2021-10-09 Robots Speed up Greece’s Mail Service
A group of small robots are helping speed up mail delivery service in Greece’s capital city of Athens. Fifty-five, four-wheeled…
2021-10-09 Zimbabwe’s Vaccine Requirements Add Difficulties to the Poor
Zimbabwe is requiring its 500,000 government employees and several other groups to get vaccinated against COVID-19. This sets the southern…
2021-10-08 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Journalists Ressa and Muratov
Reporters Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The…
2021-10-07 Tanzanian Writer Wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, 72, won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature for his writing on the “effects of colonialism…
2021-10-07 Historic California Oil Spill Prompts Calls to Ban Drilling
The recent oil spill off the California coast has environmental activists once again asking for a ban on drilling. While…
2021-10-06 Creators of Molecule Building Tool Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a molecule-building tool that can produce many important compounds…
2021-10-06 Japan’s Princess Mako Goes Ahead with Marriage Plans
Japan’s Princess Mako and the man she wants to be her husband are expected to get married this month. Wedding…
2021-10-06 Almost Half of Argentines in Poverty
About 42 percent of Argentinians live at or below the poverty rate, the government said. The rate of poverty in…
2021-10-05 Physics Nobel Prize Rewards Work on Climate Change
Three scientists will share this year’s Nobel prize for physics for their findings about how complex physical systems operate. The…
2021-10-05 Climate Change Affecting Autumn’s Colors
Leaf peeping is a beloved yearly activity in many parts of the world, including parts of the United States. The…
2021-10-04 ‘Pandora Papers’ Reveal New Secrets of World’s Wealthiest People
A new report shows how world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires and others have used secret accounts to hide property worth…
2021-10-04 Two Americans Win Nobel Medicine Prize for Body Sensory Findings
Two American scientists have won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of how the body…
2021-10-04 California Oil Spill Endangers Coastal Wildlife
A large oil spill off the southern California coast left fish dead, birds covered in oil and wetlands polluted. The…
2021-10-03 India’s Elite Military Academy to Accept Women
For the first time, women in India can attend the country’s top military college. The Supreme Court’s ruling this month…
2021-10-03 California Startup Uses Robots in Greenhouses to Grow Crops
A California company is using robots to grow plants in greenhouses that it says use 90 percent less water than…