Category : science

Putin and President Trump: Smiles and a Thumbs Up at Paris World War I Commemoration

The internet thinks the pair greeted each other more like old friends than competing world leaders

How Nurses in World War I Helped Change Ideas About What Women Could Accomplish

How did a grateful nation reward all those women who had come to its defense? Rather stingily, considering their service

Firefighters slam Trump's illogical tweet about out-of-control California fires

As thousands of firefighters battled uncontrolled flames in both Northern and Southern California on Saturday, President Trump tweeted out an ill-informed, distorted message about the cause of these deadly autumn infernos. But the firefighting commu...

Space unicorn Rocket Lab reaches orbit again in key first commercial launch

Rocket Lab put seven spacecraft in orbit on Saturday as the company completed its first launch for paying customers.

Poison-Detecting Watch Keeps Gas and Oil Workers Safe

Hydrogen sulfide kills. Here's a watch that warns you if it's around.

Surfer bitten by shark in latest Australia attack

A surfer was bitten on the leg by a shark off a beach on Australia's west coast Sunday, authorities said, the latest in a spate of recent attacks that saw another man killed. The surfer, aged in his 20s, was on his board at Pyramids Beach south of P...

Fiji poll to test PM's jump from coup chief to climate 'butt-kicker'

Fiji's former military strongman Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is overwhelming favourite to win an election in the Pacific island nation this week, after transforming himself from coup leader to climate change campaigner. While many, including ri...

California's Paradise: a ghost town emerging from hell

Smoldering debris, skeletons of cars with melted glass, a cat with a singed, soot-covered coat: ravaged by the most destructive fire to hit California, Paradise is now a ghost town. "It's devastation, total devastation, it's pretty incredible someth...

President Trump Faces Backlash After Cancelling World War I Ceremony Appearance Due to Rain

The White House cited "scheduling and logistical difficulties caused by the weather”

Prescription Doses of Fish Oil May Lower Heart Attack and Stroke Risk

The drug can also reduce the risk of dying from heart problems

5 Things You Need to Know to Buy a Better Thanksgiving Bird

Why a heritage-breed turkey should be the centerpiece of your holiday table.

Fish Oil and Vitamin D Supplements May Not Help Prevent Heart Attacks and Cancer, Study Says

But it's not all bad news

President Trump Threatens to Pull Federal Funding Over Deadly California Wildfires

He said there was "gross mismanagement"

Town of Paradise Abandoned as California Wildfires Rage

Entire neighborhoods are leveled. The business district is destroyed

A man-eating tiger is dead. And that's good for other tigers.

After killing and eating more than a dozen villagers in India over the last two years, an elusive tigress was shot dead by government-hired hunters on November 2. Killing endangered wild tigers certainly isn't ideal, as there are only some 2,15...

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