Research Reveals Huge Burden of Guinea Worm
Guinea worm is on course to become the second human disease to be eradicated, after smallpox, thanks largely to intervention overseen by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Little was known
Read MoreGuinea worm is on course to become the second human disease to be eradicated, after smallpox, thanks largely to intervention overseen by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Little was known
Read MoreAnother “Great Spot” has been found at Jupiter, this one cold and high up. Scientists reported Tuesday that the dark expanse is 15,000 miles (24,000 kilometers) across and 7,500 miles
Read MoreChina, Japan and South Korea may have their differences, but they mostly see eye-to-eye on cherry blossoms. In all three north Asian countries, people flock to parks, gardens and temples
Read MoreClimate change could cause stronger turbulence for airline passengers, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Reading in England say “turbulence strong enough to catapult unbuckled passengers
Read MoreSilence and stillness settled over the deep, sun-baked gorge as a pair of photographers sat on a cliff, waiting. Then the rumbling started. As it grew louder, they scrambled into
Read MoreУкраїнський гідрометеорологічний центр повідомляє, що на частині території України у найближчі дні очікуються заморозки. «Вночі 12 квітня у західних, Житомирській та Вінницькій областях на поверхні ґрунту та місцями у повітрі
Read MoreThe biggest U.S. news story of 2016 — the tumultuous presidential campaign — yielded a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for the Washington Post reporter who not only raised doubts about
Read MoreHerbie Hancock has twice before visited Havana to perform intimate solo-duet concerts with his Cuban counterpart Chucho Valdes, but at the end of April the two renowned jazz pianists will
Read MoreA U.S. astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts made a parachute landing in Kazakhstan on Monday, wrapping up a nearly six-month mission aboard the International Space Station, a NASA TV broadcast
Read MoreResearchers are reporting a link between a climate phenomenon know as El Nino and the number of cholera cases in eastern Africa. Predicting when there’s going to be an El
Read MoreRapper Drake and EDM duo The Chainsmokers are the top contenders at the Billboard Music Awards with 22 nominations each. Dick clark productions announced Monday that the performers set
Read MoreГоловою правління «Національної суспільної телерадіокомпанії України» обрали Зураба Аласанію. «У Олега Наливайка 7 голосів. Керівником Суспільного мовника став Зураб Аласанія,якому у другому турі віддали 10 голосів», – йдеться у повідомленні
Read MoreNearly five million children under age five have been successfully vaccinated against polio in war-torn Yemen almost two-months after a nationwide immunization campaign was launched by the World Health Organization
Read MoreGetting a vaccine without the shot has always been one of the greatest hopes of medicine. For people in the developed world it means getting a vaccine can be as
Read MoreMalaysian customs officials said Monday they have confiscated 18 rhino horns, weighing more than 51 kilograms, and valued at over $3 million. Customs said they found the horns in a
Read MoreVeteran Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia finally captured his first major title, winning Sunday’s Masters championship in Augusta, Georgia, in a sudden death playoff over Britain’s Justin Rose. The two players
Read MoreЗ даху посольства України у США у Вашингтоні зняли державний прапор, щоб подарувати українським боксерам, які в неділю здобули перемоги у боях із суперниками в місті Оксон-Хілл. Про це на
Read MoreВ Україну доставили першу партію ліків, необхідних для лікування онкологічних захворювань у дітей на 60 мільйонів гривень. Про це 9 квітня повідомила виконувач обов’язків міністра охорони здоров’я Уляна Супрун на
Read MoreChuck Berry fans are getting their chance to pay their respects to the rock ’n’ roll visionary, roughly three weeks after his death at age 90 near his hometown of
Read MoreFamily, friends and fans paid their final respects to the rock `n’ roll legend Chuck Berry on Sunday, celebrating the life and career of a man who inspired countless guitarists
Read MoreMost people have likely heard about the dangers of microplastics, the particles less than 5 millimeters in size that deteriorate from larger plastic pieces that have entered the oceans. Scientists
Read MoreA relatively large asteroid will cross Earth’s orbit around the sun this month. Astrophysicists and astronomers say there is no chance of a collision, but it will be the closest
