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11:28 AM on Wednesday, April 29

California regulators apologized to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as they settled a lawsuit that claimed a state agency showed political bias against the rocket company and its chief executive

9:10 AM on Wednesday, April 29

At Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center, a weather station 15 miles south of Boston, staff and volunteers have been using many of the same tools to monitor the weather since it opened in 1885

8:24 AM on Wednesday, April 29

6:12 AM on Wednesday, April 29

A barge carrying a stranded humpback whale nicknamed Timmy has begun its journey toward the North Sea

2:54 AM on Wednesday, April 29

Four critically endangered mountain bongos arrived in Kenya on their way to their native forests after years in the care of a zoo in the Czech Republic

5:40 PM on Tuesday, April 28

The spacecraft that flew four astronauts around the moon is back where its record-breaking journey began

8:25 AM on Tuesday, April 28

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4:35 PM on Monday, April 27

A Cape Cod seafood company has donated a rare two-colored lobster to a science center, sparing the critter from the kettle because of its remarkable coloration

3:08 PM on Monday, April 27

The Supreme Court seems divided over whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the maker of the weedkiller Roundup failed to warn people it could cause cancer

1:48 PM on Monday, April 27

The Trump administration has fired members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation

12:04 PM on Monday, April 27

Archaeologists at Pompeii have used artificial intelligence to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius

5:00 AM on Monday, April 27

Researchers say more wolves are roaming a remote Lake Superior island, using moose as one of their primary food sources

5:32 PM on Sunday, April 26

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook part of northern Japan early Monday, but there was no damage or casualties

12:53 PM on Sunday, April 26

Disease and cold temperatures killed nearly 30 sloths at a Florida import warehouse in 2024 and 2025, according to a state report

12:02 AM on Sunday, April 26

The Atacama Desert in Chile offers some of the clearest views of the universe, thanks to its dry climate, high altitude and isolation from light pollution

3:25 PM on Friday, April 24

Speculation about links among a handful U.S. scientists who have died or disappeared in recent years was largely confined to niche online communities less than two months ago

1:05 PM on Friday, April 24

The Sombrero galaxy and its glowing halo of stars have never looked this good

7:15 AM on Thursday, April 23