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The Milky Way stretches across the night sky as seen from the Atacama Desert, Chile, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

The threat of light pollution puts the world’s darkest skies in the Atacama Desert at risk

12:02 AM on Sunday, April 26

The Atacama Desert in Chile offers some of the clearest views of the universe, thanks to its dry climate, high altitude and isolation from light pollution

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)

How conspiracy theories about missing or dead scientists went from online forums to the White House

3:25 PM on Friday, April 24

Speculation about links among a handful U.S. scientists who have died or disappeared in recent years was largely confined to niche online communities less than two months ago

This image provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab on Friday, April 24, 2026, shows Messier 104, a spiral galaxy nicknamed the Sombrero galaxy. (NSF NOIRLab via AP)

The wide-brimmed Sombrero galaxy is revealed in all its splendor by a telescope in Chile

1:05 PM on Friday, April 24

The Sombrero galaxy and its glowing halo of stars have never looked this good

Tilly Dowler poses in front of Buckingham Palace ahead of the London Marathon 2026 in London, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Mustakim Hasnath)

AI smart glasses will help visually impaired runners take on the London Marathon

12:19 PM on Friday, April 24

Visually impaired runners in London are using AI powered smart glasses to support marathon training and everyday life

FILE - A grower cuts psilocybin mushrooms to prepare for distribution in Springfield, Ore., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)

FDA plans ultra-fast review of three psychedelic drugs following Trump directive

10:04 AM on Friday, April 24

The Food and Drug Administration says it will offer ultra-fast review to three psychedelic drugs being studied for hard-to-treat mental health conditions, including major depression

FILE - Mount Pumori, center left, looms in the background as a mountaineer negotiates Khumbu Icefall to descend to Everest Base Camp, in Nepal, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Pasang Rinzee Sherpa, File)

A massive, unstable ice block stalls Everest climbers at base camp

3:21 AM on Friday, April 24

A massive ice block on the route above Mount Everest's base camp is delaying climbers seeking to scale the world's highest peak

FILE - One of four panda bears at Zoo Atlanta rests in their habitat on Dec. 30, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback, File)

China will send giant pandas to Atlanta again

12:13 AM on Friday, April 24

China is sending two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta, the China Wildlife Conservation Association says

Apollo astronaut Harrison "Jack" Schmitt talks about having to acclimate to gravity after his moon mission in 1972 while being interviewed at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, N.M., on April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Q&A: Apollo astronaut Schmitt talks about getting back to the moon and life in the universe

12:04 AM on Friday, April 24

Apollo astronaut Harrison “Jack” Schmitt knows what the Artemis II crew was feeling when it rocketed into space this month for a historic lunar flyby: Pure excitement and the potential for so much more

This photo provided by Roger MacKertich shows a polar bear on a barrier island Sept. 18, 2019, near Kaktovik, Alaska. (Roger MacKertich via AP)

A tiny Arctic village in Alaska is trying to revive its polar bear tourism industry

12:02 AM on Friday, April 24

A small Indigenous village in Alaska wants to reclaim its status as a top spot for polar bear tourism

This illustration provided by researchers in April 2026 depicts a giant octopus that may have been a top marine predator millions of years ago. (Yohei Utsuki via AP)

A massive kraken-like octopus may have prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs

2:11 PM on Thursday, April 23

The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been an octopus

Grass and flowers surround the Archaeological Park of the Solstice, which some call the "Stonehenge of the Amazon" in Calcoene, Amapa state, Brazil, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Archaeological digs in Amazon provide clues about Indigenous inhabitants before colonization

9:01 AM on Thursday, April 23

Paving roads in the Amazon rainforest often causes deforestation that threatens the people who live there

School gardens help students learn science and connect with agriculture – but making them happen isn’t easy

8:25 AM on Thursday, April 23

2026 State of Digital Healthcare in Oncology Report Reveals Cancer Programs Are Rewiring Buying Around Speed to Treatment, Infusion Economics, and Precision Workflow - Black Book

7:15 AM on Thursday, April 23

FILE - This image, provided by NASA, shows the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on Nov. 30, 2025, about 178 million miles (286 million kilometers) from Earth. (NASA, ESA, STScI, D. Jewitt (UCLA), M.-T. Hui (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory), J. DePasquale (STScI) via AP, File)

Scientists trace latest interstellar comet's home to a cold, isolated corner of the Milky Way

5:11 AM on Thursday, April 23

A new study suggests that the comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated in a cold, isolated corner of the galaxy that had yet to gel into its own solar system

FILE - Low water levels at Wahweap Bay at Lake Powell, along the Upper Colorado River Basin are shown, June 9, 2021, at the Utah and Arizona border at Wahweap, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Water to surge into drought-depleted Lake Powell but at costs elsewhere

3:13 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Desert canyons in eastern Utah will be churning this spring with huge volumes of water in a desperate attempt to keep a reservoir on the Colorado River generating electricity

David Douches, a Michigan State University professor who leads the school's Potato Breeding and Genetics Program, holds a potato chip in his hand during a taste testing in East Lansing, Mich., on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Researchers have spent decades breeding better potatoes for chips, and their work isn't done

4:59 AM on Wednesday, April 22

There’s a surprising amount of science in a bag of potato chips

FILE - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., right, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, talks with Committee Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., following his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

RFK Jr. faced the Senate. One lawmaker's competing loyalties were on display

12:02 AM on Wednesday, April 22

A Republican senator juggling three roles — lawmaker, doctor and political candidate seeking reelection — has walked a fine line as he questioned Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sen. Bill Cassidy supported Kennedy's confirmation as health secretary but is a strong vaccine advocate and has clashed with him over vaccine policies

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