Colliding Neutron Stars Solve Interstellar Puzzles
The idea of gravitational waves has been around for over 100 years since Albert Einstein posited their existence. But in 2016 scientists proved they were out there using giant L-shaped
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Gene-editing Technology Prepares to Enter Fight Against Human Disease
Back in the old days, movies were edited by simply cutting out a piece of film you didn’t want and replacing it with a new shot. That’s almost exactly how
Read MoreDivers Removing 30-Year-Old Junk Reef Off California Coast
Divers are removing hundreds of old tires, plastic jugs and other junk that was dumped off the Southern California coast nearly 30 years ago by a man who thought he
Read MoreSome Flowers Create Blue Halo to say Hello to Foraging Bees
Some flowers have found a nifty way to get the blues. They create a blue halo, apparently to attract the bees they need for pollination, scientists reported Wednesday. Bees are
Read MoreHealth Experts Warn of a World Without Antibiotics
The statistics in the United States are disturbing enough: every year two million people contract bacterial infections that are difficult or impossible to treat with antibiotics; 23,000 of those people
Read MoreScientists: Plant More Trees to Combat Climate Change
Planting forests and other activities that harness the power of nature could play a major role in limiting global warming under the 2015 Paris agreement, an international study showed Monday.
Read MoreUrban Farms Provide Fresh Produce for City Residents
New York City is known for its tall buildings, financial markets and centers for the arts, but America’s most populated city is becoming known for something you might not expect
Read MoreRussian Supply Ship Docks at International Space Station
An unmanned Russian cargo ship has docked successfully at the International Space Station, delivering supplies to its six-member crew. The Progress MS-07 ship, carrying 2.5 metric tons (2.75 tons)
Read MoreHerds of Endangered African Animals Find New Home in South Louisiana
A new breeding and research center in New Orleans, Louisiana, is now home to African antelopes that usually live in the rain forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The
Read MoreResearchers Sound Alarm Over Antarctic Penguin Chick Deaths
Almost the entire cohort of chicks from an Adelie penguin colony in the eastern Antarctic was wiped out by starvation last summer in what scientists say is only the second
Read MoreJane Goodall Documentary Shows Development in Understanding of Man and Chimp
After 50 years of sitting in the National Geographic archives, 100 hours of footage on Jane Goodall and her groundbreaking observations of chimpanzees in the African forest of Tanzania have
Read MoreTrump Won States Most Affected by End to Health Care Subsidies
President Donald Trump’s decision to end a provision of the Affordable Care Act that was benefiting roughly 6 million Americans helps fulfill a campaign promise, but it also risks harming
Read MoreGene Therapy Restores Sight for Blind Patients with Hereditary Eye Disease
A groundbreaking treatment for a rare form of hereditary blindness has moved closer to U.S. approval. This week advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended the experimental gene therapy,
Read MoreIndonesian Village Takes Natural Approach to Pest Control
Clearing forests for farm fields makes room for crops, but often squeezes out natural predators that can help clear the fields of crop-eating rodents. After his neighbors tried unsuccessfully to
Read MoreCalifornia Declares Emergency to Fight Hepatitis A Outbreak
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday declared a state of emergency to combat a hepatitis A outbreak that has claimed 18 lives in San Diego. Brown said the federally funded
Read MoreUS Obesity Problem Is Not Budging, New Data Shows
America’s weight problem isn’t getting any better, according to new government research. Overall, obesity figures stayed about the same: About 40 percent of adults are obese and 18.5 percent of
Read MoreWater Gets Washed Before it Gets Anywhere Near Your Lips
It covers almost three-fourths of the planet, but it’s probably not a good idea to fill your cup from a river. Drinkable water flows to most of our taps only
Read MoreResearchers Alarmed at ‘Pain Gap’ Between Rich and Poor Countries
A new study that even shocked the researchers shows that most people in poor- and middle-income countries suffer unimaginable pain without any help. The results of a study on pain
Read MoreCoach Cleared of Administering EPO to Banned Runner Jeptoo
The former coach of banned marathon runner Rita Jeptoo has been acquitted in a Kenyan court of charges that he helped administer the banned blood-booster EPO to her. Italian
Read MoreMystery Surrounding Ancient Easter Island People Deepens
The massive brooding stone figures peering from Easter Island’s hillsides are emblematic of the enigmatic people who once thrived on the dot of land in the middle of the Pacific.
