A prehistoric sloth hunt is frozen in time in footprints preserved in the New Mexico desert, according to new research. It’s an extremely rare find that authors say could revolutionize …
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Global Study Finds 44 Genetic Risk Factors for Major Depression
International scientists have identified 44 genetic variants that can increase the risk of developing major depression and found that all humans carry at least some of them. The new findings …
your ads here!A Possible Malaria Vaccine Poisons the Anopheles Mosquito
Scientists in Kenya believe they have discovered a new way to combat malaria. As Faith Lapidus reports, a common medication, already used to treat a host of illnesses, makes people’s …
your ads here!US House Moves to Reverse Order to Aid Salmon
The U.S. House approved a bill Wednesday that would reverse a federal judge’s order to spill more water from four Pacific Northwest dams to help migrating salmon reach the Pacific …
your ads here!Scientists: Uranus Smells Like Rotten Eggs
It’s a punchline that sends every 12-year-old boy into a fit of giggles. Now it has been proven to be true. Uranus stinks! Scientists using a huge telescope on Hawaii’s …
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A customer from Beijing and one from Hong Kong walk into Starbucks. A chair blocks the path between the counter and their seats. Who of the two moves the chair? It’s …
your ads here!WHO Joins Urgent Call to Stop Malaria’s Resurgence
The World Health Organization is joining a worldwide call to stop a resurgence of malaria that threatens much of the progress made over the past decade. To mark World Malaria …
your ads here!HIV Discoverer Says Malawi On Track to Eradicate Virus
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the discovery of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Visiting Malawi this month, one of the pioneers of that research, the American scientist …
your ads here!EPA Proposes to Bar Use of Confidential Data in Rulemaking
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new rule Tuesday that would stop it from relying on scientific research underpinned by confidential data in its making of regulations. EPA Administrator Scott …
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Iceland’s small, snowy capital, Reykjavik, has been crowned the greenest city for travelers, with the most green space per head of 50 cities surveyed, a travel agency said Tuesday. Auckland in …
your ads here!Malaria on Rise in Crisis-hit Venezuela, WHO Says
Malaria is spreading rapidly in crisis-hit Venezuela, with more than an estimated 406,000 cases in 2017, up roughly 69 percent from a year before, the largest increase worldwide, the World Health Organization …
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The path to sharper vision has gone from glasses to contact lenses to laser correction… and now, to eye drops. Faith Lapidus has details of the latest development. …
your ads here!Michigan Water Activist, 6 Others Win Environmental Prize
A woman who played a key role in exposing the lead-tainted water disaster in Flint, Michigan, is among seven people from around the world to be awarded a Goldman Environmental …
your ads here!New NASA Boss Gets ‘Hearty Congratulations’ From Space
NASA’s new boss is already getting cheers from space. Immediately after being sworn into office Monday by Vice President Mike Pence, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine took a call from …
your ads here!US Soldier Gets World’s First Penis and Scrotum Transplant
A young military veteran who had his genitals blown off in a blast in Afghanistan has received the world’s most extensive penis transplant. Surgeons at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, …
your ads here!Scientists: California Risks Severe ‘Whiplash’ From Drought to Flood
California will suffer more volatile weather this century with a “whiplash” from drought to rain and mounting risks a repeat of the devastating “Great Flood” of 1862, scientists said on …
your ads here!Scientist Calls for ‘Antimalarials for Mosquitoes’ to Fight Killer Disease
A British scientist is proposing a new approach to fighting the spread of malaria, a treatable mosquito-borne disease that kills hundreds of thousands each year, the vast majority of them …
your ads here!Earth Day 2018 Focuses on Plastics Pollution
Each year on April 22, many people stop to think about the health of the world environment, as as if it were a New Year’s Day for nature, many make resolutions …
your ads here!WHO Urges Everyone: Make Vaccines Priority
The Pan American Health Organization aims to get 70 million people in the Americas and the Caribbean vaccinated this week as part of the U.N.-designated World Immunization Week. Dr. Flavia …
your ads here!Earth Day Call to Arms: Skip the Straw
The United Kingdom is proposing a ban on disposable plastic straws. With Earth Day coming up this Sunday, advocates are asking everyone to follow suit and skip the straw. Straws …
your ads here!Fears Grow at Malaria’s Resurgence; London Summit Urges Global Action
After 16 years of steady decline, malaria cases are on the rise again globally, and experts warn that unless efforts to tackle the disease are stepped up, the gains could …
your ads here!Rocket With Planet-Hunting Telescope Lifts Off
A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off Wednesday carrying SpaceX’s first high-priority science mission for NASA, a planet-hunting space telescope whose launch had been delayed for two days by a rocket-guidance glitch. The Transit …
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