When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his television in Illinois and watched in awe as his brother’s name was announced

Attorneys for Erik and Lyle Menendez will make their case to a judge that Los Angeles prosecutors should be removed from the resentencing case for the brothers

Justice Sonia Sotomayor says lawyers should stand up and fight in battles faced by the nation's legal system

An attorney for an Iranian mechanical engineering student at the University of Alabama says he has decided to self-deport despite the government dropping a charge behind his initial arrest

Alabama plans to carry out its latest execution using nitrogen gas next month

Two advocacy groups have filed a federal lawsuit asking the courts to halt new Trump Administration vetting procedures for reuniting children who crossed into the U.S. without their parents

Gun access, parental rights and responses to illegal immigration proved recurring topics in legislation approved by at least one North Carolina General Assembly chamber before a key deadline during the two-year session

Georgia’s governor has signed a law to exempt federal crop insurance and disaster payments following Hurricane Helene damage from Georgia state income taxes

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it will no longer track the cost of weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more

The nation’s infant mortality rate is falling

A federal judge has awarded a total of more than $680,000 to 17 families who say they were sickened by 2021 jet fuel leak into a Navy drinking water system in Hawaii

New York is set to lower the minimum hiring age for prison guards from 21 to 18, a move to boost the ranks of corrections officers during a shortage that was exacerbated after the state fired more than 2,000 guards after a weekslong strike that cripple...

The founder and former CEO of the cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network has been sentenced to 12 years in prison

The father of a Wisconsin teenage girl who killed a teacher and fellow student in a school shooting was charged with felonies Thursday in connection with the case, police said

Senate Democrats have blocked legislation to regulate a form of cryptocurrency after arguing that the bill needed stronger protections

President Donald Trump's administration has replaced the acting administrator of the beleaguered Federal Emergency Management Agency even as its continuing existence remains up in the air

A flurry of rumors and unconfirmed media reports has fueled fears that agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be descending on schools in Washington, D

Democratic voters in Wisconsin have asked the state’s liberal-controlled Supreme Court to throw out the battleground state’s current congressional district boundaries after a similar request was rejected last year

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature have voted to kill most of the top spending priorities of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers

A disruption in federal funds has jeopardized HIV testing and outreach in the U.S. South, and researchers warn of a resurgence of the epidemic in the region

Florida’s former lieutenant governor has been named the sole finalist to become the next president of Florida International University

Yellowstone National Park has recorded the year’s first violent encounter between a visitor and bison, just weeks into the busy summer season

The Trump administration is halting some hiring at the federal Bureau of Prisons, the crisis-plagued agency where chronic understaffing has led to long overtime shifts and the use of prison nurses, teachers, cooks and other workers to guard inmates

Kosmos-482, a failed mission to Venus from the former Soviet Union that stalled in Earth orbit in the 1970s, is about to fall back to our planet. Exactly where or when it will strike, however, remains unknown

A former model has testified that Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16 years old, calling it the most “horrifying thing I ever experienced” to that point

A bipartisan group in Congress is drafting a sweeping bill to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency—in some cases, expanding its work

A Texas man associated with a neo-Nazi group has been convicted of posting threats to lynch and kill Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk

After billions of dollars in spending and decades of planning, NASA may be forced to abandon precious samples of air, rock and soil on the Martian surface. Experts are furious

The U.S. needs to set an example for the rest of the world by taking our nuclear missiles off hair-trigger alert and negotiating a reduction of our arsenal

One of the pilots of a small plane that crashed last month in South Florida reported only being able to make left turns with the rudder before the aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff

Cities across the U.S., including inland ones such as Denver and Dallas, are settling into the earth, posing increased flooding risks and potentially damaging urban infrastructure

Hit by restructuring, the EPA is reportedly planning to end the Energy Star program, a project that has saved hundreds of billions of dollars for businesses and consumers

The social and psychological consequences of yearning for the past are starting to come into focus

