2022-12-03 Amazon Deforestation Rate Slows Somewhat Last Year
The deforestation rate in the Brazilian Amazon dropped slightly last year, new satellite data shows. The data found the rainforest…
2022-11-30 Twitter Ends Enforcement of Policy on COVID Misinformation
Twitter says it is no longer enforcing a policy that aimed to limit misinformation about COVID-19. The move is the…
2022-11-27 Scientists Approve Terms for Largest, Smallest Measurements
An international group of scientists has expanded the metric terms used to express the largest and smallest measurements. The changes…
2022-11-27 Study Finds Earliest Evidence of Cooking
A recent study found what could be the earliest known evidence of ancient cooking: the leftovers of a fish dinner…
2022-11-25 Climate Change Causes City Trees to Struggle
Life in a city can be especially hard for a tree. Buildings, pollution, poor soil, insects, and even car crashes…
2022-11-24 With Twitter in Disorder, How to Protect Your Account
Twitter is in disorder. Elon Musk, its new owner, cut half of its workforce. Last week, hundreds more employees decided…
2022-11-24 Scientists Discover Ancient Turtle as Big as a Car
Scientists have discovered one of the largest turtles on record. The turtle, about the size of a small car, lived…
2022-11-22 Webb Space Telescope Finds Candidate for ‘Most Distant’ Galaxy
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope is finding bright, early galaxies that, until recently, could not be seen. One of these galaxies…
2022-11-21 What Did UN Climate Negotiators Agree to in Egypt?
Countries closed the United Nations’ COP27 climate meeting on Sunday with a deal to establish a fund to help poor…
2022-11-20 In-Depth: What Is NASA’s Newly Launched Moon Mission?
The American space agency NASA recently launched its powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft on a test…
2022-11-20 Firms Race to Develop Less Costly Batteries for Electric Vehicles
American and European companies are racing to develop new batteries for electric vehicles using two readily available and less costly…
2022-11-20 Chinese Planner Supports ‘Sponge Cities’
A Chinese architect has been making the case for China and other countries to create so-called “sponge cities” – cities…
2022-11-17 New Zealand Looks to Reduce Gas Emission from Farm Animals
Scientists in New Zealand are looking for a way to stop cows from burping. A burp is when an animal…
2022-11-17 Kenya Herders Look for Water Underground
Letoyie Leroshi walked for five days in search of water. The rivers in Samburu County, Kenya, were dry after three…
2022-11-16 Study: Vehicle Warning and Braking Systems Cut Crashes by 50 percent
A new study has found that tools designed to warn drivers and automatically stop vehicles in emergency situations helped reduce…