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First openly gay woman to become CEO of a Fortune 500 company

African-American Veterans Hoped Their Service in World War I Would Secure Their Rights at Home. It Didn't

Black people emerged from the war bloodied and scarred. Nevertheless, the war marked a turning point in their struggles for freedom

Set your alarm: Rocket launch to be visible over East Coast before dawn Thursday

A rocket will streak across the sky over the mid-Atlantic early Thursday morning as NASA launches a spacecraft from the Virginia coast.

Venice flooding is getting worse – and the city's grand plan won't save it

Venice is set to be regularly 70% underwater and proposed tidal floodgates won't deal with the fundamental problems.

China postpones lifting rhino, tiger parts ban

China appeared to backtrack on a controversial decision to lift a ban on trading tiger bones and rhinoceros horns, saying it has been postponed, state media reported Monday. The State Council, China's cabinet, unexpectedly announced last month that it would allow the sale of rhino and tiger product...

Scientists to swap dusty old kilogram for something more stable

The kilogram has been defined since 1889 by a shiny piece of platinum-iridium held in Paris. All modern mass measurements are traceable back to it - from micrograms of pharmaceutical medicines to kilos of apples and pears and tonnes of steel or cement. The problem is, the "international prototype...

Here's How to Help the Victims As Wildfires Rage Across California

Charities are helping the hundreds of thousands of displaced Californians

The winged drone that flies like an insect

Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a flying drone after studying the flight behaviour of insects. The DelFly Nimble weighs just 29 grams and measures 33 centimetres in wingspan. Its four flapping wings beat 17 times per second. Designer Matej Karasek explains 'there are two tiny mot...

Algorithm that identifies the footprint of the palm of the hand is developed

Mexico, Nov. 12 (Notimex).- Mexican scientists developed an algorithm that identifies the palmar footprint, and patented this innovation in Spain with the collaboration of the University of Canarias. The project is the result of the doctoral thesis of Miguel Ángel Medina Pérez, from the National Ins...

A Major Beer Battle Is Brewing and it Could Mean the End of PBR

Pabst is going to court to preserve a longstanding agreement with MillerCoors

Journalists Rally Behind Veteran Philippine Journalist Facing Fresh Legal Threats

The looming threat of tax evasion charges against prominent Philippine journalist Maria Ressa has prompted an outpouring of support

What are the climate change consequences of the midterm elections?

This is a& re-post from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Over the past two years, the Trump administration, aided by the Republican-controlled Congress, has eroded the Obama administration’s policy efforts to curb global warming. Climate activists had hoped to reverse some of those losses...

How to drive a robot on Mars

Around 9:30 Mars time, a message arrives from California, where it was sent 15 minutes earlier. The Curiosity rover executes the commands, moving slowly to its designated position, at a maximum speed of 35 to 110 meters (yards) per hour. Around 5 pm Martian time, it will wait for one of NASA's thr...

An Australian Woman Was Charged With Hiding Sewing Needles in Strawberries

She is a former employee of one of the brands affected by the contamination

From Michelle Obama's humble Chicago upbringing to the White House: Part 1

Ahead of her memoir, "Becoming," the former first lady takes ABC News' Robin Roberts back to the Chicago neighborhood where she learned the value of hard work.

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