Category : science

Unprecedented fires burn the Arctic

Smoke is rising over the forests of Alaska and Siberia.The World Meteorological Organization called the wildfires now burning around the Arctic "unprecedented." The United Nations agency noted that over 100 intense fires burned in the Arcti...

Hurricane Barry is hitting Louisiana with heavy rain and 75-mph winds. Here are the 14 most important ways to prepare for a hurricane.

Hurricane Barry is moving over land as a Category 1 storm. Here are the Red Cross' recommendations for how to prepare.

Polish opposition pledges to scrap coal by 2040

The main Polish opposition group vowed Saturday to eliminate coal-generated power by 2040 as it launched a general election campaign against the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party. Coal is the main source of energy for Poland, which relies on its...

Flesh-eating bacteria killed an elderly man two days after he vacationed in Florida. Experts say this will become more common as ocean water warms.

A species of flesh-eating bacteria called Vibrio is gaining a larger foothold in the US as oceans heat up.

Rare sea turtles smash nesting records in Georgia, Carolinas

Rare sea turtles are smashing nesting records this summer on beaches in the Southeast, with scientists crediting the egg-laying boom to conservation measures that began more than 30 years ago. Giant loggerhead sea turtles weighing up to 300 pounds (...

Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world

A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from planet Earth stepped onto another world for the first time, uniting people around the globe in a way not seen be...

Apollo 11's 'amiable strangers' Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins

Mission commander Neil Armstrong was the flying ace, Buzz Aldrin the scholar. The three had never served together on the same spaceflight before, and the "almost frantic" preparation left little if any time for bonding, Collins said. "Apollo 11 was...

Armstrong's famous "one small step" quote -- explained

What did Neil Armstrong really say when he took his first step on the moon? During a 30th anniversary gathering in 1999, the Apollo 11 commander acknowledged that he didn't hear himself say it either when he listened to the transmission from the Jul...

'One small step' and other notable quotes on moon landing

"I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth." — President John F. Kennedy in special State of the Union message on May 25, 1961. The Eagl...

AP Was There: Man walks on the moon

This story was first published after NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon on July 20, 1969. The Associated Press is republishing a version of the story to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Two Ame...

After losing husband to rare neurological disease PSP, widow tries to raise awareness

Debbie Feldman lived the American dream for most of her adult years -- she married her best friend (a prominent attorney), succeeded in her career working as an accountant and raised their two sons in the highly desirable suburban town of Avon, Conne...

Tropical storm, river flooding hammer Gulf environment

Tropical Storm Barry could affect the environment of the Gulf coast and Lower Mississippi Valley in numerous ways, from accelerating runoff of farmland nutrients to toppling trees and damaging wildlife habitat and fisheries, scientists say. "We don'...

Chevron spills 800,000 gallons of oil, water in California

Officials began to clean up a massive oil spill Friday that dumped nearly 800,000 gallons of oil and water into a California canyon, making it larger — if less devastating — than the state's last two major oil spills. The newly revealed spill has...

Facebook $5 Billion U.S. Privacy Settlement Approved by FTC

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. officials approved a record $5 billion privacy settlement with Facebook Inc. to resolve the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, people said, prompting an immediate outcry from lawmakers and privacy advocates who said it didn’t go fa...

Can You Believe How Much Astronauts Used To Make?

See how much astronauts made then — and now.

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