Category : science

It’s Time for Americans to Take Back the Vote

In many places, Republicans have fundamentally changed the electoral system in a way that undermines the principle of one person, one vote.

Postman, shopper, builder: In Japan, there's a robot for that

Forget the flashy humanoids with their gymnastics skills: at the World Robot Summit in Tokyo, the focus was on down-to-earth robots that can deliver post, do the shopping and build a house. Introducing CarriRo, a delivery robot shaped a bit like a t...

S. Korea's last polar bear dies ahead of British retirement

The last polar bear kept in South Korea has died of old age only weeks before his planned departure to better living conditions in Britain, zoo officials said Thursday. The zoo had planned to move him to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park next month to all...

Biological Reasons Young-Earth Creationists’ Worldwide Flood Never Happened

Image by: Max Pixel Christians who call themselves creationists believe that a creator formed the universe, Earth, and its life, but beliefs about creation and evolution exist along a considerable spectrum.1 Among th...

Australia's Queensland Decriminalizes Abortion After a Decades-Long Campaign

Only New South Wales continues to ban abortion in Australia

President Trump Asks for the Audio Evidence in Khashoggi Case 'If It Exists'

"We've asked for it, if it exists"

Indian Government Minister Resigns Amid Allegations of Sexual Misconduct

M.J. Akbar, India's junior external affairs minister, resigned Wednesday amid accusations by 20 women of sexual harassment

Scientists spot six near-extinct vaquita porpoises

The near-extinct vaquita marina, the world's smallest porpoise, has not yet disappeared from its habitat off the coast of Mexico, a research team said Wednesday after spotting six of them. The vaquita has been nearly wiped out by illegal fishing in...

West Coast quake warning system now operational, with limits

Automated alerts from the fledgling West Coast earthquake early warning system are ready to be used broadly by businesses, utilities, schools and other entities but not for mass public notification, officials said Wednesday. "We're making a large ch...

How keeping the windows clean and curtains open could stop you getting ill

It is a simple strategy for staying healthy, but a new study has found that allowing sunlight to stream in through windows could kill bacteria that live in dust. Researchers at the University of Oregon found that in dark rooms 12 per cent of bacteria...

'Bad news': CO2 emissions to rise in 2018, says IEA chief

Energy sector carbon emissions will rise in 2018 after hitting record levels the year before, dimming prospects for meeting Paris climate treaty goals, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday. The energy sector accounts for...

Why the Release of Pastor Andrew Brunson Is a Good Sign for U.S-Turkey Ties

Here's how Erdogan and Trump can move forward on key issues

Canada Has Legalized Marijuana. Here's What That Means For American Travelers

"What happens in Canada needs to stay in Canada"

Driver Fatally Shoots North Carolina State Trooper During a Traffic Stop

A North Carolina state trooper was shot and killed after pulling over a pickup truck on suspicion of speeding.

2,000-year-old graffiti just rewrote the history on Pompeii

Pompeii, the Roman city preserved for two millennia thanks to a volcanic eruption that engulfed the area in ash in 79 AD, has long been studied as a window to the past. Newly discovered scribbles of graffiti, unearthed by archeologists excavating the...

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