2021-07-24 Financial Watchdog Says Home-Based Work Fuels Cyberattacks
A world financial watchdog says the rise in employees working from home has resulted in a sharp increase in cyberattacks.…
2021-07-22 Space Tourism Companies Bring Excitement to Small American Towns
As the race to launch space tourism flights continues in the United States, two small American towns have entered the…
2021-07-20 Scientists: Floods, Wildfires Are Signs of Global Warming
Massive flooding killed at least 195 people in northern Europe last week. Massive wildfires are burning across much of the…
2021-07-19 Study: Moon Cycle Change to Increase US Coastal Flooding in Mid-2030s
A new study predicts that a changing moon cycle will increase high-tide flooding across U.S. coastal areas in the mid-2030s.…
2021-07-19 Fast-spreading Algae Found in Waters Near California Coast
Scientists in California report the first appearance of a species of bright green algae, caulerpa prolifera, growing in the ocean…
2021-07-17 Device Uses Brain Waves of Paralyzed Man to Help Him Communicate
Researchers say they have used brain waves of a paralyzed man who cannot speak to produce words from his thoughts…
2021-07-16 Chinese Researchers Consider Rockets to Defend Against Asteroids
Chinese researchers say they believe a group of rockets could be used to change the path of asteroids that might…
2021-07-15 Cuba Is Latest Nation to Restrict Social Media During Protests
Thousands of people across Cuba protested last Sunday in the largest anti-government demonstrations on the island in decades. Shortly after…
2021-07-15 New Material Could Give Robots ‘Skin’ with a Sense of Touch
Researchers in Singapore have developed an electronic material that helps robots sense touch and nearby objects. The material is a…
2021-07-15 Oyster Shells Help to Rebuild Shorelines
When we eat some popular kinds of shellfish, namely clams, mussels and oysters, we leave behind large amounts of shells.…
2021-07-12 NASA’s Helicopter and Rover Make New Progress on Mars
The U.S. space agency NASA is reporting new progress on Mars for its experimental helicopter and Perseverance explorer. The helicopter,…
2021-07-11 Billionaire Race: Branson Set to Be First to Visit Space
British billionaire Richard Branson is set to launch into space on Sunday on a rocket plane built by the space…
2021-07-08 US Navy Cancels Development of High-Tech Railgun Weapon
The U.S. Navy is halting development of a high-tech weapon designed to fire projectiles at up to seven times the…
2021-07-06 NASA Project Examines Louisiana Delta System
Sinking land, a rising sea and other climate change effects have killed a wooded area in Louisiana where a Native…
2021-07-05 New Recycling Methods Will Make Electric Vehicles Greener
Critics of electric vehicles say they do reduce carbon emissions, but the process of making the materials for their batteries…