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A vendor prepares a cage containing his birds before an annual pilgrimage of bird vendors to the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

These men carry towers of birds through Mexico's streets. They say their tradition is dying

5:14 PM on Sunday, March 29

The act of selling birds in stacks of cages — sometimes far taller than the men who carry them — spans generations

NASA's Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft set for the Artemis 2 mission is seen on Launch Complex 39B at sunrise at the Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Apollo vs. Artemis: What to know about NASA's return to the moon

5:04 AM on Sunday, March 29

NASA's Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time

(AP Illustration / Peter Hamlin)

In wrangling dark matter, some scientists find inspiration in the Torah, Krishna and Christ

4:59 AM on Sunday, March 29

Dark matter and dark energy are mysteries that have confounded scientists for decades, even though they comprise 95% of the universe's mass

A whale lies on a sandbank in the Bay of Wismar, Germany, Saturday, March 28, 2026. (Philip Dulian/dpa via AP)

A stranded whale in Germany’s Baltic Sea weakens as hopes of its return to the Atlantic fade

4:26 AM on Sunday, March 29

A stranded humpback whale in Germany’s Baltic Sea looks weaker, and experts fear it won't be able to find its way back to the Atlantic

Artemis 2 crew members, from left, Mission Spc. Jeremy Hansen, of Canada, Mission Spc. Christina Koch, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover pose for a photo after the crew's arrival at the Kennedy Space Center Friday, March 27, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Artemis II astronauts arrive at Florida launch site for first moon trip in 53 years

11:35 AM on Friday, March 27

The astronauts set to become the first lunar visitors in more than half a century have arrived at their launch site

FILE - A supply vessel boat sits near an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. April 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Judge won't block meeting that could exempt Gulf drilling from Endangered Species Act

9:43 AM on Friday, March 27

A judge has ruled that the government can convene a meeting next week to seek an exemption from the Endangered Species Act on the basis of national security for expanded oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico

FILE - In his image provided by NASA, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is helped out of the SpaceX Crew-11 capsule after they re-entered the Earth in a middle-of-the-night splashdown near San Diego, Calif., on Jan. 15, 2026. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP, File)

He suddenly couldn't speak in space. NASA astronaut says his medical scare remains a mystery

9:19 AM on Friday, March 27

The astronaut who prompted NASA's first medical evacuation earlier this year says doctors still don't know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station

Dan Jurafsky, Stanford professor of computer science and linguistics, from left, Myra Cheng, Stanford Ph.D. candidate in computer science, and Cinoo Lee, Stanford postdoctoral fellow in psychology, pose for photos on the university campus in Stanford, Calif., Thursday, March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

AI is giving bad advice to flatter its users, says new study on dangers of overly agreeable chatbots

11:02 AM on Thursday, March 26

Artificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice that can damage relationships and reinforce harmful behaviors, according to a new study that explores the dangers of AI telling people what they want to hear

This 2023 photo provided by Project CETI shows female sperm whales holding a newborn calf above the water until it can swim on its own. (Project CETI via AP)

Scientists captured female sperm whales on video working together during a birth to protect the calf

11:01 AM on Thursday, March 26

Scientists have captured rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth, offering a window into the large mammals' behavior

A rehabilitated adult female Kemp's ridley sea turtle crawls toward the ocean during a release in Juno Beach, Fla. on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson)

A 3-limbed Kemp's ridley sea turtle is now being tracked at sea by satellite

9:04 PM on Wednesday, March 25

A Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from space to monitor animals they've rehabilitated

A researcher holds a 14,300 year-old dog jawbone found at Gough's Cave in the United Kingdom, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in London. (AP Photo/Mustakim Hasnath)

New studies of old dogs help scientists understand where they came from

9:00 AM on Wednesday, March 25

Scientists are tracing back the history of dogs using the oldest genes from the species ever studied

Green fireball captured on dashcam video as a meteor streaks across the Pacific Northwest sky

3:51 PM on Tuesday, March 24

A bright green fireball was visible in parts of the Pacific Northwest as it beamed across the sky

People from the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research and firefighters attempt to free a whale washed up on the beach on the Baltic coast near Timmendorfer Strand, Germany, Monday, March 23, 2026. (Ulrich Perrey/dpa via AP)

Rescuers try to refloat a stranded humpback whale in Germany’s Baltic Sea

2:24 AM on Tuesday, March 24

Rescue teams in northern Germany are working to refloat a humpback whale stranded in shallow water in the Baltic Sea

Technicians load the transportable antimatter trap into a truck from the Antimatter Factory at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) for a road test in Meyrin near Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Geneva's CERN hails delicate test on transporting antimatter as a scientific success

10:48 PM on Monday, March 23

Scientists at CERN took some antiprotons out for a spin in a never-tried-before test drive

Record-smashing heat spreads: 'Basically the entire US is going to be hot'

1:12 PM on Monday, March 23

A huge heat dome is spreading across the United States and it is shattering March temperature records

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