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Summer heat waves already deadly in Asia, and it's still spring -- Much of Asia is sweltering under a heat wave that one expert calls "by far the most extreme event in world climatic history."

CBS News - 2 days ago

NASA solar sail boom demonstrator reaches orbit -- Big things come in small packages -- 02 May 2024

Dinosaurs weren't as smart as monkeys, new research finds

Independent UK - 2 days ago

How to get companies to use reusables -- Joseph Winters - Grist

Salon - 2 days ago

Earth Receives Laser Message From 140 Million Miles Away In Deep Space

NDTV - 2 days ago

'Plato is just the start': Ancient Herculaneum scrolls buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius could also reveal secrets about Socrates, scientist claims

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

Hubble Space Telescope has gyro problems again -- Updated -- At 34, things don't seem to work how they used to

Facial reconstruction reveals what a 40-something Neanderthal woman may have looked like

CTV News - 2 days ago

G7 agrees to phase out coal power -- The group of nations in the G7 have announced an agreement to phase out coal power plants by 2035. CBS News senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy reports.

CBS News - 2 days ago

Sun Unleashes Extremely Powerful Solar Flare, Pacific Region Hit

NDTV - 2 days ago

European court upholds Italy's right to seize prized Greek bronze from Getty Museum, rejects appeal

AP News - 2 days ago

FL's abortion ban could "buckle" clinics -- Nicole Karlis

Salon - 2 days ago

FDA approves Israeli-developed AI designed to prevent blindness

YNET News - 2 days ago

What Is Vitrectomy, The Surgery That Raghav Chadha Has Undergone?

NDTV - 2 days ago

First Ariane 6 rocket ready to assemble as Europe begins final countdown -- Core and boosters are on the pad ahead of June launch

Polly wants a chatter! Pet parrots prefer live video calls with their friends over pre-recorded footage, study finds

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

Russia proposes UN resolution on banning weapons in space, after vetoing similar UN-Japan draft

AP News - 2 days ago

Meet Shanidar Z: Scientists recreate the face of a female Neanderthal whose head was FLATTENED during a rock slide 75,000 years ago

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

China trying to develop world 'built on censorship and surveillance'

Aljazeera - 2 days ago

Biden campaign criticizes Trump over new Florida abortion law -- The U.S. state of Florida has a new law banning most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. In this presidential campaign, Donald Trump is defending the right of states to regulate reproductive rights. Joe Biden says that decentralized authority threatens women's lives.

Voice of America - 2 days ago

Men more likely to have health conditions that lead to premature deaths – study

Independent UK - 2 days ago

NASA chooses 9 companies for Mars Exploration Program concept studies

UPI - 2 days ago

Republicans Step Up Attacks on Scientist at Heart of Lab Leak Theory

New York Times - 2 days ago

Face of 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman revealed

BBC News - 2 days ago

Hormones for menopause are safe, study finds. Here's what changed

NPR - 2 days ago

WHO overturns dogma on airborne disease spread. The CDC might not act on it

Los Angeles Times - 2 days ago

AZ Senate vote to repeal abortion ban -- Nicole Karlis

Salon - 2 days ago

Pasteurized Dairy Foods Free of Live Bird Flu, Federal Tests Confirm

New York Times - 2 days ago

Creators of infamous 'AI death calculator' issue warning about fake sites stealing user data

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

A young Duke professor won $250,000 for her algorithms that could find symptoms of heart disease when they start

Business Insider - 2 days ago

Mountain Goats Are Not Avalanche-Proof

New York Times - 2 days ago

The House GOP Just Passed A Slew Of 'Extreme' Bills

Huffington Post - 2 days ago

Up to 50 shooting stars will soar across the US each hour during the Eta Aquarids meteor shower this weekend... here is how YOU can see it

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

FDA approves Pfizer's first gene therapy for rare inherited bleeding disorder

NBC News - 2 days ago

Alarming superbug from deadly eyedrop outbreak has spread to dogs

Ars Technica - 2 days ago

Urgent warning to Android users over fake Chrome updates that could drain your bank account and leak your location

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

Congress slams UnitedHealth's cybersecurity, calls company 'a monopoly on steroids'

Star Tribune - 2 days ago

Why climate change ISN'T going to end the world and why we need to stop obsessing about net-zero, according to Cambridge University professor

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

This Texas veterinarian helped crack the mystery of bird flu in cows

AP News - 2 days ago

Regular mammograms should start at 40 as breast cancer rates rise for younger women, panel says

Los Angeles Times - 2 days ago

Revealed: The surprising reason why beer tastes better ice cold, according to scientists

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

Climate change set to cut average income by 19%, report warns -- Annual bill for climate change to reach $38 trillion by 2025 – with losses already baked in. Henry Ridgwell reports from London

Voice of America - 2 days ago

Senators Slam UnitedHealth's C.E.O. Over Cyberattack

New York Times - 2 days ago

New strategy announced to help Shediac, N.B., become country's first net-zero community

CTV News - 2 days ago

Beachgoer urges couples not to have gender reveal parties along the coast after making concerning discovery

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

How AI is used to fight seasonal allergies -- Pollen counters are turning to artificial intelligence as seasonal allergies worsen due to climate change. CBS News national correspondent Dave Malkoff explains how technology is changing the long and tedious process of pollen counting.

