Visitors are flocking to Death Valley National Park in California and Nevada to take in a rare phenomenon known as a superbloom
Mississippi voters to decide whether to send longtime Rep. Thompson back to Washington
Mississippi voters on Tuesday are deciding between longtime U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson and his 34-year-old Democratic primary challenger
After training in deep snow and bitter cold, ex-reality show star seeks to win the Iditarod again
The winner of last year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska says he's feeling intense pressure to repeat as champion
FBI hunts for clues after 2 men charged with lighting bombs at NYC protest
Investigators are trying to learn more about two Pennsylvania men accused of bringing homemade bombs to a protest outside the home of New York City’s mayor
Young kids missed the pandemic’s school disruptions. Their reading scores are still behind
Young students are still struggling to bounce back academically from the pandemic, even though many were babies at the time
FAA grounds all JetBlue flights after request from airline
The Federal Aviation Administration says it has grounded all JetBlue flights due to a request from the airline
Starwatch: patience is needed to observe Cancer’s beehive cluster
Constellation of Cancer is not easy to locate but reward is the star cluster M44 at its centre The constellation of Cancer, the crab, is now high in the southern sky during the late evening. While not the easiest constellation to locate because it does not contain any truly bright...
Testing the waters: can pumping chemicals into the ocean help stop global heating?
To some it was a reckless experiment but scientists hope the dispersal of 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine could ease the climate crisis For four days last August, a thick slick of maroon bruised the waters of the Gulf of Maine. The scene, not unlike...
How Nasa contractors are pressing on to bring humans to the moon with Artemis
As the US space agency misses its launch window for the second month, smaller firms continue work on their parts It was shaping up into another ordinary day at the Colorado headquarters of the small space startup Lunar Outpost last Friday when chief executive Justin Cyrus learned of a surprise...
A new start after 60: I’d had several careers but no degree – then I became a palaeontologist at 62
In search of a new adventure, Craig Munns went back to school. Now, at 65, he spends his days examining long-vanished life forms Craig Munns has a large model of a T rex on his desk. He got it with a magazine subscription two decades ago. One day, a few...