2020-10-15 Apple Announces First 5G Smartphone, iPhone 12
Apple has announced its first smartphones built to work with 5G, the world’s fastest ever wireless technology. While the new…
2020-10-14 US Company Shows Off New Supersonic Test Aircraft
An American startup company recently gave reporters a chance to see its first demonstrator aircraft, which is set to begin…
2020-10-13 Study: Earth Lost Big Part of Atmosphere to Moon
A new study suggests Earth could have lost up to 60 percent of its atmosphere in the collision of space…
2020-10-12 Tasmanian Devils Return to Australia Mainland after 3,000 Years
Tasmanian devils have been returned to the Australian mainland 3,000 years after the animals died off there. The mainland population…
2020-10-09 Google to Pay $1 Billion to News Publishers
Google’s parent company Alphabet announced plans this month to pay one billion dollars to news media for their stories over…
2020-10-08 French, American Women Win Nobel in Chemistry for Genetic Tool
French and American scientists won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Wednesday for developing a tool that can change the…
2020-10-08 More US States Launching COVID-19 Warning Apps
A growing number of American states are launching smartphone systems designed to warn people of possible exposure to COVID-19. The…
2020-10-07 Three Scientists Win Nobel Physics Prize for Black Hole Research
Three scientists have won the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics for their discoveries related to massive objects called black holes.…
2020-10-05 New Measurements on the Moon Show Harmful Radiation Levels
New measurements show that radiation levels on the moon are two to three times higher than on the International Space…
2020-10-01 New AI Tool Searches Millions of Historical Newspaper Pages
A new search tool uses machine learning to search millions of U.S. newspaper pages for historical pictures. The U.S. Library…
2020-09-29 Judge Blocks US Ban on New TikTok Downloads
A U.S. judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration order to ban new downloads of the popular video-sharing app TikTok.…
2020-09-28 Arctic Ocean Ice Shrinks to Second Lowest Level on Record
Scientists say ice in the Arctic Ocean melted to its second lowest level on record this summer. Arctic sea ice…
2020-09-28 With Whale Sharks, Males Grow Faster, But Females Grow Bigger
New research has provided surprising details about the biology of Earth’s largest fish, the whale shark. Scientists say that female…
2020-09-27 Fewer Europeans Using Coronavirus Tracing Apps than Expected
Smartphone apps designed to slow spread of the coronavirus have experienced low usage rates in Europe, where virus cases are…
2020-09-25 NASA Releases Updated Plan for 2024 Moon Landing
The American space agency, NASA, has released its latest plan to place the first humans on the moon since 1972.…