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5:06 PM on Friday, February 20

Science Corp. and Neurosoft Bioelectronics Announce Novel BCI Ecosystem Partnership

4:00 PM on Friday, February 20

FILE - A waste picker drinks water while working during a heat wave at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

Scientists change how El Nino is labeled to keep up with spike in temperature

3:03 PM on Friday, February 20

El Nino warps weather worldwide

Reggae, a 33-year-old Atlantic Harbor seal, rests his head on a rubber duck during a training session with Liz Wait at the New England Aquarium, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Reggae the seal uses rubber ducks for daily enrichment training at Boston aquarium

2:39 PM on Friday, February 20

A video of Reggae, a 33-year-old Atlantic harbor seal at the New England Aquarium, hugging and fetching a rubber duck has drawn attention on social media

NASA targets March for first moon mission by Artemis astronauts after fueling test success

11:20 AM on Friday, February 20

NASA aims to send astronauts to the moon in March after acing the latest rocket fueling test

Probability underlies much of the modern world – an engineering professor explains how it actually works

8:36 AM on Friday, February 20

Saudi Arabia Launches National Guide to Integrate Culture and Arts into Urban Planning

5:58 PM on Thursday, February 19

FILE - In this photo provided by NASA the Boeing Starliner spacecraft with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard approaches the International Space Station on June 6, 2024. (NASA via AP, File)

NASA boss blasts Boeing and space agency managers for Starliner's botched astronaut flight

3:19 PM on Thursday, February 19

NASA's new boss is blasting Boeing and the space agency for Starliner's botched flight that left two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station

This photo provided by NASA shows the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Jim Ross/NASA via AP)

NASA conducts second rocket fueling test that will decide when Artemis astronauts head to the moon

10:54 AM on Thursday, February 19

NASA has taken another crack at fueling its giant moon rocket after leaks halted the initial dress rehearsal

Feral chickens wander around near downtown Honolulu on April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Hawaii residents sick of early crowing and aggressive pecking could be allowed to kill wild chickens

12:04 AM on Thursday, February 19

Hawaii lawmakers are weighing tougher ways to deal with feral chickens, as residents complain about noise, mess, and growing flocks

Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration speaks at an event on addiction recovery in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington, as Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum listen. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)

FDA will drop two-study requirement for new drug approvals, aiming to speed access

5:00 PM on Wednesday, February 18

The Food and Drug Administration plans to drop its longtime standard of requiring two rigorous studies for new drug approvals

FILE - A firefighter monitors flames caused by the Hughes Fire along Castaic Lake in Castaic, Calif., Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Study finds warming world increases days when weather is prone to fires around the globe

4:30 PM on Wednesday, February 18

A new study shows hot, dry and windy weather that fuels extreme wildfires has nearly tripled worldwide in 45 years

In this August 2025 photo provided by the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society, Daniel Terblanche applies medicine to an an endangered white rhino's infected eye at the Imvelo Safari Lodges in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. (John Towey/Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society via AP)

'Ridiculous' plan developed at Florida zoo saves wild rhino's eyesight in Africa

10:02 AM on Wednesday, February 18

Animal behaviorists partnering with the Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society in Florida traveled to Africa in August to help an endangered white rhino with a life-threatening, parasitic eye infection

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7:30 AM on Wednesday, February 18

In this image made from video and released by the University of Western Australia, a sleeper shark swims into the spotlight of a video camera in Antarctica in January 2025. (Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre, Inkfish, Kelpie Geoscience via AP)

Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica’s near-freezing deep

11:50 PM on Tuesday, February 17

A marine researcher says he has video evidence of the first recorded shark in the Antarctic Ocean

NASA hopes fuel leaks are fixed as it launches another countdown test for the Artemis II moonshot

7:27 PM on Tuesday, February 17

NASA has begun another practice launch countdown for its first moonshot in decades with astronauts

Personalis to Participate in the TD Cowen 46th Annual Healthcare Conference

4:01 PM on Tuesday, February 17

Vast Selected by NASA for Sixth Private Astronaut Mission to International Space Station

9:00 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Gina Min, a member of the California Lichen Society, looks closely at lichen on a large rock during a CALS field trip at the University of California, Davis' McLaughlin Reserve in Lower Lake, Calif., Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

To aficionados, fungi are freaky, mystical and overlooked. They're helping scientists learn more

2:07 AM on Tuesday, February 17

Fungi have long fascinated scientists and aficionados alike

This photo released by Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation shows a wild elephant after it received an elephant contraception vaccine in the Trat province of Thailand, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation via AP)

Thailand uses a birth control vaccine to curb its elephant population near expanding farms

10:57 PM on Thursday, February 12

Thailand has begun using a birth control vaccine on elephants in the wild to try curb a growing problem where human and animal populations encroach on each other

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