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Lava flows out of the crater of the Fuego Volcano, as seen from San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala evacuates communities after Fuego volcano erupts, in photos

2:53 PM on Tuesday, August 4

FILE - A baseball fan cools off before a game between the San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs in Chicago, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

This summer isn't breaking heat records — yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say

9:57 AM on Tuesday, August 4

With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Nino, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record

Jeff Bezos appears at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Los Angeles on March 15, 2026, left, Lauren Sanchez Bezos appears at Chanel's 16th Annual Pre-Oscar Awards Dinner in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 1, 2025, center, and Leonardo DiCaprio appears at the Oscars in Los Angeles on March 15, 2026. (AP Photo)

Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos lead $200M project to save 100 of globe's most threatened species

3:00 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Foundations funded by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos have launched a $200 million initiative to revive 100 of Earth's most threatened species

Lava flows out of the crater of the Fuego Volcano, as seen from San Juan Alotenango, Guatemala, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala is on alert and evacuates hundreds of villagers after eruption of the Fuego volcano

1:53 AM on Tuesday, August 4

Guatemalan authorities remain on alert and have evacuated residents from eight villages following an eruption of the Fuego volcano, one of Central America's most active volcanoes

This photo provided by Nelson Rouette shows his brother, Nate Rouette, holding a young tiger shark that they caught off Falmouth Mass., July 23, 2026. (Nelson Rouette via AP)

Tiger shark caught off Massachusetts could be sign of warming waters

1:20 PM on Monday, August 3

Nate Rouette and his brother Nelson went shark fishing on Cape Cod hoping for an exciting catch, but were shocked by what they reeled in

FILE - This image provided by NASA and captured by the Artemis II crew from lunar orbit, April 6, 2026, shows the Moon eclipsing the Sun. (NASA via AP, File)

August’s total solar eclipse will sweep over Spain, Iceland and Greenland

4:25 AM on Saturday, August 1

For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland Spain with an even longer encore next summer

FILE - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A with a payload of a pair of lunar landers at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

A discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moon

5:00 AM on Friday, July 31

A SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after launching a pair of lunar landers last year

FILE - A firefighter carries a hose while battling a wildfire in San Martin de Valdeiglesias, west of Madrid, Spain, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

Human-caused climate change made Spanish, French fires much more likely, scientists calculate

3:00 PM on Thursday, July 30

Two new studies reveal climate change's fingerprints over extreme fire weather-triggering infernos in Spain and France

This photo provided by Bernardo Arriaza shows the Camarones coast on Nov. 2, 2018, in Northern Chile, where scientists found evidence of ancient smallpox infections. (Bernardo Arriaza via AP)

Ancient mummy DNA provides scientific evidence that colonization brought smallpox to the Americas

11:16 AM on Thursday, July 30

New research says ancient mummy DNA provides the firmest evidence yet that European colonization brought smallpox to the Americas

FILE - A herd of elephants grazes in Amboseli National Park in Kajiado, Kenya, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Kenya says 15 elephants died of cyanide poisoning after eating tomatoes from nearby farms

1:49 PM on Wednesday, July 29

Fifteen elephants in southern Kenya are suspected to have been poisoned by cyanide-contaminated tomatoes, according to wildlife authorities

FILE - This photo provided by NASA shows Kieran Wilson, LINK's principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, standing next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing. (Sophia Roberts/NASA via AP, File)

Private mission to rescue NASA's aging telescope runs into its own trouble

2:33 PM on Tuesday, July 28

The spacecraft rushing to the rescue of NASA's sinking Swift Observatory has run into trouble

FILE - Members of a conference to mark the 50th anniversary of space travel stand in the dish of the The Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, Macclesfield, England Thursday Oct. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/Jon Super, file)

The future of the UK's renowned Lovell radio telescope is in question after a funding cut

8:55 AM on Tuesday, July 28

Scientists are alarmed by the British government's decision to cut funding for the Lovell radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory

This aerial image shows the damaged AEON Mall following an earthquake in Kashima, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (Kyodo News via AP)

A 7.1 magnitude quake hits Japan's southern Kyushu island killing at least 3

12:45 AM on Tuesday, July 28

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 has shaken Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu, killing at least three people and leaving dozens of others missing or injured

FILE - Doctor Gunther von Hagens, anatomist, inventor of and creator of Body Worlds The Original Exhibitions of Real Human Bodies known as Germany's 'Dr Death' , is seen in front of one of his works in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, June 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta, file)

Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist behind the 'Body Worlds' exhibition, dies at 81

6:38 AM on Monday, July 27

Gunther von Hagens, the German anatomist who generated both fascination and revulsion around the globe with his “Body Worlds” exhibits of preserved human corpses, has died

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