UN agency confirms 119.8 degrees reading in Sicily two years ago as Europe’s record...
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s weather agency on Tuesday confirmed a reading of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in Sicily two years ago...
Space Shuttle Endeavour hoisted for installation in vertical display at Los Angeles science museum
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA's retired Space Shuttle Endeavour was carefully hoisted late Monday to be mated to a huge external fuel tank and...
Climate activists in Germany to abandon gluing themselves to streets, employ new tactics
BERLIN (AP) — A group of climate activists who infuriated many in Germany by gluing themselves to streets to block traffic said Monday that...
Rise and shine: Japanese moon probe back to work after sun reaches its solar...
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate power.Japan's...
Will other states replicate Alabama’s nitrogen execution?
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's first-ever use of nitrogen gas for an execution could gain traction among other states and change how the death...
Science sleuths are using technology to find fakery and plagiarism in published research
Allegations of research fakery at a leading cancer center have turned a spotlight on scientific integrity and the amateur sleuths uncovering image manipulation in...
Scores of North Carolina sea turtles have died after being stunned by frigid temperatures
Scores of sea turtles stunned by cold temperatures along the North Carolina coast have died, officials said.The North Carolina State University Center for Marine...
U.S. sets plans to protect endangered whales near offshore wind farms; firms swap wind...
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Two federal environmental agencies issued plans Thursday to better protect endangered whales amid offshore wind farm development.That move came...
NASA’s little helicopter on Mars has logged its last flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s little Mars helicopter has flown its last flight.The space agency announced Thursday that the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) chopper named...
Russia fires genetics institute head who claimed humans once lived for 900 years
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's science and higher education ministry has dismissed the head of a prestigious genetics institute who sparked controversy by contending that...
