Former commissioner of the National Basketball Association David Stern, who oversaw the NBA turning from a struggling U.S. league into a global powerhouse, died in New York Wednesday. He was …
your ads here!Month: January 2020
Study Finds Google System Could Improve Breast Cancer Detection
A Google artificial intelligence system proved as good as expert radiologists at detecting which women had breast cancer based on screening mammograms and showed promise at reducing errors, researchers in …
your ads here!Medical Technology Offers Less Invasive Options for Transplant Donors
Thanks to a very special gift, one family is exceptionally grateful to be celebrating the New Year together this year. Bronwyn Benito tells us about a new surgical technique that …
your ads here!Smart Robots Are Being Built to Mine the Moon
A California startup called OFFWORLD has ambitious plans that are out of this world. They are working on developing autonomous robots that would be able to mine the Moon and …
your ads here!Illinois Becomes Latest US State to Legalize Recreational Pot
Illinois started the new year on a high note Wednesday, becoming the latest U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana as the governor pardoned thousands for past low-level cannabis convictions.The Cannabis …
your ads here!Kenya Has a Perilous Plastic Pollution Problem
The world has a plastic pollution problem. That is the big picture. It has countries looking for creative solutions. Environmentalists say there’s no more time for talk. As VOA’s Arash …
your ads here!India Targets New Moon Mission in 2020
India plans to make a fresh attempt to land an unmanned mission on the moon in 2020 after a failed bid last year, the head of the country’s space program …
your ads here!Trump Suggests Pulling Some Flavored Vapes Temporarily
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the federal government will soon announce a new strategy to tackle underage vaping, promising, “We’re going to protect our families, we’re going to protect …
your ads here!Fireworks, Massive Parties Welcome New Year
The world rang in a new year and decade Wednesday with fireworks, music and all-night parties.The celebrations included the usual massive gathering in New York’s Times Square where people counted …
your ads here!Kenya Hopes HPV Vaccinations Reduce Cervical Cancer Rate
East Africa has the highest rates of cervical cancer in the world, according to the World Health Organization. In October, Kenya launched a mass vaccination of girls against the human …
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