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Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Goran Hansson, center, flanked at left by member of the Nobel Committee for Physics Thors Hans Hansson, and member of the Nobel Committee for Physics John Wettlaufer, right, announces the winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to scientists from Japan, Germany and Italy. Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann were cited for their work in â€œthe physical modeling of Earthâ€™s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warmingâ€. The second half of the prize was awarded to Giorgio Parisi for â€œthe discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales.â€ (Pontus Lundahl/TT via AP) LBL104 LBL104

October 4, 2021 at 11:49 pm

Physics Nobel rewards work on climate change, other forces VIEW

Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize for physics for work that found order in seeming disorder, helping to explain and predict complex forces of...

September 24, 2021 at 9:01 am

White House steps up work on what to do about thawing Arctic

The White House is stepping up its work to figure out what to do about a rapidly thawing Arctic

September 23, 2021 at 12:23 pm

Leaders to UN: A warmer world is a more violent one, too VIEW

Three presidents and seven foreign ministers are warning that a warmer world is a more violent one

September 21, 2021 at 2:42 pm

China, US unveil separate big steps to fight climate change

Both China and the United States are starting new financial attacks on climate change

This photo provided by Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, exits the Blue Origin’s New Shepard capsule after it parachuted safely down to the launch area with passengers Mark Bezos, Oliver Daemen and Wally Funk, near Van Horn, Texas, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. (Blue Origin via AP) TXDK109 TXDK109

September 21, 2021 at 9:49 am

Billionaires rocketing into space draw UN chief’s red glare

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is a no-go for launching billionaires into space. In his opening speech, he highlighted the gap between the rich and poor...

September 20, 2021 at 12:03 am

UN climate talks: Faint progress on money, none on pollution VIEW

Officials are touting faint progress on money, but little on pollution at a United Nations world leader summit on climate change

September 15, 2021 at 1:58 pm

Leaders aim for more action out of closed-door climate talks

President Joe Biden plans private climate talks with world leaders to try to spur hard-and-fast commitments to cut climate wrecking pollution globally

September 15, 2021 at 12:05 am

Report: Most nations fall far short in plans to curb warming

A new scientific report that looks at what each nation is doing to fight climate change finds nearly every country falls short

In this undated photo provided by the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology in Dummerstorf, Germany in September 2021, a calf enters an astroturf-covered pen nicknamed “MooLooâ€ to urinate. The scientists, mimicking the process of putting a toddler on the potty until he or she has to go, put the cows in and waited until they urinated and then gave them a reward: a super sweet liquid of mostly molasses. (Thomas HÃ¤ntzschel/FBN via AP) NY789 NY789

September 13, 2021 at 8:32 am

No bull: Scientists potty train cows to use ‘MooLoo’

Researchers in Germany have potty trained cows, all in the name of science

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September 8, 2021 at 11:31 pm

Magnet milestones move distant nuclear fusion dream closer VIEW

Teams working on two continents have marked similar milestones in their respective efforts to master nuclear fusion

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