Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in one of Jackson Pollock’s paintings with a little help from chemistry.

A dying octopus in a Southern California aquarium is receiving an outflowing of love and well wishes as she spends her final days pouring her last energy into caring for her eggs.

Australia has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia.

A new study finds well-preserved areas of Amazon rainforest occupied and managed by Indigenous peoples show lower incidences of multiple diseases in the regions around them.

Scientists have discovered that octopuses don't have a dominant arm, but they more often use their front arms for tasks.

A young Chinese scientist who's been in jail for three months will be returning to China.

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life.

Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that's not only exceptionally powerful, but also long-lasting.

New research suggests that a tiny phytoplankton that is an essential part of the marine food web may decline sharply as oceans warm.

A new study finds that climate change is increasing sugar consumption in the United States.

The Switzerland-based Balzan Foundation on Monday announced four awards of nearly $1 million for excellence in the humanities and hard sciences.

At the Port of Los Angeles on a site that once housed oil tanks, seven steel structures that look like small blue boats are lowered into the ocean, where they gently bob up and down with the waves to generate power.

International officials say contaminated metal at an industrial site in Indonesia could be the source of radioactive material behind recalls of imported shrimp.

Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA's Webb Space Telescope.

The year's second total lunar eclipse is coming up fast, and this time Asia will have the best seats in the cosmos.

A congressional investigation finds the Pentagon has funded research involving collaboration with Chinese entities linked to China's defense sector.

Scientists conducting a first-of-its-kind drilling operation have extracted samples of fresh water hiding in massive reservoirs deep under the ocean.

Telescope observations reveal a growing tail on the comet that's visiting from another star.

Al Roker has launched his own educational cartoon TV show called “Weather Hunters” on PBS Kids.

If you have trouble finding dates, spare a thought for Ned, a perfectly nice snail with dire romantic prospects.

A confidential United Nations report seen by The Associated Press says Iran further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels before Israel launched its military attack on June 13.

It turns out Mars has a solid core just like Earth.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has resumed erupting and is firing lava high into the sky from its summit crater.

A strong earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 800 people and injured over 2,500.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has shaken eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border.

The case against Long Island’s suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer has emerged as a potentially precedent-setting battleground in the use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal cases.

Biologists are using drones to scare wolves away from cattle.

As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda if hired.

As the rapid, unregulated development of artificial intelligence continues, the language people in Silicon Valley use to describe it is becoming increasingly religious.

Geoffrey Hinton is sounding the alarm about the risks of artificial intelligence.

Japanese officials have released AI-generated videos simulating a potential eruption of Mount Fuji.

A new study says climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer burn much more fiercely.

Efforts to restore the red-legged frog to Southern California, where it had all but disappeared, seemed doomed when the COVID-19 pandemic struck and restrictions were put in place at the U.S.-Mexico border.

SpaceX has launched its latest test of the mega rocket Starship.

The Trump administration has halted construction on a nearly complete wind farm off Rhode Island and Connecticut, citing national security concerns.

Climate change is fueling conditions across several states that make watching the corn grow a nail-biter for farmers.

Boaters, beachgoers and fishermen who spend time in the chilly waters of New England and Canada are learning to live with great white sharks.

Shilo Sanders was waived by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, less than 24 hours after he was ejected from a game for throwing a punch, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Sunday.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has resumed its eruption by shooting an arc of lava high into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor.

Another U.S. military mini shuttle has blasted off on a secret mission.

A medical museum in Philadelphia is redrawing its policies about collecting and displaying human remains.

Modern humans and Neanderthals may have interacted 100,000 years earlier than previously thought.

When the court lights flicker on at the U.S. Open, tennis stars shine under illumination designed to cut light pollution.

Giraffes are now classified into four distinct species in Africa.

Scientists have gotten a rare peek into a dying star, exposing its interior as it exploded.

The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus.

Scientists expect Kilauea volcano to again gush lava in the coming days for the 31st time since December as the mountain lives up to its identity as one of the world’s most active volcanoes.

A series of panels convened by the Food and Drug Administration is raising concerns that the agency is skirting federal rules and promoting fringe views about antidepressants and other products.

Outer space has emerged as the world's next battlefield, demonstrated by recent cyberattacks on satellites blamed on Russia.

Coastal communities nationwide are ramping up efforts to restore and protect their shorelines as climate change causes more intense and destructive storms and leads to sea-level rise that puts tens of millions of people at risk.

New research finds early human ancestors during the Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously thought.

