Tag: Science
‘It’s exhausting.’ A year of distance learning wears thin
AMERICUS, Ga. — At first, many schools announced it would last only a couple weeks. A year later, the unplanned experiment with distance learning...
Philly to dim lights to make it safer for birds in flight
The lights of Philadelphia might not shine as bright in the coming weeks as a coalition in the City of Brotherly Love tries to...
UN says Ebola in Guinea may be linked to 2014 outbreak
GENEVA — A top official at the World Health Organization said that a genetic analysis of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Guinea suggests it...
Queen tells kids studying space of meeting Soviet cosmonaut
LONDON — There’s no place like home.
Queen Elizabeth II reminded...
COVID-19 deaths falling but Americans ‘must remain vigilant’
NEW YORK — U.S. deaths from COVID-19 are falling again as the nation continues to recover from the devastating winter surge, a trend that...
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though...
As climate fight shifts to oil, Biden faces a formidable foe
CASPER, Wyo. — President Joe Biden’s bid to tackle climate change is running straight through the heart of the U.S. oil and gas industry...
With ‘big one’ coming, quake alert system launches in Oregon
SALEM, Ore. — People in Oregon will be better prepared for earthquakes — particularly important in the Pacific Northwest because experts say “the big...
A year on, WHO still struggling to manage pandemic response
GENEVA — When the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic one year ago Thursday, it did so only after weeks of resisting...
Will the coronavirus ever go away?
WASHINGTON — Will the coronavirus ever go away?
No one knows...
