UN Worker Among Sharp Increase in DRC’s Ebola Caseload
A U.N. employee in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for Ebola, the first such incident during the current outbreak, according to the head of the U.N.
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Наукові новини. Наука – сфера діяльності людини, спрямована на отримання (вироблення і систематизацію у вигляді теорій, гіпотез, законів природи або суспільства тощо) нових знань про навколишній світ. Основою науки є збирання, оновлення, систематизація, критичний аналіз фактів, синтез нових знань або узагальнень, що описують досліджувані природні або суспільні явища та (або) дозволяють будувати причинно-наслідкові зв’язки між явищами і прогнозувати їхній перебіг
Life-Sized Plastic Whale to Raise Ocean Pollution Awareness
Artists are putting the finishing touches on an 82-foot-long (24-meter-long) blue whale made from discarded plastic that will be on display near San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to raise awareness
Read MoreSecond Space Telescope Shuts Down, NASA Says
Another NASA space telescope has shut down and halted science observations. Less than a week after the Hubble Space Telescope went offline, the Chandra X-ray Observatory did the same thing.
Read MoreDoctors Warn of Global C-Section ‘Epidemic’
Worldwide cesarean section use has nearly doubled in two decades and has reached “epidemic” proportions in some countries, doctors warned Friday, highlighting a huge gap in childbirth care between rich
Read MoreWHO Cracks Down on Illicit Sale of Tobacco
Parties to a new global treaty to combat the illicit sale of tobacco products have taken the first steps toward cracking down on this multi-billion dollar trade. At a three-day
Read MoreUS-Russian Space Crew Makes Emergency Landing
A U.S.-Russian crew aboard a Soyuz spacecraft safely made an emergency return to Earth on shortly after launching on what was supposed to be a mission to the International Space
Read MoreAstronauts Make Emergency Landing After Rocket Failure
NASA says that two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia are in good condition after an emergency landing following booster rocket failure minutes after the launch. U.S. astronaut Nick Hague
Read MoreAlzheimer’s Research Focuses on Healthy Older People to Prevent the Debilitating Disease
An estimated 44 million people 65 years and older worldwide have Alzheimer’s, the most common cause of dementia. Alzheimer’s is a degenerative brain disorder that causes memory loss, and impairs
Read MoreAustralia to Stick with Coal Despite Dire UN Climate Warning
Australia is rejecting the latest U.N. report on climate change, insisting coal remains critical to energy security and lowering household power bills. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Read MoreMarket Forces Put America’s Recycling Industry in the Dumps
America’s recycling industry is in the dumps. A crash in the global market for recyclables is forcing communities to make hard choices about whether they can afford to keep recycling
Read MoreLong After They Died, Military Sees Surge in Identifications
Nearly 77 years after repeated torpedo strikes tore into the USS Oklahoma, killing hundreds of sailors and Marines, Carrie Brown leaned over the remains of a serviceman laid out on
Read MoreTrump Says He Hasn’t Read UN’s Dire Report on Global Warming
U.S. President Donald Trump says he hasn’t read an ominous report by a U.N. panel that warned of a dire future for the planet if global warming is not kept
Read MoreFear, Prestige Pushing Kenyan Girls Into FGM — and Out of School
It was during her first year of high school in rural western Kenya that Mary Kuket says she was “sacrificed to tradition” and her dreams of becoming a doctor shattered
Read MoreNASA Chief: Space Station Hole Cause Will Be Determined
The head of the U.S. space agency said Tuesday he’s sure that investigators will determine the cause of a mysterious hole that appeared on the International Space Station, which his
Read MoreEveryone and Everything Needed to Hold Climate Line, Scientists Urge
Last-ditch efforts to hold climate change to the most ambitious target set by governments will likely require using every available technique rather than picking and choosing the most attractive ones,
Read MoreCarbon Tax Gets Renewed Attention But Still Faces Resistance
Advocates of taxing fossil fuels believe their position is stronger now because of an alarming new report on climate change and a Nobel Prize awarded to by two American economists,
Read MoreSpaceX Satellite Launch Lights Up Night Sky, Social Media
When SpaceX launched a rocket carrying an Argentine Earth-observation satellite from California’s Central Coast, both the night sky and social media lit up. People as far away as San
Read MoreUN Report on Global Warming Carries Life-or-Death Warning
Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, an international panel
Read MoreExtracting Nutrients from Poultry Litter Generates Profits, Eases Pollution
Large scale agriculture creates large scale pollution, especially from animal waste. The waste from poultry farms, for example, is bad for the environment, but it contains nutrients that are good
Read MoreHealth Organization Seeks Regulation of Heated Tobacco Products
Delegates from 148 parties to the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control are calling for new heated tobacco products on the market to be regulated in the same
Read MoreNYC Adding Nonbinary ‘X’ Designation to Birth Certificates
In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign legislation soon that will add a third gender category to birth certificates. The city council passed legislation on
Read MoreNew Drugs Join Fight Against Ebola
Four more cases of Ebola have been reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past two days. And the World Health Organization says officials are now concerned the
Read MoreNew Study Links Warmer Water, More Hurricanes
