Well-preserved Amazon rainforest on Indigenous lands can protect people from diseases, study finds
Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they're making people sick.It's an idea Indigenous people have...
Judge says 3 months in jail are enough for Chinese scientist in US smuggling...
DETROIT (AP) — A young Chinese scientist interrogated for hours after an international flight to Detroit and held in jail for three months was...
Scientists are baffled by a powerful and long-lasting gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that’s not only exceptionally powerful, but also long-lasting.Telescopes on...
Warming seas threaten key phytoplankton species that fuels the food web, study finds
SEATTLE (AP) — For decades, scientists believed Prochlorococcus, the smallest and most abundant phytoplankton on Earth, would thrive in a warmer world. But new...
Balzan prizes of nearly $1 million awarded for democracy studies and advances in leukemia...
MILAN (AP) — American historian Josiah Ober, whose studies of Athenian democracy provide insights into current political crises, and U.S. immunologist Carl H. June,...
Radioactive metal at an Indonesia industrial site may be linked to shrimp recall
Contaminated metal at an industrial site in Indonesia may be the source of radioactive material that led to massive recalls of imported frozen shrimp,...
Asia will get a prime view of this weekend’s total lunar eclipse
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The year’s second total lunar eclipse is coming up fast, and this time Asia will have the best seats...
Telescope reveals a growing tail on the comet that’s visiting from another star
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Telescope observations reveal a growing tail on the comet that’s visiting from another star.Released Thursday, the pictures taken by...
Most enduring and biggest iceberg breaks apart, with more splintering to come in its...
The world's largest and most enduring iceberg is splintering into smaller pieces, to the point that it's no longer the biggest chunk of ice...
Al Roker lends his voice and meteorology skills to the new PBS Kids animated...
NEW YORK (AP) — Before he was a star on TV, Al Roker was a huge fan of watching it, especially animated shows.“I spent...
