2020-06-10 Pope Sends Strong Message to US Catholics After Floyd Death
Pope Francis called George Floyd by name two times in a speech last week. And he offered support to an American religious leader who knelt in prayer during a Black…
2020-06-10 Coronavirus Disrupts Fight to Save Endangered Species
Scientist Carlos Ruiz has spent 25 years working to save golden lion tamarins. The long-haired monkeys that live in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest are endangered. His project to regrow the wooded…
2020-06-10 Scientists Study Dinosaur’s Last Meal
Around 110 million years ago, a dinosaur ate some plants, in what is now western Canada, before suddenly dying. That creature is now giving important information about ancient plant-eating dinosaurs.…
2020-06-09 Coronavirus Results in Unexpected Gift to Dutch Museum
A museum facing financial difficulties because of COVID-19 restrictions has received a surprise gift meant to honor people who died of the disease. The gift is a 16th century artwork…
2020-06-09 Americans Buy Used Cars in the Coronavirus Economy
In April, as America shutdown to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, used-car salesman Alex Tovstanovsky bought as many cars as he could find. His business in the Illinois…
2020-06-08 Heat-trapping Carbon Dioxide in Air Hits Record High
Scientists say the world recently set a record for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The record level was reached although industrial activities that produce carbon dioxide have fallen sharply. That…
2020-06-08 New Zealand Declares Itself Free from Coronavirus
New Zealand has declared itself free from the coronavirus and lifted all virus-related restrictions within the country. Health officials said Monday the last known person infected with coronavirus had recovered.…
2020-06-07 Scientists Find Largest, Oldest-Known Mayan Structure
Scientists have discovered the largest and oldest-known structure that was built by the ancient Mayan people. Large and shaped like a rectangle, the structure was built between 2,800 and 3,000…
2020-06-08 Will Temperature Checks Help Protect Workers?
Businesses in the United States are opening up after closures ordered by health and other officials because of the coronavirus crisis. Many employers and employees are thinking about ways to…
2020-06-07 History Lessons of 1968 and Other Years
The streets were on fire as National Guard troops moved into cities across the United States. The cries were full of anger and sadness. “We’re sick of it!,” protesters shouted.…
2020-06-06 DNA Helps Scholars Understand Dead Sea Scrolls
An international team of scientists has successfully decoded ancient DNA from animal skin on which some of the Dead Sea Scrolls were written. The first of the 2000 year old…
2020-06-06 Scientists Find Mammoth Bones Near Mexico City
Huge bones have been discovered in a place 50 kilometers north of Mexico City where a new airport is being built. Scientists, who study the past by examining very old…
2020-06-04 France Launches Contact-Tracing App Despite Privacy Concerns
France is launching an official software application, or app, aimed at containing new outbreaks of the novel coronavirus. The app’s main purpose is the method of documenting infected people and…
2020-06-05 One Hundred Year Later, Hungarians Still Feel World War One Injustice
For Laszlo Petrik, any talk of the Treaty of Trianon stirs up strong feelings. Petrik is an ethnic Hungarian who lives on the Slovak side of the Danube River. His…
2020-06-03 Police Chokeholds Reviewed Around the World
George Floyd died on May 25 after an American police officer pressed his leg on Floyd’s neck for several minutes during an arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Three days later, another…