Testing advanced lung cancer patients for all of the possible genetic mutations that could be driving their cancer at once is more cost effective than testing for one or a …
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Green-blooded Lizards Pose Evolutionary Puzzle
For some lizards it’s easy being green. It’s in their blood. Six species of lizards in New Guinea bleed lime green thanks to evolution gone weird. It’s unusual, but …
your ads here!Spacewalking Astronauts Tackle Pump Work at Space Station
NASA astronauts took a spacewalk Wednesday to shuffle around a couple of space station pumps. Popping out early, Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold quickly began rearranging the International Space Station’s …
your ads here!Poland Ready to End Extensive Logging in Pristine Old Forest
Poland’s environment minister has decided to stop the extensive logging in one of Europe’s oldest forests that has been declared illegal by a top European Union court, authorities said Tuesday. …
your ads here!California Sets Sights on Solar Power
California has become the first U.S. state to require solar installations on most new homes, by the year 2020. Mike O’Sullivan reports that the state is leading a national effort …
your ads here!Vietnam Pollution Comes at a Price
The air quality in Vietnam overall does not quite rival that in China or India when it comes to pollution. But it is bad and getting worse. And all that …
your ads here!WHO Declares War on Trans Fats
For the first time, the World Health Organization is taking steps to eliminate a substance that leads to a non-communicable disease: heart disease. The World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros …
your ads here!Europa’s Plumes Make Jupiter Moon a Prime Candidate for Life
A new look at old data is giving scientists a fresh reason to view Europa, a moon of Jupiter, as a leading candidate in the search for life beyond Earth, …
your ads here!WHO: Congo Approves Use of Experimental Ebola Vaccine
Congo has agreed to allow the World Health Organization to use an experimental Ebola vaccine to combat an outbreak announced last week, the WHO director-general said Monday. The aim is …
your ads here!New Effort Being Launched to Eliminate Trans Fats Globally
A new global health plan is being rolled out by the World Health Organization, along with a health initiative called Resolve to Save Lives. The goal is to prevent half …
your ads here!World Bank Head Calls for Business-Like Focus on Health, Education
Leaders of development agencies say the fight against poverty needs a more aggressive focus on the health and education of the young and vulnerable. NGO and development officials spoke at …
your ads here!Australia Steps up Effort to Save Vulnerable Koalas
A koala hospital and new wildlife reserves are the focus of one of Australia’s boldest plans to protect the vulnerable marsupial. Almost 25,000 hectares of state forest will be set …
your ads here!Songbirds Could Help Unravel Human Speech Disorders
Scientists at Rockefeller University in New York discovered that the brains of songbirds use a similar process as humans do when learning to make sounds. And, as a result, VOA’s …
your ads here!Creating Milk Alternatives for Animal Babies
Aardvarks are not the most attractive animals. They have rabbitlike ears, a kangaroo tail and a nose like a pig. But they are mammals, and that means they feed their …
your ads here!Trump Administration Prescribes Remedy for Headache of High Drug Prices
America will not be “cheated” by foreign countries that “extort” unreasonably low drug prices from U.S. companies, declared President Donald Trump on Friday. Rolling out an ambitious blueprint to significantly …
your ads here!SpaceX Launches New Rocket Primed for Future Crewed Missions
An updated version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, tailored for eventual crewed missions into orbit, made its debut launch Friday from Florida’s Cape Canaveral, carrying a communications satellite for …
your ads here!China’s Multistory Hog Hotels Elevate Industrial Farms to New Levels
On Yaji Mountain in southern China, they are checking in the sows a thousand head per floor in high-rise “hog hotels.” Privately owned agricultural company Guangxi Yangxiang Co Ltd is …
your ads here!In Taking on High Drug Prices, Trump Faces a Complex Nemesis
Before taking office, President Donald Trump railed against the pharmaceutical industry and accused it of “getting away with murder.” The populist rhetoric appears to be giving way to a more …
your ads here!WHO Prepares for ‘Worst Case Scenario’ for DRC Ebola Outbreak
The World Health Organization said Friday it is preparing for “the worst case scenario” for an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. WHO said Thursday that between April …
your ads here!Climate Change Talks Stall Ahead of December 2018 Deadline
Two weeks of climate talks organized by the United Nations ended Thursday as countries failed to resolve differences about implementing the Paris climate accord. The negotiations will resume in Bangkok …
your ads here!Even Young Men Who Smoke Have Increased Stroke Risk
Young men who smoke are more likely to have a stroke before age 50 than their peers who avoid tobacco, a small study suggests. Smoking has long been linked to …
your ads here!People, Power Costs Keep Indoor Farming Down to Earth
There’s a budding industry that’s trying to solve the problem of the limp lettuce and tasteless tomatoes in America’s supermarkets. It’s full of technologists who grow crops in buildings instead …
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