Sep 22 Battle for heavyweight crown begins as Alaska's Fat Bear Week opens By Associated Press After a summer spent packing away sockeye salmon, Alaska’s heftiest brown bears are ready to throw their weight around. Continue reading
Sep 18 Meet Earth's newest wild cat species, living in Bolivia and the first named in over a century By Paola Flores, Associated Press A previously unknown cat species has been identified in plain sight: at a wildlife sanctuary in Bolivia, where the small, spotted feline had been living for years after being taken in by a local family. Continue reading
Sep 18 'An unworldly experience.' Why scientists flew into firestorm clouds this wildfire season By Jackie Hai As wildfires grow bigger and hotter in many parts of the world, researchers have embarked on an airborne mission to learn more about the severe storm clouds that sometimes form over the most intense blazes. Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch 10:12 As AI behavior raises concerns, ex-researcher Jacob Coxon warns what may lie ahead By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris OpenAI announced it had discovered six new instances of “concerning or unexpected” behavior by its artificial intelligence models. It follows repeated warnings about how rapid advances in AI threaten to outpace the ability to develop the tech safely. One of… Continue watching
Sep 17 T. rex had a body temperature similar to our own, study finds By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press Using fossilized teeth, scientists have finally taken the T. rex's temperature — and it wasn't too different from our own. Continue reading
Sep 17 Climate change made deadly Nepal glacier and rock collapse more likely, analysis finds By Sibi Arasu, Associated Press Human-caused global warming thinned glaciers and thawed mountain permafrost, likely helping to destabilize the Himalayan slope that collapsed last month and unleashed catastrophic flooding across Nepal, according to a report released Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 17 A global AI safety strategy depends on U.S.-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem By Chan Ho-him, Associated Press AI governance is expected to be on the agenda in a meeting planned for next week in Washington between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Continue reading
Sep 16 Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica in 47 years, satellites show By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press A major report has found that 12.5 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979. The massive glacier melt is mainly attributed to warmer waters eroding the ice sheets from below and the sides. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch 9:07 Sen. Mark Warner says U.S. can strengthen AI safety without losing race to China By Geoff Bennett, Courtney Norris The warnings about artificial intelligence are growing more urgent, and increasingly, they’re coming from inside the industry. AI researchers have resigned over safety concerns, while some of the field’s prominent leaders are calling for stronger government oversight. But Congress has… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch 7:15 Ocean at the front door: Coastal communities battle erosion By Ben Tracy Rising seas, stronger storms and relentless erosion are reshaping America’s coastlines and forcing communities to make difficult choices. Special correspondent Ben Tracy of Climate Central has the story of two Atlantic coast communities grappling with erosion. It's part of our… Continue watching