The human ancestor fossil known as Lucy has left Ethiopia for display in a European museum.

Paleontologists have identified a new whale species from a 25-million-year-old fossil found on an Australian beach.

An Oregon university says Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife Penny Knight have pledged a record $2 billion to its cancer center.

Republican lawmakers are blaming Canada for not preventing and containing wildfires, whose smoke has fouled the air in several states this year.

Six planets are hanging out in the sky this month.

Some cottontail rabbits in Fort Collins, Colorado, have been drawing attention because they have wart-like growths on their faces that look like horns.

A new study warns that rising sea levels could threaten Easter Island’s iconic moai statues by the end of the century.

It turns out many Americans misjudge which personal behaviors contribute most to climate change.

A manatee was recently spotted off the coast of Massachusetts for the first time in almost a decade.

Scientists from a university are filtering Mexico City's waters for traces of the DNA of an endangered salamander, the axolotl.

More than 70 million Americans have experienced the muggiest start to summer on record, with climate change increasing humidity in the Eastern U.S. An Associated Press analysis shows that parts of 20 states and Washington, D.

Four astronauts are back on Earth after a five-month stay at the International Space Station.

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars of grants that are awarded by federal agencies.

A scientist says fragments of a meteorite that punched through a Georgia homeowner's roof after blazing across the sky in a fiery streak is older than the Earth itself.

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, has died.

The Perseid meteor shower is peaking soon.

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star.

New research reveals that an inconic Argentine glacier is undergoing its most significant retreat in a century.

Hundreds of Harvard researchers have fallen victim to the freeze on funding by the Trump administration.

Australian authorities say the Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral in four decades.

One of NASA's two previously stuck astronauts has retired.

Scientists have solved the mystery of what killed over 5 billion sea stars — also known as starfish — off the Pacific coast of North America.

A volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula has erupted for the first time in hundreds of years.

SpaceX has delivered a new crew to the International Space Station in just 15 hours.

The National Science Foundation can continue to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from researchers in several states until litigation aimed at restoring it plays out.

Lindsey and Tim Pierce have welcomed a baby boy using a 30-year-old embryo.

Four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station after being sidelined by Boeing's Starliner trouble and other issues.

Russia’s space chief has visited the United States to discuss cooperation between Moscow and Washington on the International Space Station and lunar research with NASA’s acting chief, the first such face-to-face meeting in more than seven years.

Utility workers in Peru's capital have discovered two pre-Incan tombs while expanding underground gas networks.

SpaceX plans to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station at 11:43 a.m. on Friday.

More fireflies than usual are lighting up summer evenings in the U.S. Northeast.

One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded hit Russia’s Far East, flooding a fishing port with waves from a tsunami, cutting power to a few areas and sending some panicked residents to flee buildings but causing only a few injuries.

An underwater voyage has revealed a network of creatures thriving at the bottom of deep-sea ocean trenches.

NASA and India have paired up to launch an Earth-mapping satellite capable of tracking the slightest changes in land and ice.

The first Australian-made rocket to attempt to reach orbit from the country's soil has crashed after 14 seconds of flight.

A 12-year-old boy has died from a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in a South Carolina lake over the July Fourth weekend.

Two weeks after spending the Fourth of July on a popular South Carolina lake, 12-year-old Jaysen Carr died from a brain-eating amoeba that was living in the warm water.

People with experimental brain implants often turn to the treatment as a last resort, hoping to improve their health when everything else has failed.

A scientific journal has retracted a controversial study that hinted at the possibility of a bizarre life form.

It's almost time to catch summer's double meteor showers.

A Russian rocket has sent an Iranian communications satellite into orbit, highlighting strong ties between the two countries.

President Donald Trump’s plan to boost artificial intelligence and build data centers across the U.S. could speed up a building boom that was already expected to strain the nation’s ability to power it.

Philanthropist Wendy Schmidt and her husband, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, have long insisted that the scientific advancements they fund be shared widely and for the planet's protection.

Archaeologists in central Israel are excavating one of the world's oldest-known burial sites, dating back 100,000 years.

No one had spotted the world’s smallest known snake for nearly two decades.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says money, not just science, makes the case for curbing climate change.

Archaeologists have identified a 250-year-old shipwreck uncovered on a remote Scottish beach.

Italy’s highest court has ruled that a lawsuit brought by climate activists against Italian energy giant Eni and its government shareholders can go ahead.

As global temperatures rise under climate change, the bees responsible for pollinating many crops are under increasing stress and scientists are trying to understand how they are affected.