China on Friday broadcast pictures taken by its rover and lander on the moon’s far side, in what its space program hailed as another triumph for the groundbreaking mission to …
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Victoria Graham Uses Beauty Queen Title to Spotlight Genetic Disorder
Victoria Graham is a beauty queen. But what is truly extraordinary about this pageant winner are her efforts to overcome a severe genetic condition so that she could use her …
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Could the devices being blamed for teen depression be useful in revealing it? Studies have linked heavy smartphone use with worsening teen mental health. But as teens spend time on …
your ads here!Scientists: Ocean Temperatures Rising Faster Than Previously Thought
The world’s oceans are rising in temperature faster than previously believed as they absorb most of the world’s growing climate-changing emissions, scientists said Thursday. Ocean heat – recorded by thousands …
your ads here!Healthy Baby Born to DRC Mom who Recovered from Ebola
Congo’s Health Ministry says a baby has been born to a mother who recovered from the Ebola virus — a bright spot in an outbreak that is the second-deadliest in history. …
your ads here!Repeating Radio Waves From Deep Space Intrigue Scientists
Astronomers in Canada have detected a mysterious volley of radio waves from far outside our galaxy, according to two studies published Wednesday in Nature. What corner of the universe these …
your ads here!Price Tag Proposed in US for Tailpipe CO2 Emissions
Drivers on the U.S. East Coast may soon start paying for their climate pollution. Nine states and the District of Columbia have announced plans to introduce a system that puts …
your ads here!Bangkok Fights Floods with Thirsty Landscaping
When Bangkok’s oldest university called for ideas for a symbol to mark its centenary year, landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom successfully pitched a design for a park. It was intended not …
your ads here!Images From Space Help Map Extreme Poverty
The fight against poverty is getting help from a new direction: up. Satellite imagery is helping researchers map areas of extreme poverty. It may help officials identify faster and more …
your ads here!Zimbabwe Church, Health Ministry Launch Anti-Drug Campaign
A group of concerned Zimbabweans has started an anti-alcohol and drug campaign, targeting communities in which unemployed young people resort to drinking and using narcotics to alleviate the stress of …
your ads here!Zimbabweans Team Up to Fight Youth Substance Abuse
A group of concerned Zimbabweans has started an anti-alcohol and drug campaign, targeting communities in which unemployed young people resort to drinking and using narcotics to alleviate the stress of …
your ads here!How Forgotten Local Plants Could Ease Malnutrition in East Timor
The Australian owners of a restaurant in East Timor are hoping to use their passion for the local cuisine to combat malnutrition in the tiny Southeast Asian nation. East Timor …
your ads here!Asteroid-circling Spacecraft Grabs Cool Snapshot of Home
An asteroid-circling spacecraft has captured a cool snapshot of home. NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft took the picture days before going into orbit around asteroid Bennu on New Year’s Eve. …
your ads here!US Cancer Death Rate Hits Milestone: 25 Years of Decline
The U.S. cancer death rate has hit a milestone: It’s been falling for at least 25 years, according to a new report. Lower smoking rates are translating into fewer deaths. …
your ads here!Malawi Campaigners Seek to End Sex in Girls’ Initiation Ceremony
In rural Malawi, families send girls as young as 12 years old for “initiation,” a traditional, cultural practice that marks a child’s entry into adulthood. But child rights campaigners say …
your ads here!WHO Study Likens Palm Oil Lobbying to Tobacco, Alcohol Industries
The palm oil industry is deploying tactics similar to those of the alcohol and tobacco industries to influence research into the health effects of its product, a study published by …
your ads here!US Carbon Emissions Spike in 2018
After three years of decline, U.S. carbon emissions shot up last year, based on early estimates from an independent research group. The Rhodium Group routinely monitors carbon emissions and their …
your ads here!Burundian Entrepreneur Develops Line of Cosmetics to Prevent Malaria
Some 435-thousand people died of malaria in 2017, most of them in sub-Saharan Africa – according to the World Health Organization. An entrepreneur in Burundi has developed a line of …
your ads here!Chinese Scientist Criticized for Risking ‘Gene-edited’ Babies’ Lives
A leading geneticist who ran the conference where a Chinese scientist said he had made the world’s first “gene-edited” babies condemned him on Monday for potentially jeopardizing lives and having …
your ads here!Iguanas Reintroduced to Santiago Island in Galapagos
A group of more than 1,400 iguanas have been reintroduced to an Ecuadoran island in the Galapagos archipelago around two centuries after they disappeared from there, authorities said on Monday. …
your ads here!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!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 …
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