Defending our public libraries is part of a larger struggle for the integrity of institutions essential to democracy, writes one rural sociologist

The International Code Council has approved stronger building codes to protect hospitals, schools and other structures from flooding

A new AI platform called Xanthorox markets itself as a tool for cybercrime, but its real danger may lie in how easily such systems can be built—and sold—by anyone

A new snakebite treatment combines an existing drug with antibodies from a hyperimmune reptile collector, raising both hopes and ethical concerns

In the new book Personhood, historian and law professor Mary Ziegler explores how the push to grant embryos and fetuses full legal rights is reshaping U.S. reproductive health care, research and policy

An unhinged 2026 U.S. budget proposal would hollow NASA to a husk bent to Elon Musk’s whims. Only one mission can save the space agency

Pyrotechnic chemistry drives the Vatican’s recipes for the black and white smoke used to announce papal election outcomes

As 17-year cicadas emerge this spring, a zombifying fungus is waiting for them

Author Casey Johnston presents a new way to think about fitness in her new book A Physical Education

Researchers say they found a curious dot on infrared images taken 23 years apart that seems to be moving in a manner consistent with a large, distant planet.

Researchers say they found a curious dot on infrared images taken 23 years apart that seems to be moving in a manner consistent with a large, distant planet.

We live in an era of constant surveillance. Psychology research shows how this might change how we perceive the world—even unconsciously

Many people believe AI will one day cause human extinction. A little math tells us it wouldn’t be that easy

Under President Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate offices that track greenhouse gas emissions and regulate air pollution

Bacterial genes protect animals—and their predators—from harmful contamination

As the measles outbreak in the U.S. gets bigger, HHS’s secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., touts nonvaccine treatments. But they generally don’t help and can carry dangers

The probe was supposed to travel to Venus but got stuck in Earth's orbit, where it has been decaying for more than half a century.

The probe was supposed to travel to Venus but got stuck in Earth's orbit, where it has been decaying for more than half a century.

The Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which provides funding for home heating and cooling

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information about the habitat of the world’s only freshwater porpoise

Einstein offers a lesson for scientists who are protesting an out-of-control nationalist administration attacking U.S. science today

Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites.

Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites.

Agreeing to disagree on too many topics can put a strain on relationships. Conversational tactics such as looping and reframing may help

Scientists identified four arm wave signals cuttlefish use: “up,” “side,” “roll” and “crown”

Climate studies are paused, new satellites join the crowded skies, the Juno spacecraft studies Jupiter, and biotech companies will create T. rex leather (or will they?).

New rules that trim crash reporting requirements and widen testing access for U.S. robotaxis are hailed as an innovation edge and criticized for eroding safety oversight

National Science Foundation staff were told to freeze outgoing funding days after NSF leadership introduced a new policy that requires that grants be screened for “alignment with agency priorities”

Scientists previously thought that solar geoengineering—or releasing particles into the atmosphere to reflect solar rays—would require specialized high-altitude vehicles

Stars like the sun might erupt with extreme explosions about once per century

As conservation targets, fungi aren’t as appealing as giant pandas. But these scientists explain that the health of Earth’s fungal species is critically important.

Trump’s HHS and NIH are planning to invest $500 million in a killed-whole-virus approach to universal vaccines, including such vaccines for flu and COVID. Here’s why that’s challenging

A Trump-aligned prosecutor’s attack on medical journals is a threat to your health care—and the medical establishment should not comply

AI systems could show signs of consciousness. We need to develop better tests to show whether they are actually aware

President Trump is the first president in at least three decades to deny governors’ requests for funding that’s meant to protect people and property

If dark energy is weakening, as suggested by recent results, then the cosmos is far stranger than most physicists had supposed

A new study is fueling speculation and fear about the risks of a major earthquake in the Cascadia subduction zone, including massive flooding in California

In response to a power outage in Spain and Portugal, the U.S. Department of Energy’s secretary Chris Wright tried to blame the use of solar and wind energy, though the cause of the blackout is not yet clear

An enormous glowing cloud that contains approximately 3,400 solar masses worth of gas has been discovered near the solar system

Two leading theories of consciousness went head-to-head—and the results may change how neuroscientists study one of the oldest questions about existence

A shameful mass propaganda campaign is unfolding in the U.S., one that will make millions of kids needlessly sick with measles

Some users of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs have been reporting strange changes in food preferences, such as a new dislike for meats or fried foods, and scientists are beginning to figure out why

AI chatbots called “griefbots” or “deadbots” offer our loved ones a new digital way to grieve but raise ethical and privacy concerns.

