Fringe News

Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolf
Three genetically engineered wolves that may resemble extinct dire wolves are trotting, sleeping and howling in an undisclosed secure location in the U.S., according to the company that aims to bring back lost species. The wolf pups, which range in ...
Apr 07, 2025

NASA's Webb telescope captures photos of the asteroid that won't hit Earth in 2032
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Webb Space Telescope has captured pictures of the asteroid that caused a stir earlier this year when it topped Earth's hit list. Discovered late last year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 was predicted at one point to have a 3%...
Apr 02, 2025

Scientists release plans for an even bigger atom smasher along the French-Swiss border
GENEVA (AP) - Scientists at the world's largest atom smasher have released a blueprint for a much bigger successor that could help solve remaining enigmas of physics. The plans for the Future Circular Collider - a nearly 91-kilometer (56.5-mile) loop...
Apr 01, 2025

A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant
Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time. Although it's still experimental, they hope the brain-computer interface could someday help give voice to those unable to speak. A new study d...
Mar 31, 2025

Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, over opposition from dentists and national health organizations who warn the move will lead to medical problems and disproportionately affect low-income c...
Mar 28, 2025

Earth's storage of water in soil, lakes and rivers is dwindling. And it's especially bad for farming
University of Melbourne hydrology professor Dongryeol Ryu and his collaborator Ki-Weon Seo were on a train to visit Ryu's family when they found something startling. Stopped at a station for technical issues, Seo had pulled out his computer to pass t...
Mar 27, 2025

Los Angeles sheriff's department to retest 4,000 DNA samples after using faulty kits for 8 months
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said this week it will retest 4,000 DNA samples and open an internal investigation after learning that it used potentially flawed test kits for eight months. Sheriff's officials said Wedn...
Mar 27, 2025

A NASA spacecraft will make another close pass of the sun
NEW YORK (AP) - A NASA spacecraft will make another close brush with the sun, the second of three planned encounters through the sizzling solar atmosphere. The Parker Solar Probe made its record-breaking first pass within 3.8 million miles (6 millio...
Mar 21, 2025

The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is starting another round of job cuts - this one more than 1,000 - at the nation's weather, ocean and fisheries agency, four people familiar with the matter tell The Associated Press. The National Oceanic an...
Mar 11, 2025

Study says climate change will even make Earth's orbit a mess
Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. MIT researchers calculated that as global warming caused by burning of coal, oil, gas continues it ...
Mar 10, 2025