Pregnant Stingray Offers Rare Lesson of Biology Charlotte has spent much of her life in captivity at a non-profit aquarium in North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains. She is an ocean animal called a round stingray. She is about 3,700 kilometers from h...
OpenAI Announces New Video Generator The maker of ChatGPT recently announced its next move into generative artificial intelligence. San Francisco-based OpenAI's new text-to-video generator, called Sora, is a tool that instantly makes short videos bas...
Groups Seek US Endangered Protection for Horseshoe Crabs A group of environmental organizations is seeking an official declaration that American horseshoe crabs are endangered. The groups have requested the declaration with the National Oceanic and A...
Study: Climate Change Diet Not Good for Polar Bears A new study suggests that the climate change diet might not be good for polar bears. With Arctic sea ice declining, many polar bears have to go to land for their diets during parts of the summer. A...
Microsoft: State-supported Hackers Using Its AI Tools Microsoft says state-supported online attackers from Russia, North Korean, and Iran have been using its OpenAI tools to possibly trick targets and gain information. Microsoft said in a report rele...
Study: Collapse of Ocean Currents Could Cause Major Climate Problems Scientists are warning of the possible collapse of an Atlantic Ocean current system that would likely lead to worldwide climate changes. Researchers identify the ocean system as the...
UN Says One-fifth of Migrating Animals at Risk of Extinction A new United Nations report says one-fifth of the world's migrating animals are at risk of disappearing. Animals that migrate move from one area to another at different times of the year. T...
Another Private US Company Aims for the Moon The U.S. space agency NASA has launched a moon lander built by a private U.S. company aiming to reach the moon next week. Thursday's launch came after a failed attempt from another private American company...
Humans Seek Connections with AI Chatbots Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has led to more companion chatbots. As a result, some humans are developing closer connections with chatbots to get support and deal with loneliness. Derek Carrier is a...
Biden Campaign Defends Decision to Put President on TikTok U.S. President Joe Biden officially has a presence on TikTok. But his reelection campaign is having to defend its decision to put him on the video sharing app. That is because his administrat...
Scientists: Icy Moon of Saturn Likely Has an Underground Ocean Researchers say new evidence suggests Saturn's icy moon Mimas likely has a large underground ocean. Astronomers based their finding on data collected by the American space agency NASA's C...
Climate Change Fueling Disappearance of Central Asias Aral Sea Climate change is quickening the disappearance of the Aral Sea. Once a single body of water, the lake now exists in pieces in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Many years ago, it was one of the...
Monarch Butterfly Population Declines in Mexico The Monarch butterfly population has dropped to its second-lowest number on record in Mexican forests this winter. The forests are the insects' winter home. The population decrease is worrisome as the b...
NASA Launches New Satellite to Study Oceans, Atmosphere The American space agency NASA has launched a new satellite designed to closely study the world's oceans and atmosphere. NASA launched the PACE satellite on February 8. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket...
Experts Propose a Stronger Category 6 for Hurricane There have been a few very powerful ocean storms in the last 10 years. The expectation of more to come has some experts proposing a new category of large hurricanes: Category 6. Studies have shown t...
