Science

Pioneering climate scientist Saleemul Huq, who argued for helping poor nations adapt to warming, dies at 71

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Saleemul Huq, a pioneering climate scientist from Bangladesh who pushed to get the world to understand, pay for and adapt to worsening warming impacts on poorer nations, has died. He was 71.

WATCH: Sickle cell gene therapy gets review from FDA advisory committee

By Laura Ungar, Associated Press

If approved, it would be the first gene therapy on the U.S. market based on CRISPR, the gene editing tool that won its inventors the Nobel Prize in 2020.

Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says

By Associated Press

The agency says consumers should stop using the products immediately and avoid purchasing any found in pharmacies and other stores.

WATCH: Biden signs executive order creating rules for artificial intelligence development

By Josh Boak, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press

Before signing the order, Biden said AI is driving change at “warp speed” and carries tremendous potential as well as perils.

What an FDA advisory panel's finding that oral phenylephrine is ineffective means for cold and flu meds

By Lucas A. Berenbrok, Colleen Culley, Karen Steinmetz Pater, The Conversation

The ramp-up to cold and flu season is a bad time for consumers to learn that some of their most trusted go-to products don’t actually work.

Federal officials say plan for water cuts from 3 Western states is enough to protect Colorado River

By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press

The U.S. Department of the Interior is throwing its support behind a proposal by Arizona, Colorado and Nevada. The states' plan would conserve 3 million acre feet of water through 2026.

Hurricane Otis weakens over southern Mexico after battering Acapulco as a Category 5 storm

By José Antonio Rivera, María Verza, Associated Press

Otis rapidly intensified Tuesday, growing from a tropical storm to a Category 5 monster in 12 hours.

IAEA officials say Fukushima's ongoing release of treated radioactive wastewater is going well

By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press

International Atomic Energy Agency officials in Japan for their first safety and monitoring mission since the release began two months ago say "no issues" were observed.

Key chunk of Antarctica destined to melt even if humanity slashes carbon emissions, study says

By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

The study's lead author says the full melt will take hundreds of years, but its slow addition of nearly 6 feet to sea levels will reshape where and how people live in the future.