UN Climate Talks Produce Draft Text in Final Push
Negotiators from nearly 200 countries produced a draft text Thursday on how to implement the Paris Agreement on combating global warming, but some disputes remain with only one day left
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The Tiny Roach is a Big Business in China
Roaches are tough, they’re resilient, they’re filthy, and they’re big business in China. Entrepreneurs are breeding the crawly critters for use in everything from waste management to medicine. VOA’s Kevin
Read MoreIn Africa, Sickle Cell Patients Endure Pain, Discrimination
Africans who have the blood disorder sickle cell anemia met this week in the northern Cameroon town of Garoua to step up an awareness campaign. One hundred people with sickle
Read MorePakistan Hosts Regional Meeting on Countering Afghan Opiates
Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran have pledged to increase cooperation and information-sharing for effectively combating the trafficking of Afghan opiates. War-shattered Afghanistan remains the world’s largest producer of opium, though the
Read MoreUN Chief Returns as Climate Talks Teeter Closer to Collapse
The United Nations secretary-general flew back to global climate talks in Poland Wednesday to appeal to countries to reach an agreement, as some observers feared the meeting might end without
Read MoreBrazil Green Groups Prepare Climate-Change Contingency Plan
With its wooden walls and posters on protecting forests and fauna, Brazil’s pavilion at the U.N. climate talks in Poland offers no hint of the angst at home and abroad
Read MoreNew Water Rules Mark Latest Trump Rollback on Environmental Regulations
A new proposal from the Trump White House would roll back more Obama-era environmental regulations. Trump administration officials say Tuesday’s proposed change in the Clean Water Act provides “a clear,
Read MoreGroups Sue Trump Administration Over Atlantic Oil Testing
Environmental groups opposed to offshore drilling sued the federal government Tuesday to prevent future seismic tests for oil and gas deposits in Atlantic waters off the U.S. East Coast. Seismic testing,
Read MoreVast, Zombie-like Microbial Life Lurks Beneath Seabed
Scientists have drilled a mile and a half (2.5 kilometers) beneath the seabed and found vast underground forests of “deep life,” including microbes that persist for thousands, maybe millions of
Read MoreWith US Federal FGM Law Struck Down, Attention Shifts to States
When a U.S. district judge last month ruled a federal ban on female genital mutilation unconstitutional, he undercut the federal government and alarmed anti-FGM activists, who hope to eradicate the
Read MoreNASA Probe Finds Signs of Water on Nearby Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has discovered ingredients for water on a relatively nearby skyscraper-sized asteroid, a rocky acorn-shaped object that may hold clues to the origins of life on Earth, scientists
Read MoreAs Climate Talks Stutter, Africa Suffers The Impact Of A Warming World
Efforts to boost global action against climate change are stuttering, as several key nations have objected to a key United Nations-backed report on the impacts of rising temperatures at the
Read MoreUS, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Have not Endorsed a Key Study on Global Warming
As the U.N. global climate conference in Katowice, Poland entered its second week Sunday, the non-governmental environmental organization Greenpeace demanded urgent action from world leaders to tackle climate change. Greenpeace
Read MoreEmission-Cutting Deal Pushes Change in the Shipping Industry
According to the World Ocean Review, shipping by sea is responsible for about 3 percent of the world’s total carbon emissions. But one Norwegian shipping company is creating hybrid ships
Read MoreSpace Station Astronauts Get Holiday Treats Delivered After Delay
A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship finally delivered more than 2,500 kilograms of holiday treats Saturday to the International Space Station after a communications drop-out delayed the shipment. After two approach
Read MoreUS Agency Seeks to Curb E-Cigarette ‘Epidemic’ Among Teens
U.S. health officials are concerned about the increasing number of American teenagers smoking electronic cigarettes, a practice commonly known as vaping. So many teenagers are taking up the habit that
Read MoreChina Launches Pioneering Mission to Far Side of Moon
China launched a groundbreaking mission Saturday to land a spacecraft on the largely unexplored far side of the moon, demonstrating its growing ambitions as a space power to rival Russia,
Read MoreNew NASA Lander Captures 1st Sounds of Martian Wind
NASA’s new Mars lander has captured the first sounds of the “really unworldly” Martian wind. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory released audio clips of the alien wind Friday. The low-frequency rumblings
Read MoreUniversity of Missouri Works to Make a Better MRI
When people get magnetic resonance imaging scans, known as MRI’s, they spend a long time in a tube with very little head room. The procedure is especially difficult for people
Read MoreEbola Survivors in Eastern DRC Describe Uphill Battle
In the three months since the Ebola outbreak began in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the hemorrhagic fever has sparked debate in communities and become a
Read MoreCars that are too Smart may be too Dangerous
Many car companies are looking at adding sensors to monitor your vital signs while you drive. The University of Southern California’s Center for Body Computing, which is focused on digital
Read MoreIsrael Likely to Allow Medical Cannabis Exports by Year-End, Says Senior MP
Israel will likely allow exports of medical cannabis by the end of the year, a top lawmaker said on Thursday, a move that would boost state coffers and slow the
Read MoreVirginia Tech Team Wins House of the Future Competition
It’s official: A team of faculty and students from Virginia Tech University has built what’s being billed as the world’s best solar home. The decision was made last weekend in
Read MoreReport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Set Record
Emissions of planet-warming gases will hit an all-time high this year, according to a new report. The figures are the latest indication of how far the world is from meeting
Read MoreTrump Weighs In on Climate Change
“I’m not going to put the country out of business trying to maintain certain standards that probably don’t matter,” President Donald Trump told VOA when asked about the economic impacts
Read MoreGorillas, Given a Puzzle, Find Way to Cheat
Gorillas at a zoo in England have demonstrated a distinctly human trait while attempting to solve a puzzle: cheating. The gorillas were presented with a wall-mounted puzzle that requires the
Read MoreRich, Poor Struggle to Shoulder Losses From Devastating Storms
The devastation caused by powerful storms is a growing threat to both poor and rich nations, propelling Caribbean islands to the top of a global index of countries most severely
Read MoreWorld’s First Baby Born Via Womb Transplant From Dead Donor
A woman in Brazil who received a womb transplanted from a deceased donor has given birth to a baby girl in the first successful case of its kind, doctors reported.
