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Vape pens and other disposable e-cigarettes could soon be illegal in California.

On Wednesday, the state assembly approved Assembly Bill 762, which if signed by the governor, will make the battery-powered disposable ...Read more

Temperatures have warmed dramatically across the equatorial Pacific Ocean in 2026, signaling the onset of a strong and potentially historic El Niño. These events can affect weather around the world, and the intensity ...Read more

For much of the last year, Alphabet Inc. has been the Big Tech stock to beat as investors bet that it was the most-likely winner from the artificial intelligence boom.

Alphabet shares hit an all-time high on May 13 after...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The National Hurricane Center on Thursday said Tropical Storm Dolly could form today in the Atlantic, but it may not last that long.

As of the NHC’s 8 a.m. tropical outlook, an area of low pressure ...Read more

When a wildfire threatens a community, most people don’t think to ask whether the firefighters coming to help slept enough the night before, recovered from the previous day’s shift or have enough energy left for ...Read more

DENVER -- Between the Artemis II moon mission in April, the recent cosmic light shows from solar and lunar eclipses, and the Perseid meteor shower, excitement for real-life astronomy is soaring among kids.

All you have ...Read more

On August 27th, 1962, the Mariner 2 was launched.

LOS ANGELES — In the last few years, multiple studies have shown that global warming is intensifying drought and worsening water scarcity in California and the western United States.

Now, scientists have found that a ...Read more

Over 368,000 miles of roads wind through U.S. national forests, eight times more than the entire interstate highway system. Many are heavily eroded and prone to landslides, and driving vehicles on them can spread ...Read more

Florida gets a lot of attention for its sinkholes, especially when they swallow cars and entire houses. But its sinkhole risk has nothing on Alaska’s.

Much of Alaska’s soil is permafrost – ground that ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Wednesday was back to tracking just one Atlantic system, but also dropped its chances that it could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. ...Read more

Meta Platforms Inc. agreed to implement a raft of restrictions for teens on its Facebook and Instagram apps as part of a multibillion-dollar settlement with multiple U.S. states on Wednesday. The landmark agreement ...Read more

Bill Gates wants to tax robots.

Specifically, Gates is calling for a tax on artificial intelligence automated systems, like tokens and robots, that employers may use to slowly replace human workers as the technology ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX drove the Space Coast’s record 109 launches last year with a frenetic pace of missions dedicated to its Starlink internet constellation.

That spigot has been turned off, the company’s vice ...Read more

A magazine article about an outdoor festival tells readers, "If it rains, just bring your umbrella and goulashes." A synopsis of a TV show describes it as the story of "celebrate" nuns in Louisiana. A citizen writes that...Read more

Choosing the right over-the-head headphones comes down to this: how you'll use them, how much you want to spend, and the headphones’ features: size, portability, and, most importantly, sound.

The choices are endless, ...Read more

This week, a reader writes, “Do you know why and how to fix problems that I am experiencing on some of my annual calendar alerts? For instance, I did not get either yesterday’s 1 day before or today’s 1 hour alert ...Read more

When the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, or Eniac, was first built by the University of Pennsylvania for the U.S. Army in 1946, it weighed about 30 tons and had 18,000 vacuum tubes that filled an expansive ...Read more