The rivers of the world are full of antibiotics. That’s the headline of a new survey that sampled rivers all over the world. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
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One of the ways astronomers learn about planets beyond Earth is by studying our own. And there are satellites doing just that, monitoring the Earth’s health, and our own. VOA’s …
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A remarkable fossils exhibition opens at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington on Saturday. Located in the newly restored fossil hall, it contains over 700 fossils, including …
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It was a bad day 70 million years ago for a triceratops dinosaur, whose remains are displayed beneath a fossilized Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton — posed as if it were still …
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To save babies from brain-damaging birth defects, University of Pittsburgh scientist Carolyn Coyne studies placentas from fetuses that otherwise would be discarded — and she’s worried this kind of research …
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Space travel for private citizens is no longer science fiction. NASA is opening parts of the International Space Station to more commercial opportunities. NASA announced the plan Friday, and said …
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday criticized NASA for aiming to put astronauts back on the moon by 2024 and urged the space agency to focus instead on “much bigger” initiatives like going …
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The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season is officially underway, yet many people haven’t recovered from some of last year’s storms. Meantime, tornados have torn up swaths of several U.S. states in …
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The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season is officially underway, yet people haven’t recovered from some of last year’s storms. Meantime, tornados have torn up swaths of several U.S. states in the …
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Efforts to recycle discarded plastic have not reduced piles of single-use products from landfills, and China will no longer import plastic waste for recycling. The United Nations says more than …
your ads here!WHO: 1 Million STD Cases Diagnosed Every Day
More than 1 million people across the world are diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STI) every day, the World Health Organization said. In a study released Thursday, the U.N. health …
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Keep an eye on the sky this month as the mighty Jupiter puts on a show. NASA says Jupiter will make its closest approach to Earth in June — so …
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The number of measles cases confirmed in the United States in 2019 has reached 1,001, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report said this week. As of last week, …
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A dramatic scene from the twilight of the age of dinosaurs —a T. rex feasting upon a horned plant-eater named Triceratops — will greet visitors when an ambitious new fossil …
your ads here!Algae Curtains Turn Buildings Into Carbon Eating Forests
They’re called biocurtains, and for one small firm they lie somewhere between environmental engineering and art. These unique installations are filled with algae that suck up carbon and emit oxygen, …
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A deep-sea fish can hide its enormous, jutting teeth from prey because its chompers are virtually invisible – until it’s too late. What’s the dragonfish’s secret? The teeth are transparent, …
your ads here!Kenya Farmers Fight Drought with Biofuel from Cotton Waste
Kenyan farmer Abel Mutie Mathoka thought it must be a joke when he was told he could irrigate his drought-hit crops more cheaply, cleanly and efficiently using a pump fueled …
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As if life was not bad enough for Adnan Kadhim – he lives in a slum where municipal authorities dump Baghdad’s rubbish – now someone is setting the waste on …
your ads here!Ebola Listening Projects Take Cues from Community to Improve Response
Working in Liberia during the Ebola outbreak in 2015, researcher Katherina Thomas noticed that while experts and aid workers had lots to say, no one was listening to ordinary people …
your ads here!In Haiti, World Environment Day Means Planting Trees
Ahead of World Environment Day, a group of Haitian young professionals put into practice a famous line uttered by former U.S. president John F. Kennedy in his 1961 inaugural address: …
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Senior U.S. and military officials are warning Congress about the potential threat to national security from melting ice in the Arctic. Officials from the Office of National Intelligence and …
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Activists marking World Environment day are calling for action to tackle air pollution, which researchers say kills millions of people every year and impoverishes societies struggling to reduce its harmful …
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