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Climate Heat Death Valley Ultramarathon
Danny Westergaard, left, runs with pacing help from daughter Madison Westergaard as the sun rises during the Badwater 135 Ultramarathon, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Death Valley National Park, Calif. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Climate

All-formats team brings readers to 48-hour race in inhospitably hot environment

JULY 25, 2025

Giant Troll Sculptures
The face of a giant troll sculpture created by the Danish recycle artist Thomas Dambo and his team that's part of an installation of six sculptures called "Trolls Save the Humans" is seen on display at the historic estate Filoli, Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Woodside, Calif. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

Science

Giant trolls have a message for humans about protecting the planet

JULY 23, 2025

SpaceX Private Astronauts
This image provided by NASA shows visiting crew in dark blue, Axiom Space's Peggy Whitson, left, Hungary's Tibor Kapu, 2nd left, India's Shubhanshu Shukla, center, and Poland's Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski, center right, aboard the International Space Station, Thursday June 26, 2025. (NASA via AP)

Astronauts

International Space Station welcomes its first astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

JUNE 26, 2025

SpaceX Private Astronauts
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a crew of four aboard a Dragon Spacecraft lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Astronauts

Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary blast off on a privately funded trip to the space station

JUNE 25, 2025

Early Human Migrations
This combination of 2007, 2018 and 2012 photos shows, from left, the Cederberg mountain range in South Africa, the Tenere desert in Niger and savanna in South Africa. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, Jerome Delay, Matthew Craft)

migration

Early humans survived in a range of extreme environments before global migration, study says

JUNE 18, 2025

Colliding Galaxies
In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation. Top right: At 500,000 light-years, dark matter provides friction that brings galaxies to a close encounter. Bottom: A 100,000 light-year separation leads to a collision. (NASA/ESA via AP)

Science

Milky Way’s chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50

JUNE 2, 2025

APTOPIX Climate Yemen Dragons Blood Trees
A dragon blood's tree overlooks a natural infinity pool within Homhil Protected Area on the Yemeni island of Socotra on Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

Climate

Climate reporter brings readers a story about a unique tree in a place most people will never visit

MAY 30, 2025

nepal

Science

Two girls survived Nepal’s 2015 earthquake. Each lost a leg but found a friendship.

MAY 2, 2025

Pennsylvania Governor Arson
This image provided by Commonwealth Media Services shows damage after a fire at the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion while Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside on Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Commonwealth Media Services via AP)

Breaking news

Reporter’s all-formats coverage keeps AP competitive on weekend arson at Pennsylvania governor’s residence

APRIL 18, 2025

This image provided by Commonwealth Media Services shows damage after a fire at the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion while Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside on Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Commonwealth Media Services via AP)
This image provided by Commonwealth Media Services shows damage after a fire at the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion while Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family slept inside on Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (Commonwealth Media Services via AP)

Pennsylvania

Arson attack probe at Pennsylvania governor’s mansion looking into suspect’s hatred of Josh Shapiro

APRIL 16, 2025

Mouse Brain Map
This image provided by the Allen Institute on April 8, 2025, shows a digital representation of neurons in a section of a mouse's brain, part of a project to create the largest map to date of brain wiring and function, in Seattle, Wash. (Forrest Collman/Allen Institute via AP)

Research

Scientists map part of a mouse’s brain that’s so complex it looks like a galaxy

APRIL 10, 2025

Climate Clean Ports
A person on a scooter crosses a street in a residential area located right next to the Port of Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in San Pedro, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent)

Climate

The environmental impact of human decisions seen in three different parts of the world

APRIL 4, 2025

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