The urban monkeys in New Delhi are so bold they’ll steal the lunch right off your plate. If you’ve spent time in New York, you’ve probably seen squirrels try to do the same. Sydney’s white ibises got the nickname “bin chickens” for stealing trash and sandwiches.

This brazen behavior isn’t normal for most species in the ...Read more

When a drought turns into an urban water crisis, a city’s first step is often to limit lawn watering and launch a campaign to encourage everyone to conserve. It might raise water-use rates or offer incentives for installing low-flow devices.

While demand management techniques like these have had a lot of success in reducing water ...Read more

BlueParrott’s new M500-XT Bluetooth headset is designed for both professional and day-to-day use, with endless features including AI-powered noise cancellation.

The single-piece headset has hands-free cell phone call quality as good as I’ve experienced, along with probably the most important feature: comfort, designed for extended wear. ...Read more

I paid an emergency visit to a friend this week after he sent a message telling me his laptop was not responding and his mouse was locked up.

I swung by to see what was up. His major problem turned out to be a password issue on the main account on his MacBook Air. We got it sorted out pretty quickly, but he had a few other things on his list....Read more

California lawmakers on Tuesday moved forward on a bill that could lead to the re-introduction of grizzly bears to the state, more than a century after the quarter-ton predators were hunted into local extinction.

The measure, which is backed by two Native American tribes, calls for a comprehensive study on the feasibility of bringing back the ...Read more

Elon Musk is seeking to have OpenAI Chief Executive Officer and board member Sam Altman removed from his roles at the artificial intelligence startup as part of the billionaire’s legal challenge to the ChatGPT maker’s conversion to a for-profit company.

Musk said in a Tuesday court filing that the goal of his lawsuit is to “unwind OpenAI�...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Navy said Monday it has chosen the San Diego-based amphibious warship USS John P. Murtha to recover the four Artemis II astronauts when their Orion space capsule splashes into the ocean west of San Diego at 5:07 p.m. PDT Friday.

The 684-foot Murtha, typically used to transport Marines, completed special training to qualify for...Read more

It has been said that Persian Gulf countries are both blessed and cursed by their vast oil and gas reserves. Geologic forces over millions of years have meant the region is an energy-rich global flash point, as it is now with a war underway that’s causing a global energy crisis.

As a petroleum geologist who has studied the region, I...Read more

PITTSBURGH -- Pittsburgh has never seen two nests with a total of five eaglets live-streamed at the same time.

After recovering from endangered status, bald eagles now have nests throughout the region. The first live webcam, installed for the 2014 breeding season for a pair of eagles nesting in Hays, now has expanded to two sites with multiple ...Read more

Four astronauts are on a journey around the moon, a mission that offers a rare chance to see our world from a distance, and ourselves more clearly.

One of the reasons people appreciate travel is that it offers a different perspective on home. Distance has a way of recalibrating what actually is important.

Now imagine gaining such a perspective...Read more

In 1998, Bruce Willis saved the world by blowing up an asteroid threat in “Armageddon.” In 2022, NASA did the real thing, crashing a spacecraft into asteroid Dimorphos to prove that we don’t have to end up like the dinosaurs.

On March 6, scientists from Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, and NASA published ...Read more

As countries and consumers embrace renewable energy in the wake of the Iran war, skyrocketing gasoline prices in the U.S. are fueling efforts to weaken state climate laws.

Renewable energy mandates to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generally have little impact on U.S. gas prices, according to experts. But the growing pain at the pump has ...Read more

Anthropic PBC said its revenue run rate has now topped $30 billion, up from $9 billion at the end of 2025, and confirmed plans to work with Broadcom Inc. and Google to power its burgeoning operations.

The AI startup said that demand for its Claude services has accelerated this year, with more than 1,000 business customers spending over $1 ...Read more

NASA’s Artemis II crew flew past the moon Monday, traveling farther from Earth than any humans in history and becoming the first to see some sections of the moon’s far side in the sunlight with the naked eye.

The four astronauts, sitting in the dark of their capsule, described the far side in eloquent detail: geometric patterns of browns, ...Read more

On a day the crew members of Artemis II broke the record set by Apollo 13 for farthest distance from Earth ever flown by humans, they made a request to name two newly identified craters: one to honor their Orion spacecraft named Integrity, and one in the memory of commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife Carroll.

The Orion spacecraft and its four ...Read more

On a day the crew of Artemis II broke the record set by Apollo 13 for farthest distance from Earth ever flown by humans, they made a request to name two newly identified craters: one to honor their Orion spacecraft named Integrity, and one in the memory of commander Reid Wiseman’s late wife Carroll.

The Orion spacecraft and its four ...Read more

The global energy crisis caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is only the beginning of the economic cost of the war with Iran.

I study how institutions affect businesses and supply chains, and I expect food prices to rise next, with high prices lasting even after whatever point hostilities end.

Along with about 20% of...Read more

NASA’s Artemis II crew members, farther from Earth than any humans before them, are preparing for their event-filled six-hour flyby of the moon after five days traveling through space.

At approximately 2 p.m. Eastern time, the crew reached another milestone: At more than 248,655 miles from our pale blue dot, no humans have ever traveled ...Read more