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Extreme Weather

12 US volcanoes the USGS is watching right now, from a Kilauea eruption on pause to Rainier looming 59 miles from Seattle

Volcano alert levels change quickly, and the USGS keeps a running tally of which American peaks are quiet, restless or erupting. This list moves from Alaska to Hawaii to the Cascades, covering the current status or the threat ranking for each. Here are twelve volcanoes worth knowing, starting with one that has just stopped fountaining. […]

By Alexander Clark

Animals

10 whales and dolphins in US waters, from the 110-foot blue whale to the 74 Southern Resident orcas and 384 right whales left

By Alexander Clark

Animals

12 birds crossing America on fall migration right now, from 15,687 sharp-shinned hawks over Duluth to a warbler’s 1,700-mile ocean crossing

By Alexander Clark
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The borrowed emergency crude comes back in 2027 with extra barrels on top

By Alexander Clark

12 American animals pulled back from the brink, from 417 bald eagle pairs in 1963 to 5 million alligators today

By Alexander Clark

About 24,000 families are living under Kanlaon’s ash, the civil defence office says

By Alexander Clark

A low-flying NASA plane will sniff farm emissions over Texas from October 22

By Alexander Clark

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Science

Microplastics in water make their own damaging radicals, and the smaller the fragment the more it produces

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Science

A fossil left in a museum drawer since 1924 turned out to be Europe’s first known megaraptoran

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Science

Two niobium-titanium alloys stayed tough at minus 253 Celsius, where ordinary metals turn glassy and snap

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A helicopter survey mapped the plumbing under Old Faithful and Grand Prismatic as deep as two miles

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Technology

Roman harbor concrete healed itself and has lasted 2,000 years in seawater

By Cassian Holt

Technology

A recall pulls 31,000 fire-spray cans that can burst apart in the middle of a fire

By Cassian Holt

Technology

Microsoft admits its September Windows 11 update is breaking backups and blocking some PCs from booting

By Cassian Holt
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Military

Declassified video shows the 50-hour hunt for two airmen down in Iran

By Rowan Calder

Military

Two former airmen drew 111 and 78 months for diverting a $1.68 million wire

By Kade Winslow

Military

A postcard offering extra veterans benefits through a ‘Veterans Savings Program’ is a scam, the FTC warns

By Rowan Calder
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AI

Workers who fear AI will take their jobs are likelier to justify slacking off, and the effect was stronger in finance and insurance

By Dorian Maddox
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AI

OpenAI pushed GPT-6 to every ChatGPT user, with search answers starting 44% sooner

By Dorian Maddox
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Apple’s $299 Apple TV 4K brings a beta Siri AI when it hits stores Nov. 13

By Dorian Maddox
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Skoda’s head of exterior design says AI now threatens human car stylists’ jobs

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  • Transportation
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Transportation

4,435 RV power cords have a fuse that may not protect the circuit

By Alexander Clark

Transportation

A federal placard on 75 motorhomes tells owners to overinflate their tires

By Alexander Clark

Transportation

Software left the low beams too dim on 30 new school buses

By Kade Winslow

Transportation

A travel-trailer griddle can be folded away with the gas line still connected

By Kade Winslow

Transportation

Emergency-exit labels on 1,236 Volvo coaches never said how to open the door

By Kade Winslow

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Honda recalled 4,206 cruisers whose fuel pumps can quit and stall the bike

By Kade Winslow

Transportation

A solar controller that picks 24 volts for 12-volt wiring raises the fire risk in 16,128 trailers

By Kade Winslow

Transportation

A loose roll pin can let 24,656 Roadmaster tow bars release the car behind an RV

By Kade Winslow

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Water in a steering harness can disable power steering on 265,512 Ram ProMaster vans

By Kade Winslow

Transportation

A weak fuse raises the fire risk in 4,435 Lippert seat power cords

By Kade Winslow

Transportation

12 Amtrak long-distance trains still rolling, one of them a 65-hour, 2,728-mile Texas Eagle run

By Kade Winslow

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Lectric’s new XPress Lite e-bike weighs 46 pounds and sells for $1,099

By Kade Winslow

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Safety chains on 148 Grand Design Imagine trailers are rated below the trailer’s weight

By Kade Winslow

Transportation

A software error can dim the low beams on 30 Thomas Built school buses

By Kade Winslow

Transportation

A solar controller can push 24 volts into 16,128 Grand Design Reflection trailers wired for 12

By Kade Winslow

Transportation

4,206 Honda VT1300CX and VT750 motorcycles can stall from a defective fuel pump

By Kade Winslow
  • Energy & Climate

Energy & Climate

The borrowed emergency crude comes back in 2027 with extra barrels on top

By Alexander Clark

Energy & Climate

Seven of 16 climate vital signs hit record extremes, and carbon dioxide passed 428 parts per million in May

By Everett Sloane

Energy & Climate

The Energy Department is lending up to 4 million barrels of emergency crude to ExxonMobil and BP America

By Everett Sloane

Energy & Climate

American propane exports hit a record 2.1 million barrels a day in April

By Kade Winslow
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