CBS News - 3 days ago

New mRNA cancer vaccine triggers immune system to fight aggressive brain tumour

Independent UK - 3 days ago

Wine industry slammed by climate change -- Matthew Rozsa

Salon - 3 days ago

Aspirin Can Prevent a Deadly Pregnancy Complication. Why Aren't Women Told?

New York Times - 3 days ago

What Makes a Society More Resilient? Frequent Hardship.

New York Times - 3 days ago

Europe's ambitious satellite Internet project appears to be running into trouble

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

'Tens of millions' of people secretly use WhatsApp in countries where it's banned - including China and North Korea, messaging platform's boss reveals

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

Tourists evacuated from Kenya's Maasai Mara reserve amid flooding and heavy rains

CTV News - 3 days ago

The Mysteries of Plant 'Intelligence'

The Atlantic - 3 days ago

Why is a 6-week abortion ban nearly a total ban? It's about how we date a pregnancy

NPR - 3 days ago

Purebred dogs are just as healthy as mixed breeds! Scientists debunk long-standing myth that inbreeding damages pooches' health

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

Novel vitrimer plastics promise greener PCBs -- Even the least recyclable part of the process could be recovered 91 percent of the time -- 30 Apr 2024

Daily Telescope: The Horsehead Nebula as we've never seen it before

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

Asteroid hunters spot more than 27,000 'hidden' space rocks - and some pass 'dangerously' close to Earth

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

Fact Check: Are Indians Who Got Covishield Vaccine Susceptible To TTS?

NDTV - 3 days ago

Bird flu is not yet the "cow flu" -- Nicole Karlis

Salon - 3 days ago

'They ask why did this happen to us?': heroic social workers restore hope to October 7 orphans

YNET News - 3 days ago

FDA must change approach to rare disease -- Matthew Ellinwood, Mark Dant

Salon - 3 days ago

For birds, siblinghood can be a matter of life or death

NPR - 3 days ago

What Is The Urban Heat Island Effect That's Making Metro Cities Hotter?

NDTV - 3 days ago

Scientists work to make healthier white bread

BBC News - 3 days ago

Rescue mission saves fertilized egg of poisoned vulture parents

YNET News - 3 days ago

The mysterious 'Great Attractor' pulling the Milky Way galaxy off course

NPR - 3 days ago

Swimming Beneath Sand, It's 'the Hardest of All Animals to Find'

New York Times - 3 days ago

Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 6 months on space station

AP News - 3 days ago

Two giants in the satellite telecom industry join forces to counter Starlink

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

U.S. House votes to remove wolves from endangered list in 48 states

CTV News - 3 days ago

Campaign to build new California city submits signatures to get on November ballot

CTV News - 3 days ago

Remote Lake Superior island wolf numbers are stable but moose population declining, researchers say

Star Tribune - 3 days ago

Rare type of dwarfism could hold the key to a longer life, scientists claim

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

Orphaned baby orca escapes to the open ocean - a month after refusing to leave its dead mother in Canadian lagoon

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

DEA to reclassify marijuana as a lower-risk drug, reports say

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

Experts reveal very simple steps you can take to avoid Alzheimer's

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

This $119 houseplant is bioengineered to remove harmful air pollution in your home.

Business Insider - 3 days ago

Researchers make a plastic that includes bacteria that can digest it

Ars Technica - 3 days ago

How to protect your TikTok content if Chinese-owned app is banned in US

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

Licensing for Minnesota recreation making major leap to digital age

Star Tribune - 3 days ago

China Has a Controversial Plan for Brain-Computer Interfaces

Wired News - 3 days ago

How to ensure YOUR iPhone alarm goes off - after users complain app isn't waking them up for work or school

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

Biden moves to reclassify marijuana -- Nandika Chatterjee

Salon - 3 days ago

Plastic-eating bacteria can help waste self-destruct

BBC News - 3 days ago

Bird flu causes blindness in cats that drank milk from infected cows at Texas dairy farm - sparking fears the virus is evolving

Daily Mail - 3 days ago

See the $36 billion Great Green Wall in Africa that's an attempt to hold back desertification

Business Insider - 3 days ago

A Uniquely French Approach to Environmentalism

The Atlantic - 3 days ago

T. rex is at the centre of a debate over dinosaur intelligence

CTV News - 3 days ago

Loneliness increases as we age, study suggests

Independent UK - 4 days ago

Mammograms should start at age 40, new guidelines recommend

NPR - 4 days ago

The White House Has a New Master Plan to Stop Worst-Case Scenarios

Wired News - 4 days ago

How long you should spend sitting, sleeping, standing and exercising each day REVEALED by scientists

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

U.S. Plan to Protect Oceans Has a Problem, Some Say: Too Much Fishing

New York Times - 4 days ago

Revealed: The dog breeds at the highest risk of dying from cancer - with medium-sized pups at the top of the list

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

New space company seeks to solve orbital mobility with high delta-v spacecraft

Ars Technica - 4 days ago

Are YOU a 'Sour Patch' adult? One in eight people enjoy intensely tart sensations, study reveals

Daily Mail - 4 days ago

Scientists discover critically endangered shark off Sussex coastline

Independent UK - 4 days ago

Edward Dwight Aims for Space at Last

New York Times - 4 days ago