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They’re angry at their elders, and they’re not taking it sitting down. Students worldwide are skipping class Friday to take to the streets to protest their governments’ failure to take
Read MoreThey’re angry at their elders, and they’re not taking it sitting down. Students worldwide are planning to skip class Friday and take to the streets to protest their governments’ failure
Read MoreOil is everywhere in Oklahoma, says local student Luke Kerr. But that has not deterred him from planning a protest calling for its phasing out in the state’s capital city
Read MoreThe death rate among women undergoing a C-section to deliver a baby is about 50 times higher in Africa than in most wealthy nations, researchers said Friday. One in 200
Read MoreSickle cell anemia afflicts many millions of people across the globe, mostly of African heritage and including some 100,000 African Americans in the United States. Now, researchers believe they may
Read MoreA new study is warning patients that if they feel worse after taking a new medication, it might not be because of the drug but rather an inactive ingredient in
Read MoreU.S. health regulators are moving ahead with a plan designed to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of teenagers by restricting sales of most flavored products in convenience stores and
Read MoreUnited Nations investigators say intercommunal attacks that killed more than 500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo were orchestrated. The investigators from the U.N. human rights office in Congo
Read MoreAmericans most at risk from more frequent and intense heat waves tend to misjudge the deadly dangers hot spells can pose to their health, scientists said on Tuesday. People’s vulnerability
Read MoreResearchers have found a new breeding ground for hammerhead sharks off the coast of Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago. The head of the team of researchers, Eduardo Espinosa, said the natural refuge
Read MoreNASA is once again turning its focus to the moon. Nearly 50 years after the last lunar mission, the U.S. space agency is unsealing some of the samples brought back
Read MoreProduction of methamphetamine is skyrocketing in Southeast Asia, with prices dropping and usage expanding, the U.N.’s anti-drug agency said Monday. Even as seizures of the drug known as speed,
Read MoreU.S. air pollution is disproportionately caused by white consumers, while African-Americans and Hispanics are burdened most by the emissions, a peer-reviewed study showed on Monday. On average, African-Americans are exposed
Read MoreAs climate change accelerates, the United Nations Environment Assembly will this week consider whether to start assessing, and setting rules on, technologies that could pull carbon out of the atmosphere
Read MoreThe Seychelles Islands are located in the Indian ocean hundreds of miles off the coasts of Somalia and Kenya. It’s a great place to do scientific research because the isolated
Read MoreThe Independent Expert on the Enjoyment of Human Rights by Persons with Albinism reports people with this condition have great difficulty getting justice or recompense for physical attacks and other
Read MoreIn a technology that’s been heralded as a breakthrough in conservation, remote recording devices are ‘eavesdropping’ on one of the rarest birds in New Zealand to monitor how they are
Read MoreArmed assailants on Saturday attacked an Ebola treatment center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo less than a week after it reopened following a previous attack. The attack
Read MoreThe Sixth Annual World Ocean Summit was this week in Abu Dhabi. The event brought together a diverse group of political leaders, activists and academics trying to keep our oceans
Read MoreThe HPV virus is so common that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says nearly all sexually active men and women get it at some point in their lives, unless
Read MoreAn unmanned capsule from Elon Musk’s SpaceX was due to return to Earth on Friday after a short-term stay on the International Space Station, capping the first orbital test mission
Read MoreThe charity Doctors Without Borders warns a climate of deepening mistrust and suspicion in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is hampering efforts to bring an Ebola epidemic under control.
Read MoreThe U.S. space agency NASA has confirmed that it has scheduled a spacewalk by two female astronauts for the first time. A NASA spokeswoman told CNN Wednesday, “As currently scheduled,
Read MoreMany new mothers worldwide express anxiety and guilt about leaving their babies to return to work, and some worry their nations’ maternity policies reflect societies that value productivity over raising
Read MoreAn HIV-positive man in Britain has become the second known adult worldwide to be cleared of the AIDS virus. At a conference in Seattle, the U.N. agency leading the global
Read MoreAn environmental movement is growing in Europe and looking to come to the U.S.: Kids and teenagers skipping class to protest and raise awareness of climate change issues. While their
Read MoreA hospital in Jordan has given a victim of Yemen’s war new hope for the future, thanks to the cutting edge technology of 3D printed prosthetics. Abdullah Ayed, 21, lost
Read MoreThe Trump administration’s plans to roll back climate change regulations could boost U.S. carbon emissions by over 200 million tons a year by 2025, according to a report on Tuesday
Read MoreLast month’s visit by roaming polar bears that put a Russian village on lockdown may be just the beginning. For as Moscow steps up its activity in the warming Arctic,
Read MoreDid you hear what happened when Bill Gates walked into a bar? Everybody there immediately became millionaires — on average. That joke about a very rich man is an old
Read MoreWomen’s rights activists from 128 nations are launching a public campaign Tuesday for an international treaty to end violence against women and girls, a global scourge estimated by the United
Read MoreHuman rights advocates are calling for an end to the discrimination that denies children with disabilities the same right to an equal education and other opportunities available to other children
Read MoreYetnebersh Nigussie lost her sight at the age of five, but she has not let her disability slow her down. A tireless advocate for people with disabilities in Africa, she
Read MoreThe first American commercially built-and-operated crew spacecraft in eight years docked successfully Sunday at the International Space Station. There was, however, no crew aboard the spacecraft, just a test dummy
Read MoreExercise and diet are keys to a healthier life, as many studies show, but a heart specialist also recommends something more. “One, two, three — twirl.” Kendra Martin is taking
Read MoreExercise and diet are keys to a healthier life, as many studies show, but here’s something that may surprise you: A heart specialist also recommends smiling to improve your health.
Read MoreScientists estimate half of the world’s corals have been devastated as climate change has led to warmer oceans. When water temperatures get too high, corals become stressed and expel the
Read MoreThe charity Doctors Without Borders has suspended its Ebola virus-fighting operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo after attacks on two of its treatment centers this week, raising the risk
Read MoreNASA’s newest Mars lander has started digging into the red planet, but hit a few snags, scientists said Friday. The German drilling instrument on the InSight lander hit what appeared
Read MoreSpelt risotto was on the menu at a recent lunch in Paris. Spelt is an ancient form of wheat with a nutty flavor. It is rich in fiber and minerals,
Read MoreA new study suggests you can learn language while you sleep. Researchers from Switzerland’s University of Bern say they discovered people were able to learn new language words during deep
Read MoreThe U.S. has counted more measles cases in the first two months of this year than in all of 2017, and part of the rising threat is misinformation that makes
Read MoreArmed assailants attacked an Ebola treatment center in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday, setting off a fire and becoming embroiled in an extended gun battle with security forces,
Read MoreMalawi officials say the country has the world’s highest rate of cervical cancer, but only two oncologists serving the nation of 17 million people. In an effort to reduce cervical
Read MoreAn experimental drug could offer hope for restoring damaged brain cells in Parkinson’s patients, scientists said on Wednesday, although they cautioned that a clinical trial was not able to prove
Read MoreIf two New York City lawmakers get their way, the long, droning siren from police cars, fire trucks and ambulances that has been part of the city’s soundtrack for generations
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