Read MoreAlgae Harnessed to Make Clean Water, Clean Power
“Nature sometimes isn’t pretty,” said University of Maryland environmental scientist Peter May, grabbing a clump of slimy green-brown gunk. That gunk lines the bottom of what’s called an algal turf
Read MoreFirst Global Women’s Disability Award Aims to Break Stereotypes
The first global award recognizing the achievements of women with disabilities aims to break through stereotypes to show their skills as leaders and problem solvers, its founder said Monday. A
Read MoreNASA Spacecraft Arrives at Ancient Asteroid, Its 1st Visitor
After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived Monday at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of years. The robotic explorer Osiris-Rex pulled within 12 miles
Read MoreUN Chief: World in Deep Trouble With Climate Change
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning the world is “in deep trouble with climate change.” Speaking Monday at the opening of two weeks of climate talks in Poland, Guterres said
Read MoreCOP24 to Tackle Implementation of Climate Agreement
World leaders have gathered in the heart of Poland’s coal-mining industry to discuss what can be done about global climate change. The two-week-long meeting in Katowice comes amid a series
Read MoreWHO: HIV Epidemic Spreads at Alarming Rate in Pakistan
Pakistan is registering approximately 20,000 new HIV infections annually, the highest rate of increase among all countries in the region, warns the World Health Organization (WHO). The international body says
Read MoreUN Climate Chief: Warming Threat ‘Never Been Worse’
The threat posed by global warming “has never been worse,” U.N. climate chief Patricia Espinosa said at the start of climate talks in Poland. “This year is likely to be
Read MoreCan Artificial Intelligence Make Doctors Better?
Teacher Rishi Rawat has one student who is not human, but a machine. Lessons take place at a lab inside the University of Southern California’s (USC) Clinical Science Center in
Read MoreFear, Stigma, Ignorance Keep AIDS Epidemic Going
There’s been a lot of progress in the fight against AIDS over the past 30 years, but as the 30th World AIDS Day is observed on Dec. 1 — people
Read MoreUN Official: Polio Remains Global Threat
Tremendous progress has been made in efforts to wipe out polio around the world. Before a global eradication program began 30 years ago, about 350,000 children became paralyzed from polio
Read MoreUganda Testing Injectable HIV Prevention Drug
Ahead of World AIDS Day, Uganda is recruiting women to participate in a trial of an injectable antiretroviral drug to replace Truvada, a daily pill that has low adherence by
Read MoreBloomberg Announces $50 Million Donation to Fight Opioid Epidemic
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s charity has announced a $50 million donation to help fight the nation’s opioid epidemic. Bloomberg Philanthropies said over the next three years it will
Read MoreUS Urged to Send Ebola Experts in as Congo Outbreak Worsens
Global health experts are urging the Trump administration to allow U.S. government disease specialists to return to northeastern Congo to help fight the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history. The
Read MoreSoviet-Era Moon Rocks Sell for $855,000 in New York
Three tiny rocks brought back from the moon in 1970 by the unmanned Soviet Luna-16 mission sold for $855,000 on Thursday at a New York auction. They’re the only documented lunar
Read MoreReport: Number of Uninsured Kids Spikes to 3.9M in US
The number of uninsured children in the United States has increased for the first time in nearly a decade, placing it at 3.9 million in 2017, according to a report
Read MoreBabies Born in Withdrawal New Complication in Opioid Cases
The expansive court case seeking to hold drugmakers responsible for the nation’s opioid crisis has a new complication: How does it deal with claims covering the thousands of babies born
Read MoreSuicide, Overdoses Help Cut US Life Expectancy
Suicides and drug overdoses helped lead a surge in U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live. Overall, there were more
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