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• Explainer-What is FEMA, US emergency agency under fire from Trump?
• Lacanau: UK sailor missing after yacht found 'eviscerated'
• Mile-wide volcano set to erupt off the West Coast this year
• Trump establishes council to review federal disaster response agency
• Trump directs US government to override California water policies if necessary
• Residents displaced after Bridlewood condo fire
• Scientists reveal the disturbing impact of wildfire smoke on key brain cells
• Why Rust Batteries May Be the Future of Energy
• Is a Geothermal Heat Pump Worth It? My Net Zero Home
• William Shatner describes the profound grief he felt when he finally went to space for real
• NASA and ESA share a breathtaking Hubble image of the Tarantula Nebula’s outer edge
• Can cold weather make you sick?
• Polar vortex slams U.S. as snow lingers in the South
• The world is facing a growing population of people displaced by climate chaos, and countries in the imperial core are shoring up their walls to keep them out
• Q&A: Aging and Alzheimer's disease—investigating drug effects
• Alaskans say Trump can change the name of Denali but can’t make people call it Mount McKinley
• Head of disaster relief agency FEMA reassures staff after Trump criticism
• 'We are creating the fire equivalent of an ice age': Humans have plunged Earth into the 'Pyrocene'
• Editing embryos to prevent genetic diseases: Study sparks ethical debate
• Donald Trump and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass clashed over the city’s recovery efforts after the Palisades Fire
• El Capitan becomes world's fastest supercomputer with 2.79 exaflops performance
• Scientists make breakthrough discovery after 'atomic spray painting' experiment: 'It's like spray-painting atoms onto a surface'
• 'Heavy' dark matter would rip our understanding of the universe apart, new research suggests
• The world's most sustainable companies - which countries are host to them?
• Animal Doctor: Redefining Progress and Prioritizing the Earth
• Researchers make unexpected discovery after studying world's largest no-fishing zone: 'Just outside the boundaries'
• Fossils found in China may add a new branch to the human family tree
• Bicycle brand launches shape-shifting electric tricycle: 'Not too heavy ... to ride comfortably and easily'
• Trump seizes wartime powers in battle for more fossil fuels
• Los Angeles is getting ‘good rain’ yet faces risk of landslides
• Is This Outer Space Tech Stock a Buy for 2025?
• Freighter on the move after it was freed from ice on frozen Lake Erie
• Thousands in Ireland still without power as officials say Storm Eowyn cleanup will take time
• A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals
• The Kyoto climate treaty is hailed on stage but reality tells a different story
• How is the ocean melting Antarctica? We're starting to figure it out
• US military practices rescuing astronauts from the sea (photos)
• UK hit with high winds as Storm Herminia rolls in
• Storm Éowyn: Teenager dies after car hit by falling tree in Ayrshire
• Space photo of the week: Galaxies teeter toward collision in the sparkling depths of Virgo
• Scientists Strapped QR Codes Onto Thousands of Bees to Learn How Far They Actually Fly
• Partial solar eclipse September 2025: Everything you need to know about the 'solstice' solar eclipse
• Crystals can get rid of unwanted energy and help you feel good. Here's how to use them in your home
• Sir Fraser Stoddart synthesised artificial molecular machines for first time
• On the Road: Grumbling ice
• Einstein Probe Detects Mysterious Blast of X-Rays From the Early Universe
• What are boson stars — and what do they have to do with dark matter?
• Scientists discover plastic-eating insect with potential to combat pollution
• Why do bats hang upside down to sleep?
• China tells India Yarlung Tsangpo mega dam in Tibet will not be at 'expense of neighbours'
• Scientists Are Racing to Unearth the Secrets of an Ancient Underwater World
• When Climate Change Starved the World: The Little Ice Age
• Scientists Recreate the Conditions That Sparked Complex Life
• NI weather: Yellow weather warning for wind issued
• Cats Appear to Defy The Laws of Physics | OGN Daily
• Southern California rain helps firefighters but creates risk of toxic ash runoff
• Rain in California will aid firefighters, create risk of toxic runoff
• OTD In Space – January 1: Giuseppe Piazzi Discovers Ceres
• We live in times of multiple entwined crises—but our policy responses aren't keeping up
• 10 Facts About the Race to Combat Global Warming
• Tech developed in Colorado for new orbiter to advance research on life in space
• Freighter remains stuck in ice on frozen Lake Erie
• UK weather: Storm Herminia to bring heavy rain and gales after 'strongest' storm in decade
• Researchers found a bacteria that eats forever chemicals and their toxic waste
• Time-lapse of 1st black hole ever imaged reveals how matter swirls around it
• B.C. Climate News: Europe posts record year for clean energy use as Trump moves to fossil fuels | B.C.’s energy independence is urgent, says minister in wake of U.S. tariff threat
• Earth's elusive 'ignorosphere' could shed new light on auroras
• This Week In Space podcast: Episode 145 — We're 'Star Bound' with a guide to America's space program
• Storm Éowyn: 185,000 without power in Northern Ireland
• Astrology is a popular way for people to make sense of their lives. Here's how the two systems differ
• Ireland and U.K. clean up after unprecedented Storm Eowyn brings record winds and damage
• Scientists discover pristine ancient forest frozen in time in Rocky Mountains
• Edmonton weather: Hang-around wind chill but eyeing 7 C high Monday
• As schools in LA reopen, parents worry about harmful ash from wildfires
• Researchers develop cutting-edge method to build homes for the future: 'We hope to develop one of these paths'
• Earth's Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting Toward Siberia and Raising Questions About Unusual Movement
• An 'alien visitor' might have warped our solar system, study claims
• Scientists uncover how cancer cells hijack T-cells, making it harder for the body to fight back
• NASA wants to launch rockets into northern lights to study 'black auroras'
• Scientists reveal who owns Mars - as Trump vows to plant US flag on it
• George R.R. Martin Coauthored a Scientific Paper
• Storm Éowyn: Man who died in Donegal after tree fell on his car named
• Could the Carrington Event happen again?
• Space-sector IPOs set to take off as industry braces for a busy 2025
• Electric spacecraft propulsion may soon take a leap, thanks to new supercomputer
• Three to See Edmonton Events: planet parade, E-Town pop concert and local doc Offwhyte
• The Cause of the LA Fires Might Never Be Known—but AI Is Hunting for Clues
• Could we travel to parallel universes?
• New Evidence Bolsters Theory of Megaflood That Refilled the Mediterranean Millions of Years Ago
• Congress advances wildfire reduction bill as CA blocks wildfire prevention funding
• How close is humanity to self-destruction? Doomsday Clock will reveal how bad things are.
• Paleontologists Discover New Species of Dinosaur
• Aliens may have underwater bases on Earth: Burchett
• What is the world's deadliest food?
• Here are 11 types of sharks that went extinct
• 'If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else,' says Dolly Parton
• NASA and Blue Abyss ink 10-year partnership
• Donald Trump promises wildfire aid for Los Angeles after standoff over California water policies
• California rocket launch ‘gave quite the show’ in the sky. See the photos
• Science news this week: Interstellar visitors and contagious peeing