Science

When the storm came, alerts came only in English. This team is trying to change that

By Adam Kemp

NORMAN, Okla. — As the winds howled and sirens blared, the local television meteorologist delivered urgent instructions. A massive EF-5 tornado appeared to be spinning toward the Oklahoma City metro. Take shelter. Get underground. The critical warnings, though,…

Shipwreck of famed explorer Shackleton’s final voyage found off coast of Canada

By Associated Press

The wreck of the last ship belonging to a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada.

Thieves are taking electric vehicle charging cables for the copper wires. It’s another obstacle to selling Americans on EVs

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

The price of copper is near a record high on global markets, which means criminals stand to collect rising sums of cash from selling the material.

Bill Gates is breaking ground on a nuclear power plant in Wyoming

By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press

Gates and his energy company are starting construction for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how power is generated.

7 things to know about the FDA’s warning about shellfish from the Pacific Northwest

By Claire Rush, Associated Press

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says consumers should avoid eating shellfish from Oregon and Washington state as they may be contaminated with toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning.

FDA advisers back Alzheimer’s drug that can slow disease

By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

If the agency agrees with the panel's recommendation, the drug, donanemab, would only be the second Alzheimer’s drug cleared in the U.S. shown to convincingly slow cognitive decline and memory problems due to Alzheimer's.

Apple bringing ‘Apple Intelligence’ to its popular products

By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

Apple jumped into the race to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses during its World Wide Developers Conference Monday, previewing an onslaught of features designed to soup up the iPhone and other devices.

Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, has died in Washington plane crash

By Gene Johnson, Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press

The San Juan County Sheriff says a report came in shortly before noon Friday that an older model plane crashed into the water and sank near the north end of Jones Island.

Everything you need to know about the invasive Joro spider

By Melina Walling, Associated Press

invasive, brightly colored, orb-weaving arachnids that have been spreading in the U.S. for the past several years — have captured the public's interest and horror once again.

AI ‘gold rush’ for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text as early as 2026

By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

A new study released Thursday by research group Epoch AI projects that tech companies will exhaust the supply of publicly available training data for AI language models by roughly the turn of the decade -- sometime between 2026 and 2032.