2021-12-16 Pathway Offers Hope for Brazil’s Golden Lion Tamarins
Environmentalists in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state are concerned about a recent drop in population numbers of the threatened golden…
2021-12-16 Omicron Variant Leads Companies to Rethink Plans to Reopen Offices
Many companies are delaying plans to bring workers back to the office because of continuing concerns over the spread of…
2021-12-15 US University Launches First Full Class in Virtual Reality
California’s Stanford University has launched its first class taught fully with virtual reality, or VR, technology. Virtual reality involves the…
2021-12-15 Dogs Go Back to School at Nigeria’s Dog Carnival
Hundreds of dogs recently gathered in Nigeria’s business capital of Lagos. They wore things meant for humans: colorful school clothes,…
2021-12-15 Russia Gets China’s Support to Get Security Guarantee from NATO
Russian officials say Chinese President Xi Jinping supports Russia’s campaign to stop the expansion of the NATO alliance to the…
2021-12-15 Climate Change Worsened Weather Extremes in 2021
Extreme weather events in 2021 have broken records around the world. Hundreds died in storms and heatwaves. Farmers struggled with…
2021-12-15 Taliban Seeks Ties with US, Other Countries
Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers say they want education and jobs for women. A top Taliban leader expressed that idea while…
2021-12-14 Officials Try to Find Ways to Prevent More School Shootings
Shootings like the one that occurred on November 30 at Oxford High School in Michigan are not uncommon in the…
2021-12-14 Pfizer Says Pill Works Well Against Omicron Variant
American drug maker Pfizer said Tuesday that its experimental pill to treat COVID-19 appears to work well against the fast-spreading…
2021-12-14 Making Whiskey without Oak Barrels, How Does It Taste?
Martin Janousek and Stu Aaron make whiskey in a small lab in California’s Silicon Valley. Whiskey is a sort of…
2021-12-14 US Military Dismisses Members for Violating Vaccination Order
The United States Air Force has removed, or discharged, 27 servicemembers for violating COVID-19 vaccination orders. The Air Force does…
2021-12-14 Vietnam’s First City Train Line Lacks Riders
The Cat Linh-Ha Dong city train line in Hanoi, Vietnam entered service on November 21. It is Vietnam’s first metro…