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Senate confirms scientist with ties to 'Sharpiegate' as top NOAA official
Neil Jacobs was assistant secretary for environmental observation at NOAA when Trump displayed a map altered with a black Sharpie to incorrectly show Hurricane Dorian's path.
Europe
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to U.S. trio for discoveries in quantum mechanics
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded three scientists for their discoveries in quantum mechanics.
Europe
Americans win Nobel Prize in medicine for work on human immune system
Peripheral immune tolerance is one way the body helps keep the immune system from getting out of whack.
90 degrees in October: Dozens of heat records could be broken in the Midwest
Temperatures across the region are expected to be up to 30 degrees higher than normal Friday and Saturday.
$1M worth of coins recovered in Spanish shipwreck off Florida coast, treasure hunters say
The coins are part of the $400 million in worth of gold, silver and jewels lost in a 1715 Spanish shipwreck, the treasure hunters claimed.
Climate change
Swiss glaciers shrank 3% this year, the fourth-biggest retreat on record
More than 1,000 small glaciers in Switzerland have already disappeared, experts said.
Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91
Goodall, who was 91, became famous first for her pioneering observations of chimpanzees in Tanzania.
Jane Goodall in photos: Her legacy as a chimpanzee researcher and animal rights advocate
The lifelong wildlife advocate died at age 91.
An asteroid might be heading for the moon. Should we nuke it?
An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is estimated to have a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032. A new paper explores whether to nuke or deflect it.
Saudi Arabia
Scientists find ancient life-size animal rock carvings in the Saudi Arabian desert
The rock art was used to mark the location of water sources in an illustration of how ancient people tackled some of Earth’s most inhospitable environs.
In South Texas, a town struggles for water
The city of Mathis is scrambling to find alternative sources of drinking water as severe drought threatens to dry up its main supply.
