Making weather forecasts is hard. Getting people to understand them is even harder After nearly a decade, the director of the National Weather Service has stepped down. Getting the public to understand weather is just as important as the science that delivers the forecasts, he says. Jeffrey Pierre
GMO is out, "bioengineered" is in, as new U.S. food labeling rules take effect A new national standard is meant to give consumers clarity about how their food was produced, but critics say the rules will introduce more confusion and don't go far enough. Joe Hernandez
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finishes deploying its sunshield amid cheers NASA's James Webb Space Telescope successfully finishing tensioning its massive sunshield on Tuesday, marking a critical step in the powerful observatory's zero-gravity deployment. Amina Khan
Richard Leakey, whose discoveries helped prove mankind began in Africa, is dead at 77 Famed Kenyan conservationist and fossil hunter Richad Leakey has died at age 77. His discoveries helped prove Africa was the cradle of civilization. Jackie Northam
Famed fossil hunter and conservationist Richard Leakey dies at 77 Leakey made important contributions to our understanding of human origins through his fossil finds. He later gained fame for taking on poachers who threatened to wipe out Kenya's elephants and rhinos. Scott Neuman
The James Webb Space Telescope has started unfurling its giant sunshield The deployment of the shade on the $10 billion telescope began Tuesday with the successful lowering of two arms known as Utilized Pallet Structures. Joe Palca
Biologist E.O. Wilson, who influenced how people see evolution and nature, dies at 92 Biologist and environmental activist E.O. Wilson died on Sunday at the age of 92. Wilson advocated for biodiversity and conservation. Geoff Brumfiel
The James Webb Space Telescope is on its trek to a spot a million miles from Earth The James Webb Space Telescope is on its ways to its parking place a million miles from Earth. What do scientists plan to do with it once it is operational? Joe Palca
E.O. Wilson, famed entomologist and pioneer in the field of sociobiology, dies at 92 The influential and sometimes controversial Harvard professor first made his name studying ants. He later broadened his scope to the intersection between human behavior and genetics. Scott Neuman
A fossilized dinosaur embryo shows a link to modern birds The embryo fossil was discovered in rocks in east China around the year 2000 and housed in the Yingliang Stone Natural History Museum in Fujian Province, where it was dubbed "Baby Yingliang." The Associated Press
