A just-released report from the World Wildlife Fund details a rapid decline in the world’s biodiversity. In general, the percentage of all kinds of animals in the land, sea and …
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Electronics Flexes Into the Future
Advancements in digital printing are leading to more sophisticated, flexible electronics capable of changing the way we live and the way we use technology. Reporter Deana Mitchell takes a look …
your ads here!Ocean Shock: The Climate Crisis Beneath the Waves
This is part of “Ocean Shock,” a Reuters series exploring climate change’s impact on sea creatures and the people who depend on them. To stand at the edge of an …
your ads here!With Green Mosques and Schools, Amman Pushes for Zero Emissions
Poking above the bright pink bougainvillea that spills into the street, the lone minaret of the Ta’la Al-Ali mosque towers over the Khalda neighborhood of Amman. Aside from its colorful …
your ads here!Kepler Telescope Kaput After ‘Stunningly Successful’ Mission
NASA’s elite planet-hunting spacecraft has been declared dead, just a few months shy of its 10th anniversary. Officials announced the Kepler Space Telescope’s demise Tuesday. Already well past its expected …
your ads here!Guitarist Jimmy Page Looks Back at 50 Years of Led Zeppelin
Jimmy Page once painted a dragon, and used it to slay. The guitar guru was so bursting with creative inspiration 50 years ago that he felt compelled to pick up …
your ads here!Facebook 3Q Revenue Slightly Below Expectations
Facebook is reporting a slight revenue miss but stronger than expected profit in its third-quarter earnings report. Coming three months after the company’s stock suffered its worst one-day drop …
your ads here!US Presence at Cuba Trade Fair Dwindles Given Trump Hostility
A yellow excavator, forklift and other heavy equipment made by U.S. firm Caterpillar gleam outside Cuba’s annual trade fair, reflecting once-bright hopes for increased U.S.-Cuban commerce fanned by the 2014 …
your ads here!UN Sets Out Massive Benefits from Air Pollution Action in Asia
Asia could reap massive benefits in health, environment, agriculture and economic growth if governments implement 25 policies such as banning the burning of household waste and cutting industrial emissions, according …
your ads here!Ava DuVernay to Make Prince Documentary for Netflix
Ava DuVernay is making a multipart documentary on Prince for Netflix with the support of the late musician’s estate. The director on Tuesday confirmed Twitter reports late Monday that she’s …
your ads here!NFL to Schedule 4 London Games in 2019
London will play host to four NFL games in the 2019 season, the league’s United Kingdom office announced Tuesday. The league did not say which teams would play and did …
your ads here!China Steps Up VPN Blocks Ahead of Major Trade, Internet Shows
Chinese authorities have stepped up efforts to block virtual private networks (VPN), service providers said Tuesday in describing a “cat-and-mouse” game with censors ahead of a major trade expo and …
your ads here!Zimbabwe’s President Assures Nation Economy Will Recover
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa met with business leaders Monday to discuss ways of boosting the country’s troubled economy. He suggested companies are contributing to shortages by holding back essential goods, …
your ads here!Apple’s New iPads Embrace Facial Recognition
Apple’s new iPads will resemble its latest iPhones as the company ditches a home button and fingerprint sensor to make room for the screen. As with the iPhone XR …
your ads here!Report: Earth Has Lost 60 Percent of Its Wildlife Since 1970
A new report says the world lost a staggering 60 percent of its wildlife populations over a period of four decades. In its 2018 Living Planet Report, the World Wildlife …
your ads here!Delhi’s ‘Pollution Season’ Dampens India’s Main Festival
It is the time of the year when Indians hit the roads to distribute gifts and sweets to friends and family, visit colorful “Diwali bazars” and party as they gear …
your ads here!Women Make their Mark at Comicon
Each October, fans of comics, anime, graphic novels and manga…Japanese comics…descend on New York for Comic Con. A highlight of the international pop culture festival is cosplay. Cosplayers dress as …
your ads here!African Filmmaker Tells Tales of South African Migrants
The film Vaya from Nigerian-born director Akin Omotoso, tells the story of three people who journey from their rural homes in South Africa to Johannesburg. As Mike O’Sullivan reports, it’s …
your ads here!Scientists Seek Answers to Are We Alone?
The United States Congress has a big question for the National Academy of Sciences or N-A-S. It wants to know “are we alone in the universe” or are there other …
your ads here!How Old is Cacao? New Research Pushes Back Date
New research strengthens the case that people used the chocolate ingredient cacao in South America 5,400 years ago, underscoring the seed’s radical transformation into today’s Twix bars and M&M candies. …
your ads here!Zimbabwean Widows Punished by Tribal Courts for Selling Gold-rich Land
When massive gold deposits were discovered about a decade ago in Chimanimani, eastern Zimbabwe, the rural district became famous for attracting hundreds of artisanal miners from across the country every …
your ads here!Mountain Birds on ‘Escalator to Extinction’ as Planet Warms
A meticulous re-creation of a three-decade-old study of birds on a mountainside in Peru has given scientists a rare chance to prove how the changing climate is pushing species out …
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