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Potential Trump cabinet member gives first insights into his health priorities
Former left-wing conspiracy theorist turned Trump ally Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has big plans now that the twice-impeached former president is now heading back to the White House.NPR's Steve Inskeep...
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MSNBC's Vaughn Hillyard gets in RFK Jr.'s face over vaccine plans
MSNBC's political reporter Vaughn Hillyard challenged Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Tuesday after he claimed that he didn't want to eliminate vaccines. Kennedy has spent years opposing vaccines, according to...
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Spread of dengue fever in Bangladesh worries medics
Bangladesh is struggling to tamp down a surge in dengue cases as climate change turns the disease into a year-round crisis, leaving some pediatric wards packed with children squeezed two to a bed.The...
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Brazil's Amazon posts lowest deforestation in nine years: govt
The Brazilian Amazon experienced its smallest amount of yearly deforestation in nearly a decade, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government reported Wednesday, in line with its promise to combat...
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New giant particle collider 'right option for science': next CERN chief
The next head of Europe's CERN physics laboratory said Thursday that he favored moving forward with plans for a giant particle collider far more powerful than the collider that discovered the famous...
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2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency
A day after U.S. voters elected climate-denying Republican Donald Trump in the presidential race, soon ushering in an administration that is sure to expand fossil fuel drilling, the European Union's...
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The 27 Club isn’t true, but it is real − a sociologist explains why myths endure
There’s a certain allure to the notion that some of the world’s brightest stars burn out at the age of 27. The so-called 27 Club has captivated the public imagination for half a century. Its members...
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New research shows most space rocks crashing into Earth come from a single...
The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It’s a reminder that Earth is part of a much larger and incredibly dynamic system. Each...
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A single atom can change the color of a bird. These are the genes responsible
Across the animal kingdom, birds are some of the most colourful creatures of all. But how did all the amazingly coloured different bird species arise?Nearly all birds with bright red, orange, and...
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We built a tiny electronic nose that can beat a mouse at its own game
Imagine a robot that can detect scents in the air and track down their sources as efficiently as a dog or a mouse. If realised, it could detect small wildfires in dense forests, find people buried in...
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Surfboards with bright lights could deter shark attacks - researchers
Covering your surfboard in bright lights sounds like an open invitation to great white sharks, but research released Tuesday by Australian scientists found it might actually stave off...
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Bees help tackle elephant-human conflict in Kenya
"We used to hate elephants a lot," Kenyan farmer Charity Mwangome says, pausing from her work under the shade of a baobab tree.The bees humming in the background are part of the reason why her hatred...
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Nearly half of tropical coral species face extinction: report
Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction -- and climate change is the chief culprit, a new report said on Wednesday.The updated risk assessment from the...
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New research supports brain cell transplantation as a treatment for some...
Astrocytes — named for their star-like shape — are a type of brain cell as abundant as neurons in the central nervous system, but little is known about their role in brain health and disease. Many...
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Is AI dominance inevitable? A technology ethicist says no
Anyone following the rhetoric around artificial intelligence in recent years has heard one version or another of the claim that AI is inevitable. Common themes are that AI is already here, it is...
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'The Earth is flat': Lauren Boebert taunts Defense Department experts at UFO...
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) taunted Defense Department officials by declaring "the Earth is flat" at a hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).During...
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Scientists say world's largest coral found near Solomon Islands
Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major discovery "pulsing with life and colour".The coral is so immense that...
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Global diabetes rate has doubled in last 30 years: study
The percentage of adults suffering from diabetes across the world has doubled over the past three decades, the biggest rises coming in developing countries, a study said Wednesday.The serious health...
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As planet heads toward 2.7°C rise, tracker warns global climate action has...
Existing policies and actions taken by world governments put the world on track for a median estimate of 2.7°C of warming by the end of the century, Climate Action Tracker revealed on Thursday at the...
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'Booming market in tiny headstones': RFK Jr. appointment stuns onlookers
Donald Trump announced Thursday that he's nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services — and the reaction hit fast.Kennedy is an open conspiracy theorist who,...
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