Seth Borenstein

AP Science Writer

The 2026 AI-Powered Financial Analysis Handbook

The 2026 AI-Powered Financial Analysis Handbook

October 1, 2026

Black and white formula SAE race car with number 35 on concrete track near barrier

Meet Today’s Engineering Students Who Are Building Our Future

October 16, 2026

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'StarGate' Aerial Medical Evacuation Drone Could Transform Battlefield

October 16, 2026

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Tesla's New Roadster Can Thrust Itself in the Air

October 16, 2026

Financial Storytelling in the Age of AI

Financial Storytelling in the Age of AI

Transforming data-driven presentations into compelling stories that drive actual business decisions.

October 1, 2026

A close-up view of a Nobel Prize medal at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020.

AI Pioneers Win Nobel Prize

One of them is known as the godfather of artificial intelligence.

October 9, 2024

People watch the sunset at a park on an unseasonably warm day, Feb. 25, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo.

Study: Climate Change's Economic Bite Will Hit $38 Trillion a Year

April 17, 2024

Haze blankets the main business district in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 11, 2023.

How Much Carbon Damage Would Cost Corporations If They Paid for Emissions

A new study says it could eat up about 44% of their profits.

August 25, 2023

Refined tellurium is displayed at the Rio Tinto Kennecott refinery, May 11, 2022, in Magna, Utah.

Study Says World Has Enough Rare Earth Minerals to Fuel Green Energy Shift

Some people have worried that there won't be enough key minerals to make the switch.

January 30, 2023

Cargo vessels are anchored offshore near oil platforms, before heading into the Los Angeles-Long Beach port on Oct. 5, 2021. The first official federal calculations of the new spending package that President Biden signed show it will slice America's carbon pollution by more than 1 billion tons by the end of the decade. The new law’s provisions that call for oil and gas leasing on federal land and water “may lead to some increase” in carbon pollution, the federal analysis said.

Study: New Climate Law to Slice Carbon Pollution 40%

It will trim America’s emissions of heat-trapping gases by about 1.1 billion tons.

August 19, 2022

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Remote Meetings Dampen Brainstorming

Because we are so hyper-focused on the face in the box.

April 27, 2022

According to a study published Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, gas stoves are worse for the climate than previously thought because of constant tiny methane leaks even while they’re off.

Study: Gas Stoves Worse for Climate than Previously Thought

Even when they are not running.

January 28, 2022

On Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released measurements showing 2021 was the sixth hottest year on record globally, part of a long-term warming trend.

The Heat Stays On: Earth Hits 6th Warmest Year on Record

There is a 50-50 chance that at least one year in the 2020s will hit 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit warming since pre-industrial times.

January 14, 2022

the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions last year jumped 6% because of surges in coal and long-haul trucking, putting America further behind its 2030 climate change cutting goal.

Deadly Extreme Weather Year for U.S. as Carbon Emissions Soar

The nation’s greenhouse gas emissions jumped 6%.

January 11, 2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, right, greet U.S. President Joe Biden , at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow gathers leaders from around the world, in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming.

Leaders Dial Up Doomsday Clock to Kick-Start Climate Talks

The metaphors were dramatic and mixed.

November 1, 2021

A man watches as wildfires approach Kochyli beach near Limni village, Greece, Aug. 6, 2021.

UN Report Details 'Code Red' on Global Warming

But scientists also eased back a bit on the likelihood of the absolute worst climate catastrophes.

August 9, 2021

his is an illustration provided by SpaceX shows the SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry the first NASA astronauts to the surface of the Moon under the Artemis program.

Bezos Loses Appeal of NASA's Plans to Use Musk Moon Lander

NASA in April awarded the $2.9 billion contract for a lunar lander to the more established SpaceX.

August 2, 2021

This image captured on Thursday, June 25, 2020 shows part of the website created by the space agencies of the U.S., Europe and Japan to show changes to Earth because of coronavirus lockdowns. Using data from 17 satellites, it that serves as a global dashboard for temporary changes observed from orbit.

Site Shows Lockdown Changes to Earth

The dashboard reflects some signs of a return to normal in parts of the world.

June 25, 2020

In this April 18, 1958, file photo, Philip N. Brooks, right, a New York State surveyor, takes a look through his transit on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation near Niagara Falls, N.Y., while Tuscarora Chief Elton Black Cloud Greene watches.

US Gives Boot to Official Foot Measurement

Did you know there are actually two different definitions of the 12-inch measurement known as a foot?

December 16, 2019