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Tilly Dowler poses in front of Buckingham Palace ahead of the London Marathon 2026 in London, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Mustakim Hasnath)

AI smart glasses will help visually impaired runners take on the London Marathon

12:19 PM on Friday, April 24

Visually impaired runners in London are using AI powered smart glasses to support marathon training and everyday life

FILE - A grower cuts psilocybin mushrooms to prepare for distribution in Springfield, Ore., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)

FDA plans ultra-fast review of three psychedelic drugs following Trump directive

10:04 AM on Friday, April 24

The Food and Drug Administration says it will offer ultra-fast review to three psychedelic drugs being studied for hard-to-treat mental health conditions, including major depression

FILE - Mount Pumori, center left, looms in the background as a mountaineer negotiates Khumbu Icefall to descend to Everest Base Camp, in Nepal, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Pasang Rinzee Sherpa, File)

A massive, unstable ice block stalls Everest climbers at base camp

3:21 AM on Friday, April 24

A massive ice block on the route above Mount Everest's base camp is delaying climbers seeking to scale the world's highest peak

FILE - One of four panda bears at Zoo Atlanta rests in their habitat on Dec. 30, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Kate Brumback, File)

China will send giant pandas to Atlanta again

12:13 AM on Friday, April 24

China is sending two giant pandas to Zoo Atlanta, the China Wildlife Conservation Association says

Apollo astronaut Harrison "Jack" Schmitt talks about having to acclimate to gravity after his moon mission in 1972 while being interviewed at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, N.M., on April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Q&A: Apollo astronaut Schmitt talks about getting back to the moon and life in the universe

12:04 AM on Friday, April 24

Apollo astronaut Harrison “Jack” Schmitt knows what the Artemis II crew was feeling when it rocketed into space this month for a historic lunar flyby: Pure excitement and the potential for so much more

FILE - Charles Lampe, president of the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, poses for a portrait outside his home in Kaktovik, Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

A tiny Arctic village in Alaska is trying to revive its polar bear tourism industry

12:02 AM on Friday, April 24

A small Indigenous village in Alaska wants to reclaim its status as a top spot for polar bear tourism

A massive kraken-like octopus may have prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs

2:11 PM on Thursday, April 23

The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been an octopus

Grass and flowers surround the Archaeological Park of the Solstice, which some call the "Stonehenge of the Amazon" in Calcoene, Amapa state, Brazil, Friday, March 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Archaeological digs in Amazon provide clues about Indigenous inhabitants before colonization

9:01 AM on Thursday, April 23

Paving roads in the Amazon rainforest often causes deforestation that threatens the people who live there

FILE - This image, provided by NASA, shows the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on Nov. 30, 2025, about 178 million miles (286 million kilometers) from Earth. (NASA, ESA, STScI, D. Jewitt (UCLA), M.-T. Hui (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory), J. DePasquale (STScI) via AP, File)

Scientists trace latest interstellar comet's home to a cold, isolated corner of the Milky Way

5:11 AM on Thursday, April 23

A new study suggests that the comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated in a cold, isolated corner of the galaxy that had yet to gel into its own solar system

FILE - Low water levels at Wahweap Bay at Lake Powell, along the Upper Colorado River Basin are shown, June 9, 2021, at the Utah and Arizona border at Wahweap, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Water to surge into drought-depleted Lake Powell but at costs elsewhere

3:13 PM on Wednesday, April 22

Desert canyons in eastern Utah will be churning this spring with huge volumes of water in a desperate attempt to keep a reservoir on the Colorado River generating electricity

FILE - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., right, President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, talks with Committee Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., following his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

RFK Jr. faced the Senate. One lawmaker's competing loyalties were on display

12:02 AM on Wednesday, April 22

A Republican senator juggling three roles — lawmaker, doctor and political candidate seeking reelection — has walked a fine line as he questioned Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sen. Bill Cassidy supported Kennedy's confirmation as health secretary but is a strong vaccine advocate and has clashed with him over vaccine policies

The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off from LC36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force station, Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is grounded after launching satellite into the wrong orbit

3:36 PM on Monday, April 20

Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin is blaming a bad engine for a failed launch that left a satellite in the wrong orbit, dooming it

An official of the Japan Meteorological Agency speaks near a monitor showing a tsunami alert during a news conference at the agency in Tokyo, Monday, April 20, 2026, after an earthquake that struck off the northern Japanese coast. (Masanori Kumagai/Kyodo News via AP)

Earthquake sets off brief tsunami alert and a megaquake advisory in northern Japan

4:19 AM on Monday, April 20

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Monday off northern Japan sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and an advisory of a slightly higher risk of a possible megaquake

FILE - Runners approach the finish line during the Boston Marathon, April 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

A crowd scientist is helping the Boston Marathon manage a growing field of 30,000-plus runners

4:26 PM on Sunday, April 19

Running the Boston Marathon is tough enough without having to jostle your way from Hopkinton to Copley Square

FILE - The milky way and traces of meteors illuminate the sky over Burg on the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn, northern Germany, April 20, 2018. (Daniel Reinhardt/dpa via AP, File)

The Lyrid meteor shower is visible now and peaking soon. Here's how to spot it

8:03 AM on Saturday, April 18

The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to bring fiery streaks to the night sky

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