Sep 12 Where have all the Atlantic hurricanes gone? El Niño might bring record slow storm season By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press On Saturday, 2026 set a record for the longest a season has begun without a storm that has reached winds of 74 mph to qualify as a hurricane — at least in the satellite era, said Nick Novella, a meteorologist… Continue reading
Sep 11 Why Chesapeake blue crabs remain at risk despite an unusual rebound this year By Jaylan A. Sims After half a decade of worryingly low numbers, the Chesapeake Bay's blue crab population appears to be fighting its way out of a slump. Scientists still have no clear explanation for why, and say the growth deserves cautious optimism. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 7:11 AI researcher warns companies are ignoring catastrophic risks By Geoff Bennett, Azhar Merchant Concerns about the risks of artificial intelligence, and whether the companies building it are doing enough to keep it safe, have erupted across the tech world. Jacob Coxon, who previously worked at Anthropic and OpenAI, wrote that the industry understands… Continue watching
Sep 04 EPA seeks more public comments as it struggles to devise water rule that limits scope on wetlands By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The request, announced Friday, comes nearly a year after the agency proposed a rule defining "waters of the United States," or WOTUS, based on a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that removed federal protections for vast areas. Continue reading
Sep 03 Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says in report that maps path back below danger zone By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. So now the world must figure out how to get… Continue reading
Sep 03 Scientists studying cockroach milk, nose-blowing win 2026 Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press Ten research teams were honored Thursday at a satirical science awards ceremony that was hosted outside the U.S. for the first time due to travel concerns. Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch 5:44 How a super El Niño is fueling extreme weather patterns By William Brangham, Azhar Merchant, Bridget Craig The potentially record-breaking El Niño has brought a relentless stretch of extreme weather across the country. Experts watching the climate and weather patterns are warning that the effects could persist well into 2027. William Brangham discussed the super El Niño… Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch 6:30 Artificial intelligence agents going rogue fuel calls for regulation By William Brangham, Courtney Norris Alarms are being sounded again about the risks of artificial intelligence after hundreds of OpenAI’s autonomous agents violated restrictions and hacked into another company without being told to do so. Anthropic and Meta have had similar events with their own… Continue watching
Aug 30 NASA's newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The bus-sized telescope — named after the late Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer — will take more than three months to reach its destination. Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch 5:12 Devastating scale of Himalayan floods comes into focus as rescuers arrive By Stephanie Sy, Eliot Barnhart Three days after a catastrophic wall of water, mud and rock tore through Nepal’s Himalayan valleys, the scale of the disaster is still coming into focus. At least 579 people are now confirmed dead, nearly 2,000 remain missing, and the… Continue watching