2020-11-16 Stone Age Women Hunted Big Game, Study Finds
In the Stone Age Americas, a woman’s place may have been on the hunt, a new study reports. The study has archaeologists rethinking ideas about gender roles in prehistoric hunter-gatherer…
2020-11-14 First Passengers Get to Ride ‘Hyperloop’ Transporter
The American company Virgin Hyperloop says the high-speed transportation system it is developing has passed its first test with passengers. The company said the successful test was carried out on…
2020-11-12 Astronauts Arrive in Florida to Prepare for Weekend Launch
Four astronauts arrived at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday to prepare for a trip to the International Space Station (ISS). An airplane brought the astronauts…
2020-11-11 Volunteers Save Pangolins Rescued from Illegal Trade
A volunteer team in South Africa is rescuing pangolins from illegal traffickers as the animals face growing threats of extinction. Although many of the pangolins arrive afraid and badly injured,…
2020-11-10 Huge Iceberg Floats toward South Georgia, Putting Wildlife at Risk
The world’s largest iceberg is floating toward the island of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Scientists fear the iceberg could crash into the island and block major feeding…
2020-11-09 Denmark to Destroy Mink Population after Coronavirus Spreads to Humans
Denmark says it plans to destroy its whole population of minks after the animals apparently spread the new coronavirus to humans. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said government investigators had discovered…
2020-11-08 Astronomers Discover Source of Fast Radio Burst
A little luck helped astronomers solve a mystery in space: What causes powerful but super-fast energy signals that move through the universe? Scientists have known about these signals, called fast…
2020-11-08 Study: 1 Million Tons of US Plastic Waste Ends Up in Wrong Place
A new study estimates that more than 1 million tons of plastic waste from the United States does not end up where it should. The researchers say the U.S. generated…
2020-11-05 AI Aims to Identify COVID-19 by Sounds of a Cough
Researchers are working on machine learning systems to identify COVID-19 cases by the sounds of a person’s cough. One system has demonstrated a high success rate in detecting COVID-19 in…
2020-11-04 Scientists Warn of More Deadly Pandemics if Nature Not Protected
Scientific experts have warned that deadly pandemics are likely to keep happening if action is not taken to protect natural environments. Future pandemics will happen more often, spread faster and…
2020-11-03 Space Station Marks 20 Years of People Living in Orbit
The International Space Station was just three small rooms when the first crew moved in. The crew members soon discovered there was hardly any space for them to move around.…
2020-11-02 NASA Spacecraft Captures Far More Asteroid Samples than Expected
A NASA spacecraft that recently collected rocks from an asteroid captured far more material than expected. The American space agency says the sample was so large that it blocked the…
2020-10-29 Self-Driving Boats in Amsterdam Can Move People and Goods
The development and testing of self-driving car technology has seen major progress in recent years. But engineers are working on other kinds of autonomous vehicles too — including some built…
2020-10-28 Scientists: Moon Holds More Water than Ever Thought
The moon may hold water in more places and in larger amounts than scientists have suggested in the past. The finding is based on two studies – published in Nature…
2020-10-27 Study: Non-Native Species to Rise Sharply by 2050
Researchers are predicting that the number of non-native species will rise by about 36 percent worldwide by 2050. Non-native, or alien species, are plants or animals that humans have moved…