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Foreman Vitor Lucas unloads a bucket of wine grapes on a tractor during a night harvest at the Herdade da Fonte Santa vineyard near Vimieiro, Portugal, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)

In the cool of a Portugal night, it’s time to pick the grapes

6:19 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Portuguese vineyards are harvesting grapes at night to combat rising temperatures

FILE - Primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall delivers the 50th George Gamow Memorial Lecture at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo., Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Environmentalists, politicians, celebrities recall life and influence of primatologist Jane Goodall

3:39 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Tributes are pouring in from around the world honoring the life and influence of famed primatologist Jane Goodall

Beluga whales swim in a tank at Marineland amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 9, 2023. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada denies Marineland's request to export its remaining beluga whales to China

1:52 PM on Wednesday, October 1

Canada’s last captive whales will remain at the Marineland zoo and amusement park for now after the federal government denied its request to ship 30 belugas to China

SPIE Photonics West 2026 Opens for Registration

11:48 AM on Wednesday, October 1

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6:00 AM on Wednesday, October 1

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FILE - The sun shines over the melting Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, on June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Swiss glaciers shrank 3% this year, the fourth-biggest retreat on record

3:12 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Swiss glaciers have faced significant melting this year, with a 3% drop in total volume, marking the fourth-largest annual decline on record

In this image provided by NASA, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this image of Enceladus on Nov. 30, 2010, with the shadow of the body of Enceladus on the lower portions of the jets is clearly visible. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute via AP)

New study adds to the possibility of favorable conditions for life at Saturn's moon Enceladus

2:03 AM on Wednesday, October 1

Scientists have uncovered new types of organics in icy geysers spouting from Saturn's moon Enceladus

Trump administration restores research grants to UCLA following federal judge's order

12:44 PM on Tuesday, September 30

The Trump administration has restored almost all of the 500 National Institutes of Health grants it suspended at UCLA in July in response to a federal judge's order last week

FILE - Dr. George Smoot, professor of Physics at the University of California Berkeley, gestures during a media conference Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Nobel laureate George Smoot, who researched the universe's origins at UC Berkeley, dies at 80

12:22 PM on Tuesday, September 30

Nobel laureate Dr. George Smoot, who conducted groundbreaking research into the origins of the universe, has died

Patients wait outside the Cebu Provincial Hospital Bogo City after a strong earthquake struck in Bogo city, Cebu province, central Philippines, Wednesday Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo)

Strong earthquake kills 31 people in a central Philippine region hit by deadly storm just days ago

8:23 AM on Tuesday, September 30

An offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 has jolted a central Philippine province and collapsed the walls of houses and buildings, killing at least 31 people

Researchers turn human skin cells into eggs — but not yet usable ones

8:03 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive

FILE - Cut down trees lie within view of the Cordillera Azul National Park, seen in the background near Chambira community, in Peru's Amazon, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

As Amazon's 'flying rivers' weaken with tree loss, scientists warn of worsening droughts

6:04 AM on Tuesday, September 30

Scientists warn that “flying rivers” — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across the Amazon — are weakening as deforestation and climate change advance

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