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FILE - Nick Gann fishes in Firehole Canyon, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, on the far northeastern shore of Flaming Gorge Reservoir, in Wyoming. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Water to surge into drought-depleted Lake Powell but at costs elsewhere

3:13 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Desert canyons in eastern Utah will be churning this spring with huge volumes of water in a desperate attempt to keep a reservoir on the Colorado River generating electricity

David Douches, a Michigan State University professor who leads the school's Potato Breeding and Genetics Program, holds a potato chip in his hand during a taste testing in East Lansing, Mich., on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Researchers have spent decades breeding better potatoes for chips, and their work isn't done

4:59 AM on Wednesday, April 22

There’s a surprising amount of science in a bag of potato chips

FILE - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., right, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, talks with Committee Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., following his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

RFK Jr. is facing the Senate. One lawmaker's competing loyalties are on display

12:02 AM on Wednesday, April 22

A Republican senator juggling three roles — lawmaker, doctor and political candidate seeking reelection — has walked a fine line as he questioned Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sen. Bill Cassidy supported Kennedy's confirmation as health secretary but is a strong vaccine advocate and has clashed with him over vaccine policies

Research at Chernobyl and Fukushima shows how radioactive materials move in the environment

10:10 AM on Tuesday, April 21

The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off from LC36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force station, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is grounded after launching satellite into the wrong orbit

3:36 PM on Monday, April 20

Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin is blaming a bad engine for a failed launch that left a satellite in the wrong orbit, dooming it

It’s a myth that baby boys are less social than girls – a new look at decades of research shows all babies are born to connect

8:34 AM on Monday, April 20

Is the science that we do today truth, likely to be a lie, or is it undetermined?

8:34 AM on Monday, April 20

An official of the Japan Meteorological Agency speaks near a monitor showing a tsunami alert during a news conference at the agency in Tokyo, Monday, April 20, 2026, after an earthquake that struck off the northern Japanese coast. (Masanori Kumagai/Kyodo News via AP)

Earthquake sets off brief tsunami alert and a megaquake advisory in northern Japan

4:19 AM on Monday, April 20

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Monday off northern Japan sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and an advisory of a slightly higher risk of a possible megaquake

FILE - Runners approach the finish line during the Boston Marathon, April 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

A crowd scientist is helping the Boston Marathon manage a growing field of 30,000-plus runners

4:26 PM on Sunday, April 19

Running the Boston Marathon is tough enough without having to jostle your way from Hopkinton to Copley Square

FILE - The milky way and traces of meteors illuminate the sky over Burg on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn, northern Germany, April 20, 2018. (Daniel Reinhardt/dpa via AP, File)

The Lyrid meteor shower is visible now and peaking soon. Here's how to spot it

8:03 AM on Saturday, April 18

The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to bring fiery streaks to the night sky

FILE - A firefighter battles the Pickett Fire burning in the Aetna Springs area of Napa County, Calif., Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Wildfires used to 'go to sleep' at night. Climate change has them burning overtime

2:01 PM on Friday, April 17

Wildfires used to die down and even stop at night with cooler temperatures and increased humidity

Ancient teeth reveal clues to the environment humans’ early ancestors evolved in millions of years ago

8:47 AM on Friday, April 17

I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers – here’s what a shot day looks like

8:47 AM on Friday, April 17

NASA's Artemis II crew - NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen pose for a photo during a press conference on Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Artemis II astronauts praise their moonship's performance, especially the heat shield

5:05 PM on Thursday, April 16

The Artemis II astronauts who ignited a lunar renaissance are giving high marks to their moonship for its performance during reentry — especially the heat shield

FILE - Health care workers look out a window at NY Presbyterian and Mount Sinai, March 16, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Younger adult colon cancer deaths are concentrated in people with less education, study says

11:02 AM on Thursday, April 16

A new study finds the worrisome rise in colorectal cancer deaths among younger adults is concentrated in people with less education

A veterinarian holds a baby monkey named Yuji, who lives with a stuffed dog that serves as a surrogate, while he receives care at a special care center at the zoo in Guadalajara, Mexico, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Refugio Ruiz)

Meet Yuji, the Mexican baby monkey finding comfort in a plush companion

10:28 AM on Thursday, April 16

Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog

This 1913 handout image from the U.S. National Archives and Records shows a man performing tree surgery on a valuable cultivated chestnut tree affected by the chestnut bark disease in Westchester, PA, 1913. (U.S. National Archives and Recordsvia AP)

A lost icon: The American chestnut and its central place in the eastern landscape

9:49 AM on Thursday, April 16

The American chestnut is a singular, iconic tree of the eastern United States

This image provided by International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) shows the strong stellar wind from the supergiant star pushes the jets launched by the black hole away from the star. ( (International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) via AP)

Astronomers measure the mind-blowing power and speed of black hole jets for the first time

5:43 AM on Thursday, April 16

Scientists for the first time have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole

FILE - The Ravenswood Generating Station, which uses natural gas to support the city's electricity needs, is seen in the Queens borough of New York, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

As energy costs rise, some states back off ambitious climate goals

9:32 AM on Wednesday, April 15

New York launched ambitious goals to cut its long-term greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future

Your local fishing hole is getting browner, changing which fish species thrive and which ones struggle

8:41 AM on Wednesday, April 15

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