A new study is blaming 2017’s unusually high number of hurricanes on the Atlantic Ocean’s rising surface temperatures. The report is one of the first to suggest that human-driven global
Read MoreLight Exercise Might Lessen Stroke Severity, Study Indicates
People who regularly engage in light to moderate physical activity — like walking four hours a week or swimming two hours weekly — might have less severe strokes than individuals who aren’t as
Read MoreNewer Contraception Tries to Engage Men
Newer birth control for men is beginning to fill the gap between the traditional condoms and sterilization. One new technology involves inserting a hypodermic needle into the scrotum. It is said
Read MorePuny Dwarf Planet, Named ‘Goblin,’ Found Far Beyond Pluto
A scrawny dwarf planet nicknamed “the Goblin” has been discovered well beyond Pluto. A round frozen world just 186 miles (300 kilometers) across, the Goblin was spotted by astronomers in
Read MoreFor African Bush Elephants, Wrinkles Are Cool
A study of the African bush elephant’s vast network of deep wrinkles has found it is intricately designed to help the animals keep their cool, fight off parasites and defend
Read MoreNASA’s Parker Solar Probe Swinging by Venus on Way to Sun
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is swinging by Venus on its unprecedented journey to the sun. Launched in August, the spacecraft gets a gravity assist Wednesday as it passes within
Read MoreAs Climate Risks Rise, Scientists Call for Rules on Solar Engineering
Technologies to reflect some of the sun’s rays away from Earth, as a way to cool future runaway climate change, are moving closer to becoming a reality, and rules are
Read MoreTobacco Industry Uses Social Media to Circumvent Bans
Delegates from 137 countries are attending a week-long anti-tobacco conference to exchange ideas and propose policies for tackling the worldwide tobacco pandemic. Organizers say progress has been made since the
Read MoreCancer Researchers Win 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
The 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to James Allison of the University of Texas and Tasuku Honjo of Japan’s Kyoto University for their discoveries in
Read MoreGenetic Engineering Spurs New Hope in Malaria Fight
Scientists have managed to wipe out a population of mosquitoes in a laboratory using a type of genetic engineering known as a gene drive. The intervention prevented the females from
Read MoreWHO Chief Urges Action on Deadly Non-Communicable Diseases
Seven in 10 people worldwide die from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung diseases, according to a study published in The Lancet earlier this month. These diseases not only
Read MoreRebel Attacks Rise in Ebola-Infected Areas in Eastern DRC
A rise in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is displacing more people and hampering humanitarian efforts, including operations to stop the spread of Ebola, the United Nations
Read MoreDeputy UN Chief: Fight Against TB Drastically Underfunded
Tuberculosis is a vicious epidemic that is drastically underfunded. That was the takeaway message from the first high-level meeting focused on the infectious disease at the U.N. General Assembly in
Read MoreReport: Disappearing Wetlands Put Planet Life at Risk
A new report warns that wetlands are disappearing three times faster than the world’s forests, with serious consequences for all life on earth. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is a
Read MoreLife in America’s Northernmost Observatory: Tracking Climate Change, Learning Inupiaq
An observatory in Barrow, Alaska, the most northerly astronomical outpost in the U.S., has become a key scientific instrument in studying climate change. Established in 1973, the Barrow Observatory is
Read MoreCDC Official: 80,000 Died of Flu Last Winter in US
An estimated 80,000 Americans died of flu and its complications last winter, the disease’s highest death toll in at least four decades. The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
Read MoreExperimental Malaria Vaccines Target Liver Cells
After decades of disappointment in efforts to develop a malaria vaccine, researchers are starting to see promise in a new approach. While most vaccines trigger the body’s defenses to produce
Read MoreGSK Vaccine Success a Milestone in TB, But Room for Improvement
An experimental GlaxoSmithKline vaccine could prevent tuberculosis developing in half of those who receive it, making it potentially the first new shot against the global killer in a century, researchers
Read MoreNumber of Babies Born With Syphilis in US Doubles in Four Years
The number of babies born infected with syphilis in the United States has more than doubled since 2013, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a
Read MoreSudan Reports Outbreak of Mosquito-borne Disease
More than 11,000 people in Sudan’s eastern state of Kassala have been infected over the past month by Chikungunya, a debilitating mosquito-borne viral disease, but no deaths have been reported,
Read MoreLoss of Bird Species Hampers Forecasting for Zimbabwe’s Farmers
As the summer planting season approaches in eastern Zimbabwe, small-scale farmers struggle with familiar questions: When will the rains come, and when should I sow my crops? This year something
Read MoreWHO Warns Ebola Spreading in Eastern DR Congo
The World Health Organization warns the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading to new parts of conflict-ridden North Kivu province, including areas that border Uganda
Read MoreMarshall Islands Marches Toward Zero Greenhouse Emissions by 2050
The Marshall Islands, an atoll-nation vulnerable to sea level rise from climate change, announced steps Monday toward an ambitious plan to cut its greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050. The
Read MoreScientists Voice Opposition to Changes in US Endangered Species Act
Thousands of scientists joined on Monday to accuse the Trump administration of trying to erode the Endangered Species Act in favor of commercial interests with a plan to revamp regulations
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