Science Nov 20 NASA releases close-up pictures of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
World Nov 20 UN secretary general urges nations at climate talks to be flexible to get results Asked whether U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres had a message for President Donald Trump, who has pulled the world's second-largest carbon polluter out of climate talks: “We are waiting for you.”… By Seth Borenstein, Melina Walling, Anton L. Delgado, Associated Press
Arts Nov 18 Watch 2:15 A Brief But Spectacular take on finding a place where you belong Sometimes, the right learning environment can change everything. For Courtney Irwin, that place was a youth development center in Salinas, California. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on how cooking and community helped her find her way. By Brief But Spectacular
World Nov 18 COP30 host Brazil pushes for progress on big issues As United Nations climate talks bubble to a critical point, negotiators on Tuesday were pressured to ensure that oil — along with fossil fuels coal and natural gas — won't be burned in the future. By Melina Walling, Seth Borenstein, Anton L. Delgado, Associated Press
World Nov 18 Use of artificial intelligence both praised and criticized at COP30 climate talks in Brazil One expert calls AI an "completely unregulated beast around the world," while another calls it "so democratizing," but both sides agree AI is here to stay. By Anton L. Delgado, Associated Press
Nov 17 Disaster-battered nations tell ministers at climate talks to start taking action By Seth Borenstein, Anton L. Delgado, Melina Walling, Associated Press Their message: Our lives are on the line. Continue reading
Nov 16 Watch 5:45 Key takeaways from COP30 halfway through the UN climate summit By John Yang, Kaisha Young, Juliet Fuisz This weekend is the halfway point for the 30th U.N. climate summit known as COP30. In a report issued days before the meeting began, the World Meteorological Organization said 2025 is “on track to be among the three warmest years… Continue watching
Nov 16 NASA’s latest ESCAPADE is sending twin low-cost orbiters to examine Mars’ atmosphere By Christopher Carr, Glenn Lightsey, The Conversation Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE, or Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, mission will help unleash. Continue reading
Nov 14 1,140-square-foot super-web reveals the surprising ‘constant party’ life of cohabiting spiders By Stephen McGrath, Associated Press The most surprising thing about a spider colony discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border — housing tens of thousands of arachnids — had less to do with its size and more to do with what scientists found inside the… Continue reading
Nov 14 Chinese astronauts return from space station after delay blamed on space debris damage By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press The original return plan was scrapped because a window in the Shenzhou-20 capsule had tiny cracks, most likely caused by impact from space debris, the space agency said Friday. Continue reading