SCIENCE

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden heads to a vital U.N. climate summit at a time when a majority of Americans regard the deteriorating climate as a… Read more

VENICE, Italy  — After Venice suffered the second-worst flood in its history in November 2019, it was inundated with four more exceptional tides within… Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Attention asteroid aficionados: NASA is set to launch a series of spacecraft to visit and even bash some of the solar system’s… Read more

BENICIA, Calif.  — The machine Ted Bowman helped design can make water out of the air, and in parched California, some homeowners are already buying… Read more

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A key Southern California highway closed for days because of a wildfire was reopened, but authorities warned that flames still… Read more

MOSCOW  — A Russian actor and a film director rocketed to space Tuesday on a mission to make the world’s first movie in orbit, a project the Kremlin… Read more

PORTLAND, Maine — Droughts that cause leaves to turn brown and wither before they can reach peak color. Heat waves prompting leaves to fall before… Read more

MOSCOW  — When Russians talk about the coronavirus over dinner or in hair salons, the conversation often turns to “antitela,” the Russian word for… Read more

BERLIN — A joint European-Japanese spacecraft got its first glimpse of Mercury as it swung by the solar system’s innermost planet while on a mission… Read more