May 8, 2023, 1:53pm Latest News
Daily tides stoked with increasingly warmer water ate a hole taller than the Washington Monument at the bottom of one of Greenland’s major glaciers in the last couple years, accelerating the retreat of a crucial part of the glacier, a new study found. Read story
May 8, 2023, 6:13am Life
Several conservation groups announced Tuesday that they’re planning to sue federal wildlife officials, citing a failure to protect the West Indian manatee following record death rates in recent years. Read story
May 5, 2023, 9:26am Life
Stargazers in Asia and Australia had the best seats for the year’s first lunar eclipse. Read story
May 3, 2023, 10:36am Life
For the first time, scientists have caught a star in the act of swallowing a planet — not just a nibble or bite, but one big gulp. Read story
May 2, 2023, 6:03am Latest News
It’s February in the Columbia River Gorge. Cold and windy, with a hint of snow in the air. Read story
May 2, 2023, 6:02am Life
The discovery of DNA’s double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science — and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit. Read story
May 2, 2023, 6:00am Life
A feisty looking crustacean in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains is a new species found nowhere else in the world, according to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Read story
April 28, 2023, 5:20pm Nation & World
A critical antenna is jammed on a Jupiter-bound spacecraft launched two weeks ago, the European Space Agency reported Friday. Read story
April 28, 2023, 1:17pm Life
Water may be more widespread and recent on Mars than previously thought, based on observations of Martian sand dunes by China's rover. Read story
April 28, 2023, 6:02am Life
Trees are long-term investments that often outlive the people who plant them. And with the world’s climate changing fast, we now need to consider whether the trees we plant today will be able to withstand the changing conditions in our gardens over the next 30, 50 or even 100 years. Read story