Read MorePoll: Americans Blame Wild Weather on Global Warming
After hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria blitzed the nation, most Americans think weather disasters are getting more severe and see global warming’s fingerprints. A new poll from the Associated
Read MoreSpaceX Launches Communications Satellite, Lands Booster
SpaceX has launched and landed its second rocket in three days, this time from the U.S. East Coast. The unmanned Falcon — recycled following a February flight — blasted off
Read MoreStudy: West Africa at Risk of Ebola, Similar Epidemics
West Africa is most at risk of fatal hemorrhagic fever epidemics, including Ebola, researchers said Wednesday, calling for greater preparedness to save lives. A study in The Lancet medical journal
Read MoreNASA Will Use Asteroid Flyby to Test Warning Network
NASA is using an asteroid’s close flyby to test Earth’s warning network for incoming space rocks. The small asteroid was on track to pass within 27,200 miles (43,800 kilometers) of
Read MoreWHO Warns of Child Obesity Epidemic, With Tenfold Increase In 40 Years
A new study shows there has been a huge increase in the number of obese and overweight children around the world in just a couple of generations. In one of
Read MoreWHO Warns of Child Obesity Epidemic
A study shows there has been a tenfold increase in the number of obese and overweight children and adolescents worldwide in just 40 years. In one of the biggest epidemiological
Read MoreSpacewalking Astronauts Grease Robot Arm’s New Hand
Spacewalking astronauts hustled through a lube job and camera swaps outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, their second trip outside in less than a week. Astronaut Mark Vande Hei
Read MoreState of Washington Sues over New Trump Birth-control Rules
Washington state sued President Donald Trump on Monday over his decision to let more employers claiming religious or moral objections opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women. State
Read MoreEPA to Nix Clean Power Plan, Declaring End to ‘War on Coal’
Environmental groups are outraged over the Trump administration wanting to overturn an Obama-era plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming. Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt announced
Read MoreSeeing Hope: FDA Panel Considers Gene Therapy for Blindness
A girl saw her mother’s face for the first time. A boy tore through the aisles of Target, marveling at toys he never knew existed. A teen walked onto a
Read MorePen Detects Cancer Almost Immediately in Lab Tests
Surgery plays a major role in diagnosing cancer and finding out how far it may have spread. But soon, instead of waiting for the lab results, surgeons could learn exactly
Read MoreBees Are Carrying Pesticides Into Most of the World’s Honey
The decline of the world’s industrialized honeybees has been well documented. A combination of pesticides and parasites have led to whole bee colonies dying off, a phenomenon called Colony Collapse
Read MoreHawaii Finds Snorkeling as Top Cause of Tourist Drownings
Hawaii officials are working to raise awareness of the top cause of drowning for people visiting Hawaii: snorkeling. Out of 650 ocean drownings from 2007 to 2016, the state Department
Read MoreIn Uganda, Changing Lives One Prosthetic at a Time
In the United States, the number of amputees is expected to double by 2050. There are similar statistics for the developing world, but many of those places do not have
Read MoreWinds, Floods and Fire: US Ties Record for Costly Weather
Howling winds, deadly floods, fire and ice so far this year have pushed the U.S. into a tie for weather disasters that topped $1 billion in damage. There have been
Read MoreTrump Administration Rolls Back Obamacare Birth Control Mandate
The Trump administration says it will broaden the scope of an opt-out provision in the Affordable Health Care Act, allowing nonprofits and publicly traded companies to stop offering birth control
Read MoreAgencies Move to Stop Spread of Plague in Madagascar
As an outbreak of pneumonic plague worsens in Madagascar, the World Health Organization and other international agencies are working with the Ministry of Health to stop the spread of the
Read MoreOcean Conference Raises Over $7 Billion for Marine Protection
A global conference organized by the European Union aimed at better protecting marine life has raised more than $7 billion. During the Our Ocean conference that concluded Friday in the
Read MoreDNA Confirms Amazing Australian Isle Insect Not Extinct After All
When black rats invaded Lord Howe Island after the 1918 wreck of the steamship Makambo, they wiped out numerous native species on the small Australian isle in the Tasman Sea
Read MorePence Pledges that US Will Go to Moon, Mars and Beyond
Seated before the grounded space shuttle Discovery, a constellation of Trump administration officials used soaring rhetoric to vow to send Americans back to the moon and then on to Mars.
Read MoreNot So Sweet: 75 Percent of Honey Samples Had Key Pesticide
When researchers collected honey samples from around the world, they found that three-quarters of them had a common type of pesticide suspected of playing a role in the decline of
Read MoreDeclassified Documents Say US Knew Sputnik Was Soon to Orbit
News bulletin in 1957: Sputnik stuns the world. CIA in 2017: Not really. The CIA released newly declassified documents Wednesday revealing that while the American public was surprised when the
Read MoreUN Chief: Scientists Say Extreme Storms Will Be ‘New Normal’
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is heading to the hurricane-battered Caribbean, where he said Wednesday that scientists predict the extreme storms during this year’s Atlantic hurricane season “will be the new normal
Read MoreTrump Administration Refuses Protection for Pacific Walrus
The Trump administration has refused to designate the Pacific walrus as an endangered or threatened species. The move announced Wednesday reverses the Obama administration finding that the walrus deserves protection
Read MoreSolar Energy is Fastest Growing Source of Power
A report shows that solar energy was the fastest-growing source of power last year, accounting for almost two-thirds of net new capacity globally. The International Energy Agency said Wednesday
Read MoreDubochet, Frank and Henderson Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson have won the Nobel Prize for chemistry for their work to simplify and improve the imaging of biomolecules. The Royal Swedish Academy of
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