Coffee and Conservation: Mozambique Tries Both on a Mountain
At Mozambique’s Mount Gorongosa — where farmers are being encouraged to grow coffee in the shade of hardwood trees, both to improve their own lot and to restore the forest
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Meteorological Organization: Climate Change Causing Extreme Weather
The World Meteorological Organization warns the floods, heatwaves and other extreme weather conditions gripping many parts of the world are likely to continue as a consequence of accelerating climate change.
Read MoreFossils of Early Giant Dinosaur Discovered in Argentina
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
Read MoreAmerican 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
Read MoreSurvey: 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
Read MoreDoctors 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.
Read MoreGlimmer 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
Read MoreNASA’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
Read MoreNASA’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
Read MoreReport: 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
Read MoreWest 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
Read MoreScientists 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
Read MoreFeds 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
Read MoreSyrian Refugees in Jordanian Camp Recycle Mounds of Trash for Cash
Amid the very real hardships Syrian refugees face, little has been said about another major health and humanitarian issue: What to do with the massive accumulations of trash and waste.
Read MoreResearch Indicates Spiders Use Electric Fields to Take Flight
Since the 1800s, scientists have marveled at how spiders can take flight using their webbing. Charles Darwin remarked on the behavior when tiny spiders landed on the HMS Beagle, trailing
Read MoreScientists Step Closer to Saving Northern White Rhino
An international team of scientists have announced a breakthrough aimed at saving the northern white rhino from extinction. The first-ever hybrid rhino embryo has been successfully created at a lab
Read MoreUgandan 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
Read MoreScientists 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
Read MoreNHC: 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
Read MoreUS 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
Read MoreNew Treatments Give Hope To People With Brain Tumors
Republican Senator John McCain is perhaps the best known person with brain cancer. His is a glioblastoma, the most deadly type. The former presidential candidate announced the news last year.
Read MoreCanadian 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
Read MoreScientists 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
Read MoreCentury’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
Read MoreMeasles Spreads in Brazil After Cases Come From Venezuela
A measles outbreak is growing in Brazil after cases were imported from neighboring Venezuela where health services have collapsed. More than 460 cases of the disease have been confirmed in
Read MoreBritain Trials Virtual Reality Time Travel to Combat Dementia
About 100 dementia sufferers in Britain will take part in government-backed trials using virtual reality to help recall lost memories, the firm behind the technology said on Tuesday. Virtual reality
Read More2001: A Space Odyssey, 50 Years Later
It was 50 years ago the sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey by author Arthur C. Clarke and filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, opened in theaters across America to mixed reviews. The
Read MoreA Team of Six Ugandan Scientists Win Prize for Malaria Rapid Testing Kit
A team of six young Ugandan scientists won a prestigious engineering prize for a non-invasive rapid testing kit for malaria they hope will one day be widely used across Africa.
Read MoreHoneybees Finding It Harder to Eat at America’s Bee Hot Spot
Bees are having a much harder time finding food in the region known as America’s last honeybee refuge, a new federal study found. The country’s hot spot for commercial beekeeping
Read MoreSpaceX Delivers AI Robot, Ice Cream, Mice to Space Station
The International Space Station got its first robot with artificial intelligence Monday, along with some berries, ice cream and identical brown mice. SpaceX’s capsule reached the station three days
Read More1.3 Million Afghan Children at Risk From Polio
A new round of a polio immunization campaign went into action Monday in Afghanistan amid concerns insurgent bans could possibly deprive hundreds of thousands of children from receiving the vaccine.
Read MoreHRW: Indonesia’s ‘Unlawful Action’ Contributes to Soaring HIV Rate
A human rights watchdog says Indonesia’s crackdown on its LGBT community is contributing to the country’s soaring HIV rate. Human Rights Watch says Indonesian authorities have taken “unlawful action,” in
Read More‘Insect Vision’ Hunts Down Asteroids
June 30 marks Asteroid Day, a U.N.-sanctioned campaign to promote awareness around the world of what’s up in the sky. In Milan, scientists are assembling a new telescope that uses
Read MoreStudy: HIV Drug Not Linked to Depression
A new study of a popular HIV drug could ease concerns about its link to depression. Researchers in Uganda found that efavirenz, once feared to lead to depression and suicide,
Read MoreUS Suicide Rate is on the Rise
The suicide rate in the U.S. is rising. A new government report shows nearly 45,000 Americans killed themselves in 2016, more than twice the number of homicides. In fact, the
Read MoreGrowing Populations, Aging Societies Portend Global Care Crisis
The International Labor Organization (ILO) says urgent action is needed to avert a global crisis as the number of people, including children and elderly, needing care rises, The warning is
Read MoreFifth Graders Help Save the Monarch Butterfly
Many elementary schools around the United States have started gardens to give their young students hands-on experience with growing and eating vegetables, learning about nutrition and nature in the process.
Read MoreUsing Polio To Treat Brain Cancer
There’s an exciting new breakthrough in treating deadly brain tumors. Doctors have used a modified polio virus to treat people with brain cancer. VOA’s Carol Pearson reports the results, so
Read MoreJapan Space Explorer Arrives at Asteroid to Collect Samples
A Japanese space explorer arrived at an asteroid Wednesday after a 3 1/2-year journey and now begins its real work of trying to blow a crater to collect samples to
Read MoreWarmer Waters Cut Alaska’s Prized Salmon Harvest
Warming waters have reduced the harvest of Alaska’s prized Copper River salmon to just a small fraction of last year’s harvest, Alaska biologists say. The runs of Copper River salmon
Read MoreUS Supreme Court Strikes Required Disclosure of Abortion Options
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a California law that required anti-abortion crisis clinics to let patients know about the availability of free state-provided abortions, ruling that it
Read MoreUN: Global Cocaine, Opium Production Hits Record High
A U.N. report warns the global production of cocaine and opium has reached record-breaking levels as the markets for those and other illicit drugs expand. In its World Drug Report
Read MoreCreators of Suicide Prevention App Say It’s Ok Not To Be OK
Suicide is now the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Two teenagers have come up with a way to
Read MoreMalnutrition the ‘Challenge of Our Time,’ Say Award Winners
Malnutrition is the “challenge of our time,” with diet-related disease afflicting almost every country in the world, the winners of a $250,000 prize dubbed the Nobel for agriculture said Monday.
Read MoreMedical Milestone: US OKs Marijuana-Based Drug for Seizures
U.S. health regulators on Monday approved the first prescription drug made from marijuana, a milestone that could spur more research into a drug that remains illegal under federal law, despite
Read MoreOxfam Field Testing Hand Washing Stands to Cut Risk of Disease
Hand washing is one of the easiest ways to prevent some diseases. But in refugee camps and temporary shelters, providing access to soap, clean water and sanitation can put increased
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