OxyContin maker bankruptcy deal goes before the Supreme Court on Monday
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with a nationwide settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma that would shield members of the...
Canada’s public broadcaster to cut 600 jobs as it struggles with budget pressures
Canada’s public broadcaster says it will cut 600 jobs and reduce its English and French programming budgets as it struggles with monetary pressures...
Pilots flying tourists over national parks face new rules. None are stricter than at Mount Rushmore
Fewer planes and helicopters will be flying tourists over Mount Rushmore and other national monuments and parks as new regulations take effect that...
Stock market today: Wall Street loses ground ahead of key reports on the job market
Wall Street gave back some of its recent gains Monday as stocks finished lower ahead of some key reports this week on the...
Earth is running a fever. And UN climate talks are focusing on the contagious effect on human health
Sarah Neggazi holds a sign that reads “this is a climate emergency” during a demonstration at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Dec....
El Niño helped steer storms away from U.S. this hurricane season. What about next year?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain This year, a record-hot Atlantic Ocean went toe-to-toe with a strong El Niño for which weather phenomena would steer...
Nations rally behind renewables at COP28 climate talks
More than 50 world leaders took the stage at COP28 for the second day in a row. Nearly 120 nations pledged to triple...
50 oil and gas companies pledge to cut operational emissions
A gas flare from a refinery in Ecuador. Fifty oil and gas companies representing 40 percent of global production pledged to decarbonize their...
Instantons and the quantum bound to chaos
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 120, Issue 49, December 2023.