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FILE - A firefighter battles the Pickett Fire burning in the Aetna Springs area of Napa County, Calif., Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Wildfires used to 'go to sleep' at night. Climate change has them burning overtime

2:01 PM on Friday, April 17

Wildfires used to die down and even stop at night with cooler temperatures and increased humidity

NASA's Artemis II crew - NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen pose for a photo during a press conference on Thursday, April 16, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Artemis II astronauts praise their moonship's performance, especially the heat shield

5:05 PM on Thursday, April 16

The Artemis II astronauts who ignited a lunar renaissance are giving high marks to their moonship for its performance during reentry — especially the heat shield

FILE - Health care workers look out a window at NY Presbyterian and Mount Sinai, March 16, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Younger adult colon cancer deaths are concentrated in people with less education, study says

11:02 AM on Thursday, April 16

A new study finds the worrisome rise in colorectal cancer deaths among younger adults is concentrated in people with less education

A veterinarian holds a baby monkey named Yuji, who lives with a stuffed dog that serves as a surrogate, while he receives care at a special care center at the zoo in Guadalajara, Mexico, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Refugio Ruiz)

Meet Yuji, the Mexican baby monkey finding comfort in a plush companion

10:28 AM on Thursday, April 16

Yuji, a 6-week-old patas monkey, wakes up every day clinging to a stuffed dog

This 1913 handout image from the U.S. National Archives and Records shows a man performing tree surgery on a valuable cultivated chestnut tree affected by the chestnut bark disease in Westchester, PA, 1913. (U.S. National Archives and Recordsvia AP)

A lost icon: The American chestnut and its central place in the eastern landscape

9:49 AM on Thursday, April 16

The American chestnut is a singular, iconic tree of the eastern United States

This wide-field, ground-based image provided by NASA on Wednesday, April, 15, 2026, shows the visible light component of Cygnus X-1, center, a rich source of X-rays in the constellation of Cygnus. (NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) via AP)

Astronomers measure the mind-blowing power and speed of black hole jets for the first time

5:43 AM on Thursday, April 16

Scientists for the first time have measured the instantaneous mind-blowing power of jets blasting from a black hole

FILE - The Ravenswood Generating Station, which uses natural gas to support the city's electricity needs, is seen in the Queens borough of New York, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

As energy costs rise, some states back off ambitious climate goals

9:32 AM on Wednesday, April 15

New York launched ambitious goals to cut its long-term greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future

FILE - Hippos float in the lagoon at Hacienda Napoles Park, once the private estate of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar who imported three female hippos and one male decades ago in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Colombia approves plan to cull roaming hippos linked to Pablo Escobar

1:07 PM on Monday, April 13

Colombian officials have authorized a controversial plan to cull dozens of wild hippos that are descendants of animals brought to the country in the 1980s by notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar

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