The origins of complex, nucleated cellular life – everything from amoebas to humans – may date back a lot further in Earth's history than we thought. A new study tracing the earliest steps toward ...

Four months have passed since a Louisiana oil facility burst apart, spewing a dense black sludge that drifted across homes, farms, and waterways as far as 50 miles away. Since then, the U.S.

Connecticut officials have crafted a five-year, billion-dollar strategy to improve the health of the state’s rural residents. Last month, the Department of Social Services requested roughly $938 ...

Researchers from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Curtin University in Australia are reshaping how you understand the rhythm of Earth’s deep past. Led by ...

Last year began with the costliest wildfires in American history, as a series of blazes tore across Los Angeles for nearly all of January. This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for ...

Less than 24 hours after inking a billion-dollar deal with OpenAI to let Sora generate videos of pregnant Judy Hopps doing a 9/11, Disney has recouped its investment. Per Variety, Zootopia 2 is about ...

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A gargantuan task is underway to update the longest voter list in the world. This is India, and that’s nearly a billion people whose details need to be verified before they’re allowed to participate ...

Extreme weather once again led to multiple billion-dollar disasters in the U.S. in 2025. According to new analysis by Climate Central, 23 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters caused 276 deaths ...

Last year began with the costliest wildfires in American history, as a series of blazes tore across Los Angeles for nearly all of January. A parade of other catastrophes followed: severe storms across ...