Arizona ninth-grader Amaira Srivastava has been named a top-10 finalist in the national 3M Young Scientist Challenge for her innovative project creating biodegradable cups from fruit peels.

The 3M Young Scientist Challenge is open to middle school students who for this year’s competition submitted a short video to describe their scientific solution to a real-world problem.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A former government space scientist pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of attempted espionage for trying to sell classified information to an undercover FBI agent posing as an ...