Canadian wildfire smoke is triggering air quality alerts across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast on Thursday, as the northern nation’s boreal forests continue to burn at a rate not seen except for a historic season in 2023. Smoke from the fires, along with ozone from heat, raised air pollution levels in Minneapolis, Green Bay, Indianapolis,…
Scientists searching for a cure for cancer have no trouble finding public support. But for those studying potato disease, it’s a tougher sell. The Trump administration seems to have banked on the idea that the public will see much of scientific research as wasteful or arcane. It has slashed — or proposed slashing — billions…
From the spacecraft’s observations, scientists discovered that magnetic fields with both north and south polarity are currently present at the sun’s south pole. This mishmash of magnetism is expected to last only a short time during the solar maximum before the magnetic field flips. Once that happens, a single polarity should slowly build up over…
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The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it will aim to eliminate existing limits on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, a move that would curb the agency’s ability to combat climate change under the Clean Air Act. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a news conference that Biden-era carbon pollution standards…
You may have noticed the moon looked a little different last night — it was full, low, and in some places glowed with a bright-pink hue. It was June’s Strawberry Moon — so named not because of the reddish glow, but because its namesake fruit is ready to be harvested in June. The full moon…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — From thrilling goals to devastating knockout defeats, every four years the FIFA World Cup electrifies the globe. And in one year, 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off with the United States, Canada and Mexico co-hosting an unprecedented event. The tournament, which could feature the likes of superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo,…
Four crew members are set to launch Wednesday on a privately funded mission to the International Space Station. The flight, organized by the Houston-based company Axiom Space, is slated to lift off at 8 a.m. ET from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The foursome will journey into orbit in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule…
WASHINGTON — The population of emperor penguins in one part of Antarctica appears to be declining faster than previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released Tuesday. The estimated population of 16 penguin colonies — visible in satellite photos taken between 2009 and 2024 — had declined 22% during that period mainly…
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