President Trump has dismissed hundreds of scientists working on the congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment, raising concerns about whether the void will be filled with pseudoscience

A vaccine that blocks infection with the human papillomavirus has helped to lower cervical cancer rates. Researchers want to find out if the shot also prevents heart attacks

Amazon has launched its first operational Project Kuiper satellites in its attempt to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink—but experts remain concerned about space debris and astronomy

President Trump’s EPA administrator Lee Zeldin seems to be focusing on costs to industry in an effort to dismantle the scientific justification for climate regulations

The spectacle of spring bird migration is in full swing, and you can get in on the action

Start your Friday morning with a smile from the cosmos.

Start your Friday morning with a smile from the cosmos.

Among the fines, the European Commission imposed a 500 million euro fine on Apple for preventing app makers from pointing users to cheaper options outside its App Store.

A team of American researchers say they've discovered a colour called "olo" that's never been seen by the human eye before.

A team of American researchers say they've discovered a colour called "olo" that's never been seen by the human eye before.

A U.S. judge ruled that Google unlawfully monopolized markets for publisher ad servers and the market for ad exchanges which sit between buyers and sellers.

The new discovery in an alien planet's atmosphere showed the chemical fingerprints of gases that are only produced by biological processes on Earth.

The new discovery in an alien planet's atmosphere showed the chemical fingerprints of gases that are only produced by biological processes on Earth.

Shares in computer chip makers slumped after Nvidia said tighter U.S. controls on exports of computer chips used for artificial intelligence will cost it an extra $5.5 billion.

The looming antitrust trial will be the first big test of President Donald Trump’s Federal Trade Commission’s ability to challenge Big Tech.

An ongoing technical issue with the CRA's website is leaving many Canadians frustrated, not being able to confirm if their information was received properly by the agency.

Tesla's Optimus robots were originally pitched as household assistants, but a new plan for them is out of this world.

Tesla's Optimus robots were originally pitched as household assistants, but a new plan for them is out of this world.

Tesla's Optimus robots were originally pitched as household assistants, but a new plan for them is out of this world.

'Today, our team gets to unveil some of the magic they are working on and its broader impact on conservation,' Colossal Biosciences' CEO said in a statement.

'Today, our team gets to unveil some of the magic they are working on and its broader impact on conservation,' Colossal Biosciences' CEO said in a statement.

Trump has heard an array of offers from U.S. businesses seeking to buy a share of the popular social media site, but China’s ByteDance has insisted the platform is not for sale.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that “there’s tremendous interest in Tiktok," adding that he would “like to see TikTok remain alive.”

'The rocket's frozen exhaust plume appears to be spinning in the atmosphere and reflecting the sunlight,' the Met Office explained.

'The rocket's frozen exhaust plume appears to be spinning in the atmosphere and reflecting the sunlight,' the Met Office explained.

Spring is about transformation, a season often marked by its dynamic sights, smells, sounds and tastes. As humans change the climate, our experience of the season is changing, too.

Spring is about transformation, a season often marked by its dynamic sights, smells, sounds and tastes. As humans change the climate, our experience of the season is changing, too.

Researchers say they found 'possible links' between the Ontario Provincial Police and Paragon Solutions spyware, which has been used against civil society worldwide.

Google will buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for US$32 billion to boost the tech giant’s in-house cloud computing amid burgeoning artificial intelligence growth.