Read MoreУ зв’язку з проведенням 9 квітня у Києві півмарафону на вихідні у центрі буде обмежено рух транспорту. Про це повідомляє Київська міська державна адміністрація. Частково або повністю буде обмежено рух
Read MoreДержавна служба з надзвичайних ситуацій повідомляє про завершення очищення від вибухонебезпечних предметів території Балаклії на Харківщині, де у ніч на 23 березня спалахнула пожежа і почали вибухати боєприпаси, а також
Read MoreДержавна служба з надзвичайних ситуацій повідомляє про завершальний етап очищення від вибухонебезпечних предметів території Балаклії на Харківщині, де у ніч на 23 березня спалахнула пожежа і почали вибухати боєприпаси, а
Read MoreWhen Arnaud Laillou, a nutrition specialist with UNICEF, led a salt iodization study in 2014, he wanted to be sure that salt producers were not adding too much iodine. Just
Read MoreWith the right attachment, a smartphone can be used as a diagnostic tool for infectious diseases like tuberculosis. Faith Lapidus reports. …
Read MoreDespite ethical and safety concerns, researchers are getting closer to building life from scratch. In fact, scientists are hoping to synthesize a human genome in the next 10 years. Investors
Read MoreLate rapper Tupac Shakur and 1960s protest singer Joan Baez were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday on a night where nostalgia was mixed with
Read MoreWe have radars to track flying objects, but a tiny fly may be even better at tracking and grabbing fast moving prey. Scientists at the University of Cambridge learned that
Read MoreThe U.S. Air Force is open to buying rides on previously flown SpaceX rockets to put military satellites into orbit, a move expected to cut launch costs for the Pentagon,
Read MoreDon’t look to the Kentucky Coal Museum to bring coal back. The museum is installing solar panels on its roof, part of a project aimed at lowering the energy costs
Read MoreDon Rickles, the master insult comic who created laughs with ridicule and sarcasm in a decades-long career that earned him the facetious nickname “Mr. Warmth,” died on Thursday at his
Read MoreПерший заступник Державного комітету телебачення і радіомовлення Богдан Червак прогнозує, що обмеження на імпорт книг із Росії, ймовірно, найбільше вплине на історичну літературу. Про це він сказав в ефірі програми
Read MoreПерший заступник Державного комітету телебачення і радіомовлення Богдан Червак прогнозує, що обмеження на імпорт книжок із Росії, ймовірно, найбільше вплине на історичну літературу. Про це він сказав в ефірі програми
Read MorePop star Britney Spears may not be topping the charts these days, but she’s still big enough to influence elections in another country. Because of a July 3 Spears concert
Read MoreJohn Glenn, the first American to orbit the earth who later became the world’s oldest astronaut and a longtime U.S. senator, was laid to rest on Thursday at Arlington National
Read MoreThe ripple effects of the Zika virus are hitting the poor hard in Latin America and the Caribbean, and could knock back development unless states involve communities in a stronger
Read MoreA cancer causing strain of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, has infected 25 percent of men and 20 percent of women in the United States, new statistics from the National
Read MoreIranian-American Nilou Motamed began her second year as editor-in-chief of Food & Wine, an American lifestyle magazine dedicated to covering new trends in food, drink, travel, design and entertaining. In
Read MoreУкраїна опинилася на 88-му місці рейтингу туристичної конкурентоспроможності, складеному експертами Всесвітнього економічного форуму (ВЕФ). Всього в рейтингу 2017 року – 136 країн і територій. Поруч з Україною в рейтингу Гватемала,
Read MoreU.S. astronaut John Glenn, who died in December at age 95, will be buried Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery, a place of honor for members of the U.S. military. His
Read MoreThe world’s oldest and most experienced spacewoman is getting three extra months in orbit. NASA announced Wednesday that astronaut Peggy Whitson will remain on the International Space Station until
Read MoreA court paved the way Wednesday for Poland’s government to take control of a new World War Two museum that has been the focus of a major ideological standoff over
Read MoreBulldozers cleared the remains of a once busy Ebola treatment unit in Liberia on Wednesday, as health care workers, officials and some who were treated there gathered to mark the
Read MoreСоюз європейських футбольних асоціацій знову призначив одним зі своїх віце-президентів футбольного функціонера з України Григорія Суркіса. Таке рішення ухвалили на 41-му черговому конгресі УЄФА, що відбувається в Хельсінкі в Фінляндії.
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