2020-11-17 New Device Puts Music in Your Head
Imagine a world where you move around in front of a personal computer in your own sound space. You listen…
2020-11-16 World Food Production Also Having Big Effect on Climate Change
Most of the efforts aimed at reducing climate change center on reducing the use of fossil fuels. But a new…
2020-11-16 Stone Age Women Hunted Big Game, Study Finds
In the Stone Age Americas, a woman’s place may have been on the hunt, a new study reports. The study…
2020-11-14 First Passengers Get to Ride ‘Hyperloop’ Transporter
The American company Virgin Hyperloop says the high-speed transportation system it is developing has passed its first test with passengers.…
2020-11-12 Astronauts Arrive in Florida to Prepare for Weekend Launch
Four astronauts arrived at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday to prepare for a trip to…
2020-11-11 Volunteers Save Pangolins Rescued from Illegal Trade
A volunteer team in South Africa is rescuing pangolins from illegal traffickers as the animals face growing threats of extinction.…
2020-11-10 Huge Iceberg Floats toward South Georgia, Putting Wildlife at Risk
The world’s largest iceberg is floating toward the island of South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Scientists fear the…
2020-11-09 Denmark to Destroy Mink Population after Coronavirus Spreads to Humans
Denmark says it plans to destroy its whole population of minks after the animals apparently spread the new coronavirus to…
2020-11-08 Astronomers Discover Source of Fast Radio Burst
A little luck helped astronomers solve a mystery in space: What causes powerful but super-fast energy signals that move through…
2020-11-08 Study: 1 Million Tons of US Plastic Waste Ends Up in Wrong Place
A new study estimates that more than 1 million tons of plastic waste from the United States does not end…
2020-11-05 AI Aims to Identify COVID-19 by Sounds of a Cough
Researchers are working on machine learning systems to identify COVID-19 cases by the sounds of a person’s cough. One system…
2020-11-04 Scientists Warn of More Deadly Pandemics if Nature Not Protected
Scientific experts have warned that deadly pandemics are likely to keep happening if action is not taken to protect natural…
2020-11-03 Space Station Marks 20 Years of People Living in Orbit
The International Space Station was just three small rooms when the first crew moved in. The crew members soon discovered…
2020-11-02 NASA Spacecraft Captures Far More Asteroid Samples than Expected
A NASA spacecraft that recently collected rocks from an asteroid captured far more material than expected. The American space agency…
2020-10-29 Self-Driving Boats in Amsterdam Can Move People and Goods
The development and testing of self-driving car technology has seen major progress in recent years. But engineers are working on…