4 gray whales found dead in San Francisco Bay Area in 9 days
SAN FRANCISCO — Four dead gray whales have washed ashore San Francisco Bay Area beaches in the last nine days, with experts saying Friday...
Israeli academic won’t receive prize after signing petition
JERUSALEM — Israel's top court on Thursday upheld a Cabinet minister's decision to temporarily block a prominent academic from receiving the country's highest honor...
Steep decline in giant sea turtles seen off US West Coast
MONTEREY, Calif. — Scientists were documenting stranded sea turtles on California's beaches nearly 40 years ago when they noticed that leatherbacks — massive sea...
University of Kentucky mistakenly sends 500,000 acceptances
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The University of Kentucky mistakenly sent acceptance emails to 500,000 high school seniors for a program that usually accepts about three...
US suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations
NEW YORK — The number of U.S. suicides fell nearly 6% last year amid the coronavirus pandemic — the largest annual decline in at...
UK infections drop about 60% amid vaccinations, lockdown
LONDON — The U.K.'s COVID-19 vaccination program is beginning to break the link between infection and serious illness or death, according to the latest...
COVID testing blitz undermined screening, fight against STDs
WASHINGTON — After an unprecedented push to test and track COVID-19, public health workers are grappling with a worrisome side effect: a collapse in...
‘Tantalizing’ results of 2 experiments defy physics rulebook
Preliminary results from two experiments suggest something could be wrong with the basic way physicists think the universe works, a prospect that has the...
Biofuels producers, farmers not sold on switch to electric
DES MOINES, Iowa — The president and auto industry maintain the nation is on the cusp of a gigantic shift to electric vehicles and...
Top Polish academic sees threat in plan for new state body
WARSAW, Poland — Poland's top academic has expressed concern at government plans to form a new major state scientific institution, amid fears that the...
