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December 09, 2018

Climate talks pause as battle over key science report looms

A diplomatic standoff over a single word could set the stage for a bigger showdown during the second half of this year's U.N.

December 08, 2018

Protesters march as UN climate talks hit fossil fuel snag

Thousands of people from around the world marched Saturday through the southern Polish city that's hosting this year's U.N.

December 08, 2018

SpaceX Christmas delivery arrives at space station

A SpaceX delivery full of Christmas goodies arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, following a slight delay ...

December 08, 2018

China launches pioneering mission to far side of moon

China launched a ground-breaking mission Saturday to land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, ...

December 08, 2018

Senate passes bill making it easier to kill sea lions

A bill that would make it easier to kill sea lions that feast on imperiled salmon in the Columbia River has cleared the U.S.

December 07, 2018

US backers of Paris accord set up camp at climate talks

Hundreds of U.S. states, cities, businesses and churches planted the American flag at the U.N. climate talks Friday in an ...

December 07, 2018

Russian chemistry teacher accused of setting up a drug lab

Prosecutors in St. Petersburg have charged two Russian high school teachers of producing and selling drugs, a case that ...

December 07, 2018

Nobel prize winner: no progress from Trump on carbon taxing

A winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Economics who advocates carbon taxes as the best way to address greenhouse gas ...

December 07, 2018

US to ease oil drilling controls protecting imperiled bird

The Trump administration moved forward Thursday with plans to ease restrictions on oil and natural gas drilling, mining and ...

December 07, 2018

Trump EPA acts to roll back control on climate-changing coal

The Environmental Protection Agency acted again Thursday to ease rules on the sagging U.S. coal industry, this time scaling ...

December 07, 2018

Whales have worse than average year for entanglement in gear

Federal officials say last year was slightly worse than average for the entanglement of large whales, which is a major threat ...

December 06, 2018

What caused ancient mass extinction? Hot ocean water blamed

Scientists think they've figured out the falling dominoes that led to Earth's largest mass extinction and worry that ...

December 06, 2018

Study that took aim at 'Joy of Cooking' is retracted

More work by a prominent food researcher, including a study that took aim at the "Joy of Cooking," has been retracted because ...

December 06, 2018

The Latest: Swiss solar expert backs ideas to save planet

The Latest on the U.N climate talks in Poland (all times local): 5:15 p.m. A Swiss adventurer who flew around the world in ...

December 06, 2018

New study explains creation of deadly California 'firenado'

A rare fire tornado that raged during this summer's deadly Carr Fire in Northern California was created by a combination of ...

December 05, 2018

The Latest: Trump says Macron's decision justifies his own

The latest on climate talks taking place in Poland (all times local): 2:10 a.m. President Donald Trump says the French ...

December 04, 2018

South Florida girl in need of rare blood to fight cancer

A worldwide search is on to find blood donors with a rare genetic variation to help save a 2-year-old South Florida girl ...

December 04, 2018

NASA spacecraft arrives at ancient asteroid, its 1st visitor

After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived Monday at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of ...

December 04, 2018

Reused rocket takes off carrying 64 satellites

A SpaceX rocket carrying 64 small satellites lifted off from California on Monday, marking the first time the same Falcon 9 ...