Britain’s young royals, brothers Prince William and Prince Harry and their wives Kate and Meghan, launched a new phone messaging service Friday to help people suffering a mental health crisis. …
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Billionaire Bezos Unveils Moon Lander Mockup, Embraces Trump’s Lunar Timetable
Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos unveiled on Thursday a mockup of a lunar lander being built by his Blue Origin rocket company and touted his moon goals in a strategy aimed …
your ads here!Report: EU Nations Living Far Beyond Earth’s Means
The European Union’s 28 countries consume the Earth’s resources faster than they can be renewed and none of them has sustainable consumption policies, a report released Thursday said, as EU …
your ads here!UK Scientists Liken Anglo-Saxon Burial Site to King Tut’s Tomb
Archaeologists say an underground chamber discovered accidentally by road workers may be the site of the earliest Christian royal burial in Britain. The chamber was uncovered between a road and …
your ads here!Trump Taking Aim at ‘Surprise Medical Bills’
President Donald Trump will begin a push Thursday to fight health care sticker shock by limiting “surprise medical bills,” the unexpected charges faced by insured patients when a member of …
your ads here!Long Hot Summers Fueling Bark Beetle Infestation
As the planet heats up, it’s not just extreme weather that’s causing trouble but also the unintended consequences of that heat, in the case of some European forests it’s creating …
your ads here!US Drug Firms Will Have to Show Prices in TV Ads
The United States will soon require pharmaceutical companies to disclose the price of their drugs during television commercials, a measure which President Donald Trump on Wednesday welcomed as “historic transparency.” …
your ads here!Mozambique Scrambles to Contain Cholera Outbreak
VOA U.N. correspondent Margaret Besheer contributed to this report. Officials in Mozambique are scrambling to contain a cholera outbreak in the north of the country after Cyclone Kenneth devastated the …
your ads here!UN Chief: ‘Total Disaster’ if Warming Not Stopped
The United Nations Secretary-General said the world must dramatically change the way it fuels factories, vehicles and homes to limit future warming to a level scientists call nearly impossible. That’s …
your ads here!Worldwide, Obesity Rising Faster in Rural Areas
Obesity worldwide is increasing more quickly in rural areas than in cities, a study reported Wednesday, challenging a long-held assumption that the global epidemic of excess weight is mainly an …
your ads here!Small T-Rex Cousin Predates Rise of Giant Predators
About 20 million years before the massive Tyrannosaurus Rex roamed the earth, a distant cousin was hunting in the prehistoric jungle. But this T-Rex was very different from the famous …
your ads here!Heart Failure Deaths Rising in US, Especially in Younger Adults
More U.S. adults are dying from heart failure today than a decade ago, and the sharpest rise in mortality is happening among middle-aged and younger adults, a new study suggests. …
your ads here!Science Says: Why Biodiversity Matters to You
Scientists say you may go your entire life without seeing an endangered species, yet the globe’s biodiversity crisis threatens all of humanity in unseen ways. A massive United Nations report …
your ads here!UN Report: Humans Having Alarming Negative Impact on Biodiversity
The long awaited UN report on Biodiversity has been released – and as we reported last week, the extensive study shows how human activity is threatening the mass extinction of …
your ads here!Cut Emissions and Poverty, Not Trees, by Letting Locals Manage Forests, Scientists say
Giving local communities the responsibility to manage forests — which are shrinking worldwide — could help ease poverty and deforestation, scientists said Monday in what they described as one of …
your ads here!With $1 Million Donation, Activists Renew Green New Deal Push in US Election
Young activists pressuring U.S. lawmakers to aggressively tackle climate change and reject fossil fuel company donations got their first major financial boost Monday from a foundation that wants to “amplify” …
your ads here!Scientists Find Children May Be Their Parents’ Best Climate-Change Teachers
Teenagers in the U.S. coastal state of North Carolina who were schooled in the basics of man-made climate change saw their parents grow more concerned about the issue, scientists said …
your ads here!Study: High Levels of Sunscreen Ingredients End Up in Bloodstream
The active ingredients of commonly-used sunscreens end up in the bloodstream at much higher levels than current U.S. guidelines from health regulators and warrant further safety studies, according to a …
your ads here!Meet the T. Rex Cousin Who You Could Literally Look Down On
Scientists have identified an early cousin of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, a pipsqueak that only reached the 3-foot height of a toddler. The new dinosaur, found in New Mexico, is called …
your ads here!Scientists Warn of Mass Extinction of Species
Scientists gathering in Paris are issuing a dramatic warning of the effects that human activity is having on the world’s biodiversity — saying species are being wiped out at an unprecedented …
your ads here!Car Pollution Is Driving Childhood Asthma Around the World
Childhood asthma is the most common serious chronic disease among children according to the World Health Organization. A new report says traffic pollution is a major cause of the disease. …
your ads here!Africa’s Lakes and Rivers Thrive on Hippo Dung
Hippos are helping to rejuvenate African rivers and lakes. Scientists say the animal’s nutrient-rich dung makes them vital to the health of the aquatic ecosystem. But the researchers also warn …
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