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Anyone can fake a scientific image with AI, tricking even academic journals – and undermining trust in science

8:36 AM on Monday, June 22

Should you swim in Pittsburgh’s rivers? A water researcher breaks down the answer

8:34 AM on Monday, June 22

FILE - Revelers gather at the ancient stone circle Stonehenge to celebrate the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, near Salisbury, England, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Sunday is the longest day of the year for half the planet. A guide to the summer solstice

7:28 AM on Friday, June 19

The summer solstice is Sunday, marking the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the start of astronomical summer

NASA announces its Artemis III crew, which will test important equipment and systems in Earth orbit and is testing public opinion

8:35 AM on Thursday, June 18

First new US sunscreen ingredient since 1999 approved by FDA – a skin scientist explains how bemotrizinol works

8:34 AM on Thursday, June 18

FILE - A sign marks an entrance to a Moderna building in Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes, File)prnto

FDA panel backs first-of-its-kind flu vaccine using mRNA technology

7:10 AM on Thursday, June 18

A new kind of flu vaccine is moving a step closer to the U.S. market

FILE - In this photo released by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, technicians work at the Arak heavy water reactor's secondary circuit as officials and media visit the site near Arak, Iran, Dec. 23, 2019. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

A primer on uranium enrichment as Iran's nuclear program faces scrutiny

12:04 PM on Wednesday, June 17

Iran war negotiations are putting the country’s uranium enrichment program back under scrutiny

Water surrounds homes in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Arthur in rural Brazoria County, Texas, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Tropical Cyclone Arthur weakens to a low pressure area along the upper Texas coast

11:02 AM on Wednesday, June 17

Tropical Storm Arthur has weakened to a low pressure area along the upper Texas coast

This 2006 image from Angela Lieverse shows the skull of a young girl who was buried with victims of the plague in Siberia. (Angela Lieverse via AP)

Ancient teeth from Siberia rewrite the plague’s timeline, dating back to over 5,500 years ago

11:02 AM on Wednesday, June 17

Scientists have found evidence of the oldest known plague, dating back about 5,500 years ago — some 200 years earlier than previously thought

FILE - Fish swim near coral on the ocean bed near Shimoni, Kenya, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

African and Commonwealth nations in Kenya urge quick execution of a key treaty protecting oceans

1:12 PM on Tuesday, June 16

African and Commonwealth nations have called for a swift implementation of a landmark treaty protecting the high seas

Dan David Prize awards 9 scholars $300,000 each for research on the human past

11:01 AM on Tuesday, June 16

Nine scholars from around the world have been awarded $300,000 each to advance their careers

5.5 magnitude earthquake rattles Tokyo region but no danger of a tsunami, meteorological agency says

8:39 AM on Tuesday, June 16

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 has shaken eastern Japan including Tokyo

Owner Andjelka Josipovic poses with a pony named Mile at a ranch in Bale, Croatia, on June 13, 2026. (AP Photo)

A month-old pony moves to a 4th-floor apartment in Croatia. Neighbors don't mind

7:00 AM on Tuesday, June 16

A month-old pony named Mile is the newest resident of an apartment building in the northern Croatian coastal town of Rovinj

A man talks on his mobile phone near a building damaged in an earthquake in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Josua Marunduh)

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shakes part of Indonesia, killing at least 1, causing damage and injuries

11:50 PM on Monday, June 15

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake has shaken central Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least one resident and injuring dozens of people

Fisherman reels in white shark off Massachusetts, then snags the hook from its toothy mouth

5:19 PM on Monday, June 15

A fisherman in Massachusetts reeled in and released a nine-foot white shark

Beagles roam the grass on Monday, June 15, 2026, in Marshall, Wis. (Big Dog Ranch Rescue via AP)

Wisconsin beagle research facility that drew protests is closing as rescue group takes in dogs

12:07 PM on Monday, June 15

A Wisconsin beagle research facility that’s drawn animal welfare protests is closing and its remaining dogs are being taken in by a Florida rescue group

In this 2021 image provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, workers walk near buoys used to gather data at Pioneer New England shelf off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. (Véronique LaCapra/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP)

Lawmakers fight to stop the Trump administration's dismantling of a $386M ocean observatory project

8:49 AM on Monday, June 15

Lawmakers are demanding the National Science Foundation stop dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $386 million ocean monitoring network being wound down under President Donald Trump's administration

Sonic booms from meteors can release the energy of hundreds of tons of TNT – here’s how they work

8:41 AM on Monday, June 15

People on motorcycles pass by a collapsed structure after an earthquake in General Santos, Philippines on Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo)

Disaster drills helped prevent more deaths when powerful quake hit the southern Philippines

2:46 AM on Friday, June 12

Philippine officials say that years of disaster-preparedness drills helped prevent a larger casualty toll when one of the strongest earthquakes in 50 years struck the south

What to do if a bat gets in your house: Here’s how to remove it safely

8:43 AM on Thursday, May 28

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