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Orcas sink yacht with 2 aboard in Strait of Gibraltar
Passengers reported feeling sudden blows to the hull and rudder before water started seeping into the ship.
Big banks still funnel hundreds of billions into the fossil fuel industry, report shows
Activists have long sought to put pressure on the money that undergirds oil, gas and coal. But a report shows how global banks continue to finance fossil-fuel-related endeavors.
San Francisco poised to become first U.S. city to ban 'forever chemicals' in firefighter gear
City lawmakers are set to vote Tuesday on a proposal to phase out fire gear manufactured with PFAS.
Canadian wildfires trigger air quality alerts across 4 U.S. states
Winds have carried plumes of smoke over Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota.
In the mystery of Florida's bizarre spinning fish, a leading suspect has emerged
For months, scientists have been racing to figure out what’s ailing and killing dozens of fish species, and to save the critically endangered smalltooth sawfish.
Auroras expected to continue as forecast calls for geomagnetic storm activity into Tuesday
Viewing could be ideal, but knowing when to look will be key as auroras were expected to return through Sunday night and possibly beyond.
Auroras illuminate night skies around the world, expected to possibly continue through Monday
Photos taken from all over the world show bright-colored skies across Europe, New Zealand and in the U.S., where it was visible farther south than usual.
Severe solar storm expected to supercharge northern lights across the U.S.
The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued its first "severe geomagnetic storm watch" since 2005. Auroras might be seen as far south as Alabama.
Elon Musk's Neuralink suffers setback after implant threads retract from patient's brain
Musk’s brain technology startup said the issue cropped up with its first human brain implant weeks after it was inserted.
Can heavy snowfall trigger earthquakes? A new study suggests a link
The research points to a potential link between heavy snow on Japan’s Noto Peninsula and a swarm of thousands of quakes measured there since 2020.
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
An atmosphere is considered an essential trait for any possibility that a planet harbors life. But this "super-Earth" offers no hope for habitability.
