Scientists have unearthed in northwestern Argentina fossils of the earliest-known giant dinosaur, a four-legged plant-eater with a medium-length neck and long tail that was a forerunner of the largest land …
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American Airlines to Eliminate Plastic Straws from Cabins, Lounges
American Airlines on Tuesday said it plans to no longer offer plastic straws and stir sticks in its lounges and onboard its flights, amid a broader global push to abandon …
your ads here!Survey: Most People Think World is More Dangerous Than Two Years Ago
Most people think the world is more dangerous today than it was two years ago as concerns rise over politically motivated violence and weapons of mass destruction, according to a …
your ads here!Israel Plans to Land Unmanned Spacecraft on Moon in February
An Israeli nonprofit group plans to land an unmanned spacecraft on the moon in February in the first landing of its kind since 2013. The craft, which is shaped like …
your ads here!Russian Cargo Ship Makes Fastest-ever Trip to Space Station
A Russian cargo ship delivered a fresh load of fuel, food, and other supplies for the International Space Station on Tuesday, making it in record time. The Progress MS-09 lifted …
your ads here!Doctors Say Breast Milk, Not Formula Is Best
World health officials were stunned when the U.S. opposed a resolution for countries to encourage breastfeeding, especially when decades of research have shown its benefits for both mothers and babies. …
your ads here!Glimmer of Hope in the fight against HIV/AIDS
There’s a glimmer of hope in the fight against the deadly HIV virus that causes AIDS. A new vaccine has produced a favorable immune system response during a trial on …
your ads here!NASA’s Kepler Telescope Almost Out of Fuel, Forced to Nap
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is almost out of fuel and has been forced to take a nap. Flight controllers placed the planet-hunting spacecraft into hibernation last week to save …
your ads here!Peru Expects to Create Pacific Ocean Reserve in Early 2019
Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra’s government is planning to create an ocean reserve in the first quarter to protect feeding and breeding grounds for humpback whales and other marine species, the …
your ads here!US Disputes Report That It Opposed Breastfeeding Resolution
The United States is disputing a newspaper report that it bullied and threatened nations in an effort to water down a World Health Assembly resolution supporting breastfeeding. A State Department …
your ads here!NASA’s Tour Guide for Voyager Missions Dies
Bradford Smith, a NASA astronomer who acted as planetary tour guide to the public with his interpretations of stunning images beamed back from Voyager missions, has died. Smith’s wife, Diane …
your ads here!Report: US Opposes Breastfeeding Resolution
A report in a prominent U.S. newspaper Sunday said the United States bullied and threatened nations in an effort to water down a World Health Assembly resolution supporting breastfeeding. The …
your ads here!West African States in Joint Fight Against Root Crop ‘Ebola’
Researchers from half a dozen states in West Africa have joined together in a battle against what one expert calls a root crop “Ebola” — a viral disease that could wreck …
your ads here!Scientists Defy ‘Force of Nature’ to Unlock Secrets of Hawaii Volcano
Dressed in heavy cotton, a helmet and respirator, Jessica Ball worked the night shift monitoring “fissure 8,” which has been spewing fountains of lava as high as a 15-story building …
your ads here!Feds Freeze ‘Obamacare’ Payments; Premiums Likely to Rise
The Trump administration said Saturday it’s freezing payments under an “Obamacare” program that protects insurers with sicker patients from financial losses, a move expected to add to premium increases next …
your ads here!Ugandan Doctors Struggle to Provide Adequate Health Care
Uganda’s government has called the country’s doctors unprofessional, selfish, unpatriotic and enemies of the people, after they called for a sit-down strike in 2017 demanding better pay and improved working …
your ads here!Scientists Working to Create Northern White Rhino Embryos
When Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, died in March, hopes for a revival of the sub-species were crushed. But as Sadie Witkowski explains, the magnificent creatures might not …
your ads here!NHC: Tropical Storm Beryl Could Become Hurricane by Saturday
Tropical Storm Beryl is strengthening over the tropical Atlantic and could become a hurricane by Friday or Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Thursday. Beryl is about 1,295 …
your ads here!US Border Authorities Find Invasive Beetles in Bag of Seeds
A woman traveling from Iraq to a Detroit-area airport was found to be carrying seeds infested with an invasive beetle. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says in a release …
your ads here!Canadian Heat Wave Leaves at Least 17 Dead
Six more people have died in Montreal due to a heat wave, bringing to 12 the city’s total death toll from the extreme weather conditions that have gripped central and …
your ads here!Scientists Create Hybrids in Race to Save Rhino Subspecies
Scientists say they’re several steps closer to perfecting a method for saving the northern white rhino from extinction. Writing in the journal Nature Communications, researchers said Wednesday that they had …
your ads here!Century’s Longest Total Lunar Eclipse to Grace the Sky
Skygazers will have a celestial treat this month, when the longest total lunar eclipse of this century will grace the night sky on the evening of July 27. NASA says …
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