The US said it will cut flight capacity by 10% at 40 high-volume markets across the country, as travelers continue to face flight disruptions due to an uptick in air traffic controller absences during the government shutdown.

We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.

Scientists at the top of the world are racing to uncover how rapidly the Arctic’s permafrost is thawing.

Even though Trump gave his meeting with Xi a 12 out of 10, don’t hold your breath.

Since Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica as the season’s most-intense storm, initial reports already show flooding and chaos. While those early signs of destruction are powerful, it will likely take hours — if not days — to assess the full scope of the damage.

The rallies unleashed by Argentina President Javier Milei’s surprising electoral win were stunning, with bond prices posting record gains and the stock market skyrocketing over 20% as investors stampe...

New York City and the Northeast are in the crosshairs of a massive coastal storm that’s poised to bring high winds, surging tides and heavy rain throughout the region starting Sunday.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly deployed the US military for domestic assignments. In June, he summoned the Guard and the Marines to Los Angeles — over the objections of local leaders — to subdue protests against his administration’s mass arrests of migrants. In August, Trump called up the Guard to combat violent street crime in Washington, DC. On Sept. 15, the president announced plans for a National Guard deployment to Memphis, and on Sept. 27, he ordered troops to Portland, Oregon.

A disturbing trend among bird species in the US could lead to a mass extinction event that rocks human society forever.

Reflect Orbital aims to launch its first of a planned 4,000 satellites into orbit next year. Scientists worry that it would be “ruinous” for research.

Blackburnian Warbler in Colombia by Linda Rudolph / Macaulay Library. From the Autumn 2025 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. For birders in the U.S. and Canada, fall migration means the…

Happy Friday! We’ve got your weekly debrief of what went on in Washington, DC, amid the government shutdown. But first, sea otters.

The first named storm of the season is forecast to hit the UK and Ireland with heavy rain and gale-force winds on Friday and Saturday, disrupting transport in northern regions.

The campaigner, a