Among the big names investing big bucks to prolong their lives are Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google founders Sergei Brin and Larry Page, and Oracle’s Larry Ellison.
It might sound right that if you do what your boss says, you’re doing a good job. But it’s different if your obligations are to the public interest and the Constitution.
Mosquitoes cause around a million deaths per year. So, scientists are coming up with genetic engineering techniques that could lower their numbers.
While overall giving has grown, the ranks of American donors have declined.
Raw water may not be as safe as it looks. Like raw milk, untreated water comes with dubious health claims and high risks.
Societies celebrate heroes and commemorate tragedies. But why is there so little public acknowledgment of environmental disasters?
Warmer ocean waters are fueling the spread of the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus. Infections can lead to a rare but fatal condition called necrotizing fasciitis.
As American Jews grieve, many are giving as well.
Researchers successfully treated diabetes in mice by engineering cells to make insulin in response to the music of Queen.
Somalia has demanded that a memorandum of understanding – which would see Ethiopia gain access to the Red Sea via a Somaliland port – be ripped up.
It may seem extreme, but there’s a reason the law allows it.
The centrality of race to US politics is, once again, a defining feature of the current presidential campaign.
The show has served as the nation’s laugh track for decades. Who will take over when he retires?
Most people don’t know what these labels really mean − and advertisers take advantage of that fact.
Alexei Navalny, a persistent thorn in the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin, died on Feb. 16, 2024, in prison, authorities said.
The stock market’s weak performance at the end of 2022 may have made donors less willing to give.
The big question: Would climate engineering like sending reflective particles into the stratosphere or brightening clouds help reduce the national security risks of climate change or make them worse?
Erin’s Law requires the teaching of child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention classes from kindergarten through eighth grade. How it got adopted by 34 states is the story of one woman’s crusade.
Are concerns about Supreme Court justices’ ethics an old problem, a new one, political gamesmanship, or something more serious? Yes to all of it.
The new level won’t trigger automatic cleanups, but it sets a lower threshold for taking precautions to reduce lead exposure.
Grants from foundations are gradually growing as a share of all the donations Americans make.
Ending tuition might not result in more doctors serving the communities that need them most without further steps.
Though largely unread, party platforms are a vital clue about which groups hold real power in the two major national parties and can help predict what the government will actually do.
Man charged with dropping toddler from second-story balcony
Onetime art adviser to actor Leonardo DiCaprio gets 2.5 years in prison for $6.5 million fraud
Justice Department moves to drop lawsuit that would allow Texas police to arrest migrants
Italian postal service sees surge in mail for Pope Francis, much sent from children
Mexico's attorney general cites irregularities in investigation of alleged cartel killing site
Who else has been stuck in space? A short history of long spaceflights
US isn’t first country to dismantle its foreign aid office − here’s what happened after the UK killed its version of USAID
Why teachers are turning these children into little engineers
Brush fire, smoky conditions shut down road leading in and out of Florida Keys
A former studio engineer is charged with stealing unreleased Eminem music and selling it online
