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May 23, 2019 at 8:36 am

US forecasters: Expect near normal Atlantic hurricane season

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Atlantic hurricane season is off to yet another early start, but U.S. weather officials say it should be a near normal... Updated 9:08 am

Jeff Bezos speaks in front of a model of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander, Thursday, May 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) DCPS120 DCPS120

May 9, 2019 at 2:06 pm

Amazon’s Bezos says he’ll send a spaceship to the moon

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos said Thursday he's going to send a spaceship to the moon, joining a resurgence of lunar interest half...

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May 8, 2019 at 1:15 pm

UN chief says ‘total disaster’ if warming not stopped

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations secretary-general said the world must dramatically change the way it fuels factories, vehicles and homes to limit future...

FILE – In this Oct. 21, 2018, file photo, a couple walks through a forest with the Frankfurt skyline in background near Frankfurt, Germany. Development thatâ€™s led to loss of habitat, climate change, overfishing, pollution and invasive species is causing a biodiversity crisis, scientists say in a new United Nations science report released Monday, May 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) NYAG601 NYAG601

May 5, 2019 at 9:01 pm

UN report: Humans accelerating extinction of other species

"We are indeed threatening the potential food security, water security, human health and social fabric" of humanity, said Robert Watson, a former top NASA and...

This image made from a composite of September 2003 – January 2004 photos captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows nearly 10,000 galaxies in the deepest visible-light image of the cosmos, cutting across billions of light-years. In research released on Friday, April 26, 2019, Nobel winning astronomer Adam Riess calculates the cosmos is between 12.5 and 13.0 billion years old – about 1 billion years younger than previous estimates. (NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI), HUDF Team via AP) NY399 NY399

April 26, 2019 at 9:36 am

'Everybody likes to look younger': Universe much newer, faster than scientists had thought

Even with the discovery, life continues on Earth the way it always has. But to astrophysicists trying to get a handle on our place in...

April 24, 2019 at 4:06 pm

Major emperor penguin breeding ground gone barren since 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the past three years, virtually nothing has hatched at Antarctica's second biggest breeding grounds for emperor penguins and the start of...

April 23, 2019 at 11:24 am

Even light rain increases your risk of a deadly car crash

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even light rain significantly increases your risk of a fatal car crash, a new study finds. The wetter the roads, the deadlier...

April 18, 2019 at 11:02 am

Americans’ energy use surges despite climate change concern

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans burned a record amount of energy in 2018, with a 10% jump in consumption from booming natural gas helping to lead...

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April 15, 2019 at 6:07 pm

Notre Dame’s age, design fueled fire and foiled firefighters VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — Is there anything firefighters could have done to control the blaze that tore through Paris' historic Notre Dame Cathedral sooner? Experts...

April 12, 2019 at 6:19 am

Picture was clear, but black hole’s name a little fuzzy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The newly pictured supermassive black hole is a beast with no name, at least not an official one. And what happens next...