Thousands flee as wildfires burn out of control in and around Los Angeles and homes are destroyed
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California firefighters battled wind-whipped wildfires that tore across the Los Angeles area, destroying ...
Gender balance in computer science and engineering is improving at elite universities but getting worse elsewhere
Overall, across all schools, men earned degrees in these fields at 4.4 times the rate for women in 2022, a slight improvement from the 4.6 rate in 2002. This rate is very different from the near ...
Who owns that restaurant? The answer can affect food safety in unexpected ways, researchers find
Ownership structure can significantly affect performance, profitability and other business outcomes, research shows. As professors who study family businesses, we were curious whether it could also be ...
Nuclear fusion could one day be a viable clean energy source – but big engineering challenges stand in the way
(THE CONVERSATION) The way scientists think about fusion changed forever in 2022, when what some called the experiment of the century demonstrated for the first time that fusion can be a viable source ...
Interior secretary manages vast lands that all Americans share − and can sway the balance between conservation and development
Interior manages 55 million acres of land and 57 million acres of subsurface mineral rights in trust for the tribes. This essentially means that Interior agencies earn revenue and disperse funds to ...
3 ways Trump’s EPA could use the language of science to weaken pollution controls
Some actions will be overt. But history suggests this administration may also try to use the language of science – terms such as transparency, citizen science and uncertainty – to weaken environmental ...
Logging off life but living on: How AI is redefining death, memory and immortality
The system used prerecorded answers combined with artificial intelligence to create a realistic, interactive experience. This wasn’t just a video; it was something closer to a real conversation, ...
Australian Open 2025: There really isn't much time off in the offseason for tennis players
For the record, last season officially and finally wrapped up for good on Dec. 22, when Brazil's João Fonseca won the ATP ...
JetBlue passenger suddenly opens exit door as flight is taxiing for takeoff at Boston airport
BOSTON (AP) — A person on board a plane at Boston Logan International Airport that was taxiing for takeoff suddenly opened an ...
Trump asks Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case in New York
Trump's lawyers turned to the nation's highest court Wednesday after New York courts refused to do postpone the sentencing by ...
Top Fed official backs new rate cuts even if Trump tariffs materialize
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top policymaker at the U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday that he still supports cutting interest rates ...
Egypt unveils ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts in Luxor
In November, Egyptian and American archaeologists excavated an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near Luxor. The tomb, ...