HARTFORD, Conn. — As the snow begins to melt and the temperatures rise, black bears in Connecticut are set to re-emerge and become active, just as state officials are urging people to take precautions and know how to stay safe.

There are between 1,000 and 1,200 black bears in Connecticut, according to the state’s Department of Energy and ...Read more

Back in the early 2010s, the music industry was at a low point.

Piracy was rampant. Compact disc sales were on a steady decline. And the then-new audio streaming services, like Spotify, were taking hits from creators for paying low royalty rates.

Today, Spotify has grown into the world's most popular audio streaming subscription service and ...Read more

Astronaut safety and delays were top concerns in a new audit of NASA’s plans to use either SpaceX’s Starship or Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar landers on future Artemis missions, although costs have remained on target so far.

NASA’s Office of the Inspector General released the audit Tuesday, assessing progress and shortcomings for both ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Just in time for the Oscars, Tilly Norwood, and by extension her creator, Eline van der Velden, gave actors at every level an unexpected gift — the chance to breathe a little easier.

AI will not be replacing you any time soon.

On Tuesday, the AI phenomenon known as Tilly debuted a single and music video titled “Take the ...Read more

Since the 1970s, the U.S. has lost billions of birds. We now know that those losses aren’t just growing – they are accelerating in places with intensive human activity, particularly where agriculture and expanding communities are changing the landscape.

Bird population declines have been closely linked to pollution, use of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES – A new report shows that nearly 40% of conventionally grown fruits and vegetables tested by California regulators have residues of "forever" or PFAS chemicals, a family of compounds that can be lasting and harmful.

The Environmental Working Group, an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., reviewed California's own test data ...Read more

In the space of just 23 days three decades ago, two initially unassuming releases changed video games forever.

On Feb. 27, 1996, "Pokémon Red and Green" first hit Japanese shelves. The role-playing titles were the original entries in a series that would grow to become what is now considered the top-grossing media franchise in the world, worth...Read more

I love finding new and fun phone apps, and this week is a really useful app for movie lovers called RunPee.

As the name suggests, this is an app that originated to help movie goers decide when might be a good time to make a quick run to the bathroom.

The developer adds a lot of entries, but the movie-going community can also contribute to ...Read more

Aulumu’ s G09 Infinite Rotation Dual-Mag Stand takes MagSafe use to a new level. The 3-axis smartphone stand, touted as the first of its kind, delivers viewing from any angle with its 360-degree ball joint.

If you're not familiar with MagSafe (and so many people aren’t), then you need to be. MagSafe is a magnetic feature designed by Apple...Read more

GENEVA — Keeping track of password requirements such as a mix of upper and lower case letters, numbers, special characters and more — not only to be remembered but to be changed every few months — is a tall order, not least as platforms urge users to ensure each password is unique.

This headache has opened the door to password manager ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — When she was as young as 7, Alina Schechtman-Taylor wanted to know how the brain worked.

“I remember telling my dad, ‘I don’t understand why people act this way. I need to figure it out,’” she recalled.

For her, studying neuroscience at Haverford College, was a logical choice.

“Why would you not want to study the ...Read more

The Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed. Since the beginning of the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran on Feb. 28, 2026, oil tanker traffic through the world’s most critical oil shipping choke point has collapsed, dropping by more than 90%.

Iran has threatened to destroy any ships, including oil tankers, that ...Read more

A single dose of psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, appears significantly more effective than nicotine patches at helping people quit smoking, a new study shows.

Researchers conducted a randomized trial involving 82 adult smokers who were “psychiatrically healthy.” It compared the efficacy of nicotine patches given for ...Read more

You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.

They include lithium and cobalt used in batteries, neodymium for magnets in motors and hard drives, and rare earths that are essential ...Read more

DENVER — Extended warm weather across the Colorado River basin may reduce the amount of water delivered during the spring runoff to just a third of normal, according to federal forecasters.

Modeling released late last week showed the river system on track to deliver a scant 2.3 million acre-feet to Lake Powell, one of the river system’s ...Read more

Apple Inc.’s artificial intelligence struggles are rippling through its product plans, forcing the company to delay a long-in-the-works smart home display until later this year, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The product, code-named J490, was first scheduled for spring 2025 but was postponed to let the company finish work ...Read more

Every now and then, SpaceX has a customer other than itself including a planned launch Monday night that won’t be the company’s Starlink satellites. Instead, it’s looking to send a pay-TV satellite to space for EchoStar Corp.

A Falcon 9 rocket on the EchoStar XXV mission is aiming to send the communications company’s satellite to a ...Read more

Oil is a global market, so when prices rise in one place, they rise everywhere. The current war against Iran has already raised oil prices significantly.

Mideast oil production has been slowed by efforts to close the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for oil tankers from the Middle East to the rest of the world, as well as by attacks – ...Read more