2022-10-12 NASA Says Asteroid’s Path Successfully Changed in Recent Test
The American space agency NASA says a recent experiment that crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid successfully changed the path of the orbiting object. NASA announced the results on Tuesday.…
2022-10-12 Museum Marks Rosetta Stone’s Role in Understanding Hieroglyphs
The Rosetta Stone is the star of a new show opening Thursday at the British Museum in London. The exhibition opening marks the 200th year since the mystery around the…
2022-10-12 Hundreds of Whales Die on New Zealand Beaches
Hundreds of pilot whales died this week on the beaches of the Chatham Islands, about 800 kilometers east of New Zealand. It is the second large stranding of whales in…
2022-10-12 New Zealand Proposes Taxing Cow Burps, Angering Farmers
New Zealand’s government recently proposed taxing the greenhouse gases from farm animals as part of a plan to fight climate change. Farm animals produce gases through natural processes like burping…
2022-10-11 20 Years Later, Survivors Struggle with Effects of Bali Bombing
The smell of smoke still makes Thiolina Marpaung afraid. It reminds her of the bomb explosion that changed her life 20 years ago. Marpaung was in a car with her…
2022-10-11 Pakistan’s Floods Add to Climate Change Payments Debate
In Pakistan, every part of Rajul Noor’s life has been wrecked by this summer’s huge floods. The 12-year-old girl’s family home was destroyed, as was the school that she loved.…
2022-10-11 World Leaders Seek to Improve Basic Learning Skills
Before a child can read a book, they must know how to read a sentence. Before they can read a sentence, they must know how to read individual words. And…
2022-10-11 For a Second Day, Russia Strikes Ukraine with Missiles
Russia launches a second round of missiles against Ukrainian cities on Tuesday. The attacks came one day after widespread strikes killed at least 19 people. The strikes Monday also wounded…
2022-10-11 Rising Costs Hurt Turkey’s Tobacco Industry
Tobacco is one of Turkey’s top agricultural products. But some of the country’s tobacco farmers say rising operating costs linked to inflation are cutting deeply into their profits. In the…
2022-10-10 Experts Say US Adults Should Get Tested for Anxiety
An influential health guidelines group in the United States says doctors should test adult patients for anxiety, as part of usual care. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is an…
2022-10-10 Doctors Say ‘Get a Flu Shot’ This Season
Some doctors believe COVID-19 restrictions that kept many people at home over the last two years reduced the number of flu cases. However, many countries have removed pandemic restrictions. Now,…
2022-10-10 Elon Musk Suggests Plan to Create an ‘Everything App’
Billionaire businessman Elon Musk recently confirmed he is still interested in buying the social media service Twitter. The move came after Musk withdrew an earlier offer to buy Twitter for…