The World Health Organization has authorized a second dengue vaccine, a move that could provide protection for millions worldwide against the mosquito-borne disease that has already sparked numerous outbreaks across the Americas this year
May 15, 2024
OpenAI has introduced a new artificial intelligence model
May 13, 2024
Punxsutawney Phil’s offspring have names that just might help the famed weather-forecasting groundhog to predict when spring will begin
May 13, 2024
The first recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney transplant has died nearly two months after he underwent the procedure
May 12, 2024
A weekend spring storm that drenched the San Francisco Bay area and closed Northern California mountain highways also set a single-day snowfall record in the Sierra Nevada
May 05, 2024
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says new rules governing electric vehicle tax credits are a giveaway to China
May 03, 2024
Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff’s office asking why they can hear sirens or a loud roar
April 23, 2024
Airbus says it plans to deliver more aircraft to customers in 2024 even as supply chain headaches continue to afflict the European airplane maker
February 15, 2024
The largest male specimen of the world's most venomous spider that boasts fangs powerful enough to pierce a human fingernail has found a new home after being discovered north of Sydney, Australia
January 04, 2024
NASA astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first Apollo mission to the moon, has died at age 95
November 09, 2023
Russia’s space agency says there's been a leak in a backup coolant line at the International Space Station
October 09, 2023
United Airlines is making its second large order of new planes in less than a year, again seeking a mix of 110 aircraft from Boeing and rival Airbus as it renews its fleet
October 03, 2023
Ian Wilmut, the cloning pioneer whose work was critical to the creation of Dolly the Sheep in 1996, has died, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland said Monday. He was 79. Wilmut set off a global discussion about the ethics of cloning when he announced that his team at the university’s Roslin Institute for animal biosciences had cloned Dolly using the nucleus of a cell from an adult sheep. It marked the first time that a genetically identical mammal was created from an adult cell and spurred questions about the potential cloning of humans. Wilmut later focused
September 11, 2023
At first, the Norwegian man thought his metal detector reacted to chocolate money buried in the soil. It turned out to be nine pendants, three rings and 10 gold pearls in what was described as the country’s gold find of the century. The rare find was made this summer by 51-year-old Erlend Bore on the southern island of Rennesoey, near the city of Stavanger. Bore had bought his first metal detector earlier this year to have a hobby after his doctor ordered him to get out instead of sitting on the couch. Ole Madsen, director at
September 07, 2023
A federal judge has found that a Trump-era rule change that allowed for the logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest violates several laws. U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Hallman on Thursday found that the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Forest Management Act and the Endangered Species Act when it amended a protection that had been in place since 1994. The findings came in response to a lawsuit filed by multiple environmental groups over the change. Hallman recommended that the Forest Service’s environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact
September 01, 2023
Chinese state media report at least 121 passenger trains are suspending service in anticipation of the arrival of Typhoon Saola, while people in coastal areas of southern China were being warned to stay away from the coastline. The suspensions on key lines running from north to south as well as on regional networks will begin Thursday and continue through Sept. 6, state broadcaster CCTV reported. China’s National Meteorological Center said Saola was moving toward the coast at a speed of about 15 kph (9 mph) and is due to make landfall Friday afternoon in the southern province
August 31, 2023
There’s a new big-hitter in the world of soccer soothsayers and this one is going for a win for Germany to open the European Championship
June 13, 2024
It was an emotional graduation ceremony for high school seniors in Newtown, Connecticut
June 13, 2024
Survivors and relatives of the victims of the 2016 Pulse nightclub massacre in Florida had hoped by now to have a permanent memorial place at the site
June 12, 2024
Jay-Z is putting his weight behind an effort to fund private school vouchers in Philadelphia
June 11, 2024
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is heard questioning whether compromise between the left and right is possible in a conversation posted on social media
June 11, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris spent part of an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
June 05, 2024
Elijah Hogan came through a senior year of high school in a homeless shelter to make it to the top of his class
June 03, 2024
Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann says he is shocked that a public broadcaster asked participants in a survey if they would prefer more white players in the national soccer team
June 02, 2024
Andy Negra Jr_ proudly lays claim to being among the last of what is known as “The Greatest Generation.”
May 30, 2024
More women are charged with pregnancy-related crimes since Roe's end, study finds
Tyreek Hill's traffic stop can be a reminder of drivers' constitutional rights
Why home insurance rates are rising so fast across the US – climate change plays a big role
On the US-Mexico border, the records of Trump and Harris reflect the national mood of less immigration, not more
US Navy replenishment ship operating in Mideast was damaged in an incident, officials say
Biden not giving up on Gaza ceasefire, hostages, White House says
How to archive your photos in the digital age
Man smashes Ai Weiwei sculpture at exhibition opening in Italy