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The oceans are in deep trouble. The Trump administration is ditching a vital deep-sea monitoring system
The Trump administration has announced it will dismantle a $368 million deep-ocean monitoring system that provides critical data on the world’s oceans. The decision is sparking alarm among experts that US is taking eyes off the oceans at a dangerous time of...
NASA reluctantly gives up on lost orbiter: “Best Mars mission ever”
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El Niño could bring more widespread coral bleaching, NOAA warns
Ecologist warns sudden coral bleaching is "like pulling the plug on a TV" 02:58The expected arrival of El Niño in the next few months could trigger another mass coral bleaching event, just a year after the last one's conclusion, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
Ultraprocessed food scientists say Americans are ‘fed up’ with industry and government inaction
The ultraprocessed food industry is yet again under attack, and it’s not just MAHA moms or scientists who study food calling for change.Some 77% of frustrated Republicans, Democrats and Independents are now calling for mandated “large warning labels” on all packages...
Scientists find new species of dragonfly, grasshopper and a fluorescent spider
(Adds codes)By Tim CocksJune 3 (Reuters) - Wildlife experts found eight new species of dragonfly, three unknown grasshoppers and some 60 new butterflies and moths in vivid hues during a trip to Angola's Lisima plateau in February, a conservation group said on...
NASA’s MAVEN Mars orbiter is officially dead after months of radio silence
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center[embedded content]NASA is saying goodbye to one of its most accomplished Mars orbiters.After months of repeated attempts to...
A diet of royal jelly isn’t the only thing that makes a queen bee
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have identified a group of worker honeybees that are specially adapted to build their queen's waxy abode within the hive.Worker bees perform a myriad of jobs to keep up the hive, including collecting food, nurturing young bees and caring for...
2 scientists charged with bringing deactivated mpox virus into the US and lying to authorities
Two scientists at a U.S. government lab were charged with smuggling vials of deactivated mpox virus into the country from Africa and lying about it during interviews with investigators at a Michigan airport, authorities said Tuesday.A criminal complaint was unsealed...
Scientists lose critical climate record as ocean observatory will go dark under Trump funding cuts
SEATTLE (AP) — A portion of one of the most ambitious ocean monitoring networks ever built will go dark this month when scientists board a research vessel and motor off the Oregon coast to pull a research buoy from deep out of the Pacific.The buoy 80 meters (260 feet)...
The March full moon glows red through Saharan dust in eerie composite view
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.The full Worm Moon rises off the coast of the UK. | Credit: Josh DuryAstrophotographer Josh Dury captured a gorgeous composite view of the March full moon as it rose...
Satellite spies an erupting volcano | Space photo of the day for March 13, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Mayon volcano eruption captured on Feb. 26, 2026. | Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological SurveyA new...
Medieval Farms Were a Boon for Biodiversity, Research Finds
In Europe, the diversity of plants was greatest in the years before the Black Death, at a time when small farms and pastures existed alongside grasslands and forests, new research reveals. The findings show how, under the right conditions, farms can be a boon to...
While the US government is investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena, academic researchers studying them face stigma
President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon and other federal agencies to begin releasing government files related to UFOs and unidentified anomalous phenomena – called UAP – in February 2026, following years of pressure from Congress, military whistleblowers and the...
Unanimous vote in risk assessment clears way for 4 astronauts to launch on moon mission
NASA has finished a crucial risk assessment ahead of its upcoming lunar flyby mission, and during a news conference Thursday, the agency revealed a new target launch date and discussed how officials evaluated the dangers the mission’s four-person crew will face.The...
Raucous bird tornado touches down as snow geese make annual flight to Arctic
KLEINFELTERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A few dozen birdwatchers gathered in the predawn darkness to wait for the moment when thousands of migrating snow geese stopped honking and preening to suddenly take flight from a Pennsylvania reservoir.The mesmerizing display, about an...
Are bonobos truly the peaceful counterparts to chimps? New study says no
By Will DunhamWASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - Bonobos for years have had the reputation of being the cool hippies of the simian world, with a "make love, not war" ethos, in contrast to their belligerent cousins, the chimpanzees. But is this reputation valid? A new...
US weather to go nuts with blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, atmospheric river all at once
Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be.Days of downpours have begun in Hawaii. The Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) heat. Two storms will dump snow by the...
NASA targets April 1 as possible launch for moon mission
NASA plans to haul its Artemis II moon rocket back out to its seaside launch pad next week to ready the huge booster for blastoff as early as April 1 on a delayed-but-historic flight to send four astronauts on a nine-day trip around the moon, the agency announced...
A wildflower in California reveals a newly documented evolutionary process
During California’s worst dry spell in the past 1,200 years, some populations of wildflowers defied the odds to survive the ordeal. Researchers say they now believe these flowers relied on a type of rapid genetic evolution — the first time such a phenomenon has been...
NASA says its Artemis 2 moon rocket is all fixed up. It could launch astronauts to the moon on April 1
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket is seen inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Feb. 25, 2026, after rolling back from the launch pad....
NASA targets April 1 to launch astronauts around the moon
NASA plans to launch four astronauts on a long-awaited trip around the moon as early as April 1, it announced Thursday.Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator of NASA’s Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, said teams are on track to roll the Space...
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