How many data centers will be built – and how much electricity they’ll need – is uncertain. Being prepared costs money, but so does being unprepared.
December 12, 2025
Sharks have had a tough time since the 1970s, when overfishing, habitat loss and a growing trade in their fins began to cut their populations. ‘Jaws’ didn’t help.
December 12, 2025
Archaeologists in Britain say they have found the earliest known evidence of deliberate fire-making, dating to around 400,000 years ago
December 10, 2025
Trump determined to advance Gaza ceasefire deal as Israeli forces dig in
December 12, 2025
Having stable access to nutritious food sets children up for better mental and physical health into adulthood.
November 14, 2025
Washington state is under a state of emergency from a barrage of torrential rain that's sent rivers flowing over their banks, caused mudslides to close highways and trapped people in floodwaters
December 11, 2025
Fire officials say six people have been taken to hospitals after a gas explosion started a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area suburb
December 11, 2025
A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore billions in canceled FEMA disaster mitigation funding
December 12, 2025
Storm Byron has hit Gaza and worsened the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory
December 11, 2025
China will soon start collecting a value-added tax on contraceptive drugs and products for the first time in over 30 years
December 12, 2025
A new lawsuit seeks to overturn the recent approval of an exploratory drilling program in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
December 11, 2025
Local officials in Florida’s capital city have voted to sell a city-owned golf course built on top of the graves of enslaved people to a once-segregated country club
December 11, 2025
Senators from both parties are pushing to change a defense bill after crash investigators and victims' families warned it could undo key safety reforms
December 11, 2025
Interbreeding across species lines is one way helpful genes can spread into a bird population.
December 11, 2025
The Trump administration is expanding its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion by ordering national parks to remove certain items from gift shops
December 11, 2025
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee are clashing over President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in American cities
December 11, 2025
FDA proposes adding sunscreen ingredient commonly used in other parts of the world to list of permitted products
December 11, 2025
Trump takes steps toward demolishing four federal buildings, preservationist alleges
December 11, 2025
Quicksand traps hiker inside Arches National Park
December 11, 2025
Central Hillsborough Healthy Start offers a model of community care that helps to prevent premature births.
December 11, 2025
Ukraine’s gloves are off in its energy war with Russia. How much can it increase the pressure?
December 11, 2025
The Trump administration has made several efforts to support the coal industry, but even if coal were free, the economics aren’t in its favor.
December 11, 2025
A diverse team of researchers, concerned that the global elder care crisis cannot be addressed by the market or the state alone, are seeking creative solutions.
December 11, 2025
A day out in the Death Strip: How a symbol of communist paranoia became a wild paradise
December 11, 2025
Quicksand is a corny peril in old movies, but getting stuck in it really did happen to one hiker in Utah
December 10, 2025
EPA websites now downplay link between humans and climate change
December 11, 2025
Trump’s face will replace images of national parks on some annual passes, environmental group sues to stop change
December 11, 2025
Cambodia says Thailand has launched more airstrikes as heavy fighting flares along their border
December 11, 2025
‘Trump Gold Card’ launches, offering expedited immigration pathway with a $1 million fee
December 11, 2025
Residents of western Washington state began packing up and fleeing rising rivers as heavy rain causes rivers to rise
December 10, 2025
Federal health officials have expanded an outbreak of infant botulism tied to ByHeart baby formula to include any illnesses reported since the company began production in 2022
December 10, 2025
As President Donald Trump announced a $12 billion farm aid package this week to help U.S. farmers hurt by tariffs, he placed responsibility for the U.S. agricultural trade deficit on former President Joe Biden
December 11, 2025
A powerful atmospheric river has drenched Washington state with nearly 5 trillion gallons of rain over the past week
December 10, 2025
Ocean temperatures warmed by human-caused climate change fed the intense rainfall that triggered deadly floods and landslides across Asia in recent weeks, according to an analysis released Wednesday
December 10, 2025
Aid deliveries into Gaza are falling short of the amount agreed upon in the U.S.-brokered ceasefire
December 10, 2025
Oil companies have offered $300 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico in the first offshore lease sale for the region since 2023
December 10, 2025
A misplaced wire label on a container ship and other mishaps likely caused the Baltimore bridge collapse, NTSB says
December 10, 2025
Trump administration taps election fraud crusader to help lead FEMA
December 10, 2025
NASA has lost contact with a spacecraft that's been orbiting Mars for more than a decade
December 10, 2025
Waymo's self-driving taxis have been in the spotlight for both negative and positive reasons
December 10, 2025
Rain has finally fallen in Iran's capital after months of drought
December 10, 2025
'Once in a generation opportunity': Narcan to be distributed to every public school in Georgia
December 10, 2025
Local rescue builds outdoor shelters for cats during winter months
December 10, 2025
Truckers prepare for treacherous roads as blizzard conditions threaten central Iowa
December 10, 2025
Thousands sign petition to pause robot deliveries after alleged crashes, obstructions in Chicago
December 10, 2025
The mass adoption of new technologies drives demand for rare and complex materials used in their manufacture.
December 10, 2025
Doulas bring a holistic, person-centered approach that can improve birth outcomes and lower overall costs.
December 10, 2025
Girls are at an even greater risk of early substance use than boys.
December 10, 2025
Seeing more refurbished electronic devices on the market? Thank tech innovation – and the government regulation that sparked it.
December 10, 2025
Historic rains and flooding trigger dramatic rescues in Washington state
Iran raises gasoline prices for the first time since deadly 2019 protests
Democratic former Sen. Doug Jones launches campaign for Alabama governor
Thai villagers stay behind to guard empty homes as border clashes force mass evacuations
Curry scores 39 in return but Timberwolves top Warriors 127-120 without Edwards
With 24 points, Donovan Mitchell produces the highest-scoring 4th quarter of the NBA season so far
LA Angels president testifies he wishes he'd known about drug use before pitcher's fatal overdose