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White tern parents looking at an egg holding their chick on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, Jan. 18, 2022, in Honolulu. (Melody Bentz via AP)

How a seabird native to Hawaii has adapted to life in Honolulu's concrete jungle

12:02 AM on Thursday, April 2

A seabird native to Hawaii is flourishing in the middle of Honolulu's concrete towers, traffic-clogged roads and Waikiki hotels

FILE - A sign with the CDC logo is displayed at the entrance to the agency's headquarters in Atlanta on March 2, 2025. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

CDC pauses dozens of types of lab testing during evaluation and in wake of downsizing

6:23 PM on Wednesday, April 1

The federal government’s disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases

To fix a patient's irregular heartbeat, doctors first tested its digital 'twin'

5:01 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University are creating virtual replicas of patients’ hearts so they can test how to fix a life-threatening irregular heartbeat before treating the real organ

FILE - Elon Musk attends the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

SpaceX files initial paperwork to sell shares to the public and likely make Musk a trillionaire

2:12 PM on Wednesday, April 1

Elon Musk’s space exploration company has filed preliminary paperwork to sell shares to the public, according to two sources familiar with the filing, a blockbuster offering that is likely to rank as the biggest ever and make its founder the world’s first trillionaire

The NASA Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft launches at the Kennedy Space Center, Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) CORRECTION: photographer is Chris O'Meara, not John Raoux

The Latest: Artemis II astronauts reach orbit on historic mission to the moon and back

9:55 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Four astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon

University of Vermont graduate student Delaney Bullock gathers runoff samples from two agricultural fields to be analyzed for nutrient concentrations on Thursday, March 12, 2026, in Bridport, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)

Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms

9:03 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter

NASA's Artemis II moon rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39-B Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Artemis II astronauts bound for moon after rocketing away on NASA's first lunar voyage in decades

8:45 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Four astronauts have embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century

The NASA Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft is seen at Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Moon rocket and weather are on NASA's side for the first astronaut launch in decades

3:21 PM on Tuesday, March 31

Everything seems to be going NASA's way as the countdown proceeds toward a Wednesday launch of astronauts' first trip to the moon in more than half a century

Photographers set up remote cameras near NASA's Artemis II moon rocket on Launch Pad 39-B just before sunrise at the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

NASA is shooting for the moon. A guide to the Artemis II mission

8:03 AM on Tuesday, March 31

It's humanity's first flight to the moon since 1972

This photo provided by NOAA Fisheries shows a Rice’s whale at the surface in the Gulf of Mexico. (NOAA Fisheries (Permit #779-1633) via AP)

Things to know about Rice's whale, a rare species at risk from Trump plans for more Gulf drilling

12:03 AM on Tuesday, March 31

One of the world’s rarest whales, the Rice's whale, is in the way of the Trump administration's desire to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

FILE - An oil tanker passes at sunrise while a man fishes in Port Aransas, Texas, Aug. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Trump officials exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from endangered species rules

12:01 AM on Tuesday, March 31

Trump administration officials are exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act

This photo provided by NASA shows NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, from left, Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, right, in a group photograph as they visit NASA's Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft, Monday, March 30, 2026, at Launch Complex 39B of NASA's Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

NASA begins the countdown for humanity's first launch to the moon in 53 years

4:48 PM on Monday, March 30

The countdown has begun toward humanity’s first launch to the moon in 53 years

In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. collects lunar samples at Station No. 1 during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site, April 21, 1972. (John W. Young/NASA via AP)

Apollo's impatient old-timers are rooting for NASA's return to the moon with Artemis II launch

8:02 AM on Monday, March 30

The people who toiled night and day to put astronauts on the moon during Apollo are thrilled that NASA is finally going back

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