The scripts for Black Panther and A Star Is Born are among the five films that have been selected to compete for best adapted screenplay at the Writers Guild of …
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Outlandish Claims at Indian Scientific Gathering Spark Outcry
A group representing Indian scientists say they will screen speakers at their yearly meeting more carefully after several made outlandish claims during their lectures. “We have decided that all the …
your ads here!‘RBG,’ ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ Get Directors Guild Nominations
Popular documentaries about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Fred Rogers have each snagged another key nomination from the Directors Guild of America. The DGA announced its five documentary …
your ads here!Modi Plans Job Quotas for Less Well-Off Indians as Election Nears
India’s cabinet on Monday backed proposals to reserve 10 percent of government jobs for Indians outside the higher income brackets, a plan the main opposition party suggested was an attempt …
your ads here!Bolivian Bees Under Threat from Coca Pesticides
High up in the Bolivian cloud forest, a woman tends to her bees, smoker in hand, working from hive to hive under a canopy of leaves to delicately gather panels …
your ads here!Report: Biggest Estuary in US Hit Hard by Pollution
Heavy rains that brought additional pollution downstream last year contributed to the first decline in a decade to the overall health of the Chesapeake Bay, according to a report released …
your ads here!Tesla Breaks Ground on Shanghai Factory
Tesla broke ground Monday on a new factory for its electric cars in China, the first of its factories to be located outside the United States. Chief Executive Elon Musk …
your ads here!Researchers Offer Alternative to Knee Replacement
Here’s a simple statistic: by 2030, the number of knee replacement surgeries in the U.S. alone is expected to rise over 600 percent. But researchers at Ohio State University’s Wexner …
your ads here!Mobile DNA Analysis Device Helps Farmers Fight Crop Diseases
A leap in technology has allowed scientists to take their DNA labs out into the fields, so farmers can identify diseases quickly and tackle the problem before their crops die, …
your ads here!US Gadget Love Forecast to Grow Despite Trust Issues
The trade group behind the Consumer Electronics Show set to start the Tuesday forecast that US gadget love will grow despite trust and privacy issues hammering the tech world. The …
your ads here!‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Wins Top Nod At Golden Globes
Golden Globes co-host Sandra Oh said she was afraid to take the job of co-hosting this year’s show with Andy Samberg, but she took it anyway. “I said yes to …
your ads here!Huge Trash-Collecting Boom in Pacific Ocean Breaks Apart
A trash collection device deployed to corral plastic litter floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii has broken apart and will be hauled back to dry land for …
your ads here!US Delegation Arrives in Beijing for Trade Talks
A U.S. trade delegation has arrived in Beijing. The group is in China to hold two days of talks, beginning Monday, focusing on how best to carry out an agreement …
your ads here!China Upbeat Ahead of US Trade Talks, But Differences Large
China has sounded a positive note ahead of trade talks this week with Washington, but the two sides face potentially lengthy wrangling over technology and the future of their economic …
your ads here!Master of Miniatures Builds a Dream Mansion in Los Angeles
For some, castlelike mansions in Los Angeles are just pretty to look at and an unattainable dream. But for designer Chris Toledo, they are an inspiration. He makes exact, yet …
your ads here!Saving Water, Growing Food in the Saudi Desert
In 2016, researchers at Saudi Arabia’s King Faisal University began sounding alarms that the nation is about a decade away from running out of groundwater. The situation is still dire, …
your ads here!At Major Tech Show, a Chance for Small Startups to Shine
Every January, tech insiders head to Las Vegas, Nevada where the biggest tech companies show off their latest devices at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Smaller start-ups also vie for …
your ads here!Green Technology Provides Safe Drinking Water for Thousands of Rohingya Refugees
Thousands of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, now have safe drinking water thanks to a combination of green technology and sunlight. Cox’s Bazar has plenty of refugees. More than …
your ads here!Smithsonian Museum’s Latest Acquisitions Reflect a Diverse America
For the past 50 years, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington has been telling America’s story with images of people who helped shape the history and culture of the …
your ads here!There’s More Than One Way to Recycle a Christmas Tree
There are a number of reasons why Americans like to have a live tree for their Christmas centerpiece It just smells like Christmas, they grew up with a real tree, …
your ads here!Weather Channel App Sued, Accused of Selling Users’ Data
People relied on the most popular mobile weather app to track forecasts that determined whether they chose jeans over shorts and packed a parka or umbrella, but its owners used …
your ads here!Swedish Patient Tests Negative for Ebola
Health care officials in Sweden say a patient who was admitted to a hospital with a suspected case of Ebola was found not to be suffering from the highly infectious and potentially …
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