark in 2018 and later died of his injuries. Recent shark bites in Florida and Hawaii and a suspected case in New Jersey have piqued interest in the age-old summer question of whether it's safe to go in the water.

Scientists: Shark-bite fears overblown

A woman walks with her dogs May 22, 2019, at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Mass., where a boogie boarder was bitten by a shark in 2018 and later died of his injuries. Recent shark bites in Florida and Hawaii and a suspected case in New Jersey have piqued interest in the age-old summer question of whether it's safe to go in the water.

May 30, 2023, 6:02am Life

Recent shark bites in Florida and Hawaii and a suspected case in New Jersey have piqued interest in an age-old summer question for beachgoers — is it safe to go in the water? Read story

This image provided by the Statens Museum For Kunst shows the 1834 painting "The 84-Gun Danish Warship 'Dronning Marie' in the Sound" by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Danish painters in the 19th century had some special ingredients up their sleeves: They used materials from brewing beer to create their artwork, according to research published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday, May 24, 2023.

Research a toast to Danish artists

This image provided by the Statens Museum For Kunst shows the 1834 painting "The 84-Gun Danish Warship 'Dronning Marie' in the Sound" by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Danish painters in the 19th century had some special ingredients up their sleeves: They used materials from brewing beer to create their artwork, according to research published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday, May 24, 2023.

May 30, 2023, 6:02am Life

Danish painters in the 19th century may have turned to an unusual source for some of their supplies: breweries. Read story

The Shenzhou-16 spacecraft sits atop a Long March rocket covered on a launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Monday, May 29, 2023. China's space program plans to land astronauts on the moon before 2030, a top official with the country's space program said Monday.

China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030, expand space station, bring on foreign partners

The Shenzhou-16 spacecraft sits atop a Long March rocket covered on a launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Monday, May 29, 2023. China's space program plans to land astronauts on the moon before 2030, a top official with the country's space program said Monday.

May 29, 2023, 8:53am Nation & World

China’s burgeoning space program plans to place astronauts on the moon before 2030 and expand the country’s orbiting space station, officials said Monday. Read story

Researchers rush to find cause of contagious cancer in PNW clams

May 28, 2023, 6:00am Northwest

As Michael Metzger pressed his thumb against a ridged shell, the clam split in two. It was dead. Read story

This artist’s rendition shows the disruption of a neutron star as it is swallowed whole by a black hole.

E. Washington astronomers chalk up new black hole discovery that sent ripples through time

This artist’s rendition shows the disruption of a neutron star as it is swallowed whole by a black hole.

May 26, 2023, 6:00am Life

The LIGO Hanford observatory was set to officially start another operating run Wednesday, May 24, but it may have already made another significant detection of a violent event long ago in outer space. Read story

Ellen Ochoa, veteran astronaut, former director of the Johnson Space Center and vice chair of the National Science Board, on a space mission.

1st Latina astronaut to go to space surprised by a ‘Reach for the Stars’ in Pasco

Ellen Ochoa, veteran astronaut, former director of the Johnson Space Center and vice chair of the National Science Board, on a space mission.

May 24, 2023, 7:38am Life

It was a nerve-racking moment for Pasco teacher Allen Madsen and his orchestra students. Read story

A couple wearing hoodies and masks to protect themselves from the ash fall of the Popocat?petl volcano embraces in Atlixco, Mexico, Monday, May 22, 2023. The volcano's activity has increased over the past week. Evacuations have not been ordered, but authorities are preparing for that scenario and telling people to stay out of 7.5-mile (12-kilometer) radius around the peak.

Mexicans near Popocatepetl stay vigilant as volcano’s activity increases

A couple wearing hoodies and masks to protect themselves from the ash fall of the Popocat?petl volcano embraces in Atlixco, Mexico, Monday, May 22, 2023. The volcano's activity has increased over the past week. Evacuations have not been ordered, but authorities are preparing for that scenario and telling people to stay out of 7.5-mile (12-kilometer) radius around the peak.

May 23, 2023, 7:37am Life

At the edge of this town near the Popocatepetl volcano, away from the din of traffic, there was an occasional low rumble Monday, like an idling engine. Read story

An ivory-billed woodpecker specimen is on a display at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.

Is ivory-billed woodpecker extinct? Experts split

An ivory-billed woodpecker specimen is on a display at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.

May 23, 2023, 6:02am Life

New video and photographs purporting to show ivory-billed woodpeckers flying in a Louisiana forest were published by researchers on Thursday, as government officials said they will make a final decision this year on whether the birds are extinct. Read story

One of two skeletons that archaeologists believe were men who died when a wall collapsed on them during the powerful earthquakes that accompanied the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Pompeii ruins’ skeletons reveal deaths by earthquake, not just eruption

One of two skeletons that archaeologists believe were men who died when a wall collapsed on them during the powerful earthquakes that accompanied the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

May 23, 2023, 6:00am Life

The discovery of two skeletons buried beneath a collapsed wall in the Pompeii archaeological site point to deaths by powerful earthquakes that accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the first century, experts said Tuesday, in addition to the victims of volcanic ash and gas. Read story