A man is missing after a reported shark attack at a beach in North Fremantle, Western Australia according to police and the state government.Police and surf rescue helicopters as well as water police and surf lifesaving personnel responded to reports…
In the spitting rain that is endemic to the Netherlands, Anneke van Lelieveld bundles up in her bright orange cardigan at her home on the New Merwede River, and turns to look out over the wetlands behind her garden.She loves…
TGIF! It's been a long week at the COP26 climate conference, where Friday's theme was about the impact of climate change on future generations.The focus, therefore, turned away from the suits and briefcases in the conference venue to the city…
An approximately 300 million-year-old fossil skeleton discovered at Canyonlands National Park in Utah could be the first of its kind, researchers say.The exact species and classification have yet to be determined, but the fossil is a tetrapod -- meaning animal…
Vanessa Nakate was 21 when deadly floods inundated vast swaths of East Africa in 2018. She didn't consider herself a climate activist at the time, but soon after that disaster she and her younger siblings and cousins decorated placards and…
It was energy day at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow on Thursday -- and some pretty big announcements were made on the end of coal and fossil fuel financing.Here's what happened on the fourth day of the climate summit.COP26…
For hundreds of thousands of years, the fossil of a small child has been hidden in the darkness of South Africa's Rising Star cave. The skull, from a child that was 4 to 6 years old at the time of…
We truly are made of star stuff, as astronomer Carl Sagan once said.For the first time, astronomers have detected an element found in our bodies in a galaxy that is more than 12 billion light-years away.The element, fluorine, can be…
It's quite a large to-do list.Over the next decade, scientists aim to unlock the secrets of the universe and identify Earth-like planets outside of our solar system to find other habitable worlds. Ultimately, this research could reveal if we truly…
A spectacle of light will shine Thursday evening as the South Taurid meteors shoot across the sky.The meteor shower peaks in the late hours of November 4 through the dawn of November 5, according to EarthSky. The exact peak of…
The gap is widening between the impacts of the climate crisis and the world's effort to adapt to them, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme.The annual "adaptation gap" report — which published Thursday amid the COP26…
Police in Western Australia have charged a 36-year-old man in relation to the disappearance of 4-year-old Cleo Smith, who went missing from a campsite on October 16 and was finally found this week after a highly publicized search.The man, who…
On a quiet Sunday morning, an ear-splitting roar reverberated across the English village of Eggborough as four giant concrete cooling towers imploded and crashed to the ground, transformed to clouds of debris in a matter of seconds.Just moments after their…
As world leaders left Glasgow, delegates at COP26 rolled up their sleeves to do the dirty work.National negotiators are now diving into the nitty-gritty of the talks, trying to reach agreements on everything from emissions reporting transparency to forest protection.Each…
The push to phase out fossil fuels is gaining momentum at the COP26 climate summit.Twenty countries have agreed to end financing for fossil fuel projects abroad in a deal announced Thursday. Several countries had already agreed to end international financing for coal,…
A Manhattan federal judge said Britain's Prince Andrew may face a trial date between September and December of 2022 in a civil case involving a woman who is suing him for allegedly sexually abusing her when she was a minor.US…
The Atacama Desert in Chile has been used as a way to simulate alien environments, like Mars on Earth. Now, researchers believe it was the site of an ancient comet explosion intense enough to create giant slabs of silicate glass,…
The United States is pushing to end a scarcity of rapid, at-home Covid-19 tests, with new investments from the Biden administration intended to bring more of the devices into American households.The National Institutes of Health's $70 million pledge, announced last…
Prince Andrew faces a pre-trial conference in his sexual abuse case at a New York district court on Wednesday, as his legal team attempts to turn the tables on his accuser, Virginia Giuffre.Giuffre alleges that she was forced to perform…
The mood in Glasgow was optimistic on Tuesday as world leaders wrapped up their high-level summit at the COP26 climate conference. Several major announcements brightened the outlook on whether the meeting can achieve meaningful results.Here's what happened on day two.A…
