Protection Sought for Snail Near Nevada Lithium Mine Activists are seeking Endangered Species Act protection for an extremely small snail. The tiny, shelled animal is only known to exist in water sources along the Nevada-Oregon border in the western...
NASA Makes Final Preparations to Crash Spacecraft into Asteroid The American space agency NASA is making final preparations to crash a spacecraft into an asteroid in the world's first planetary defense test. The mission is called the Double Asteroid...
Artificial Intelligence Tool Aims to Identify, Predict Smells American researchers have created a technology tool that aims to identify and re-create different smells. The system is powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The tool was developed and...
Researchers Study Sea Creature that Could Live Forever Scientists in Spain have mapped the genetic code of a sea animal that is the only known creature able to go back in its life cycle. The research involves a kind of jellyfish. The researchers' goa...
Earliest Medical Operation Might Have Been 31,000 Years Ago A new study provides the earliest known evidence of amputation the medical term for cutting off a part of a person's body. Around 31,000 years ago, a young adult had their left foot and part...
The American space agency NASA is celebrating the longest mission in its history. The mission involves two spacecraft Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. They launched in 1977. NASA officials have said that when first launched, the Voyager mission was expected...
Apple Keeps Prices Flat in New iPhone, Apple Watch Release Apple and some other technology companies say they are aiming to keep prices level this year. The maker of the popular iPhone announced a list of new products recently. In addition to adding...
German Farmer Grows Fruit under Solar Power Equipment A German farmer is successfully growing apples beneath solar power equipment that produces electricity. It is currently harvest season for Christian Nachtwey, who operates an apple farm, or orchar...
California to End New Sales of Gasoline Vehicles by 2035 California has approved a policy that will require nearly all new vehicles sold in the state to be electric by the year 2035. California Governor Gavin Newsom first announced the proposed polic...
NASA Finds Evidence of Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere The newly deployed James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the first clear evidence of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. The American space agency NA...
Little Sea Creature Could Play Big Part in Saving Coastal Land Government agencies and volunteer groups in many places are using sea creatures to protect coastal areas from storms and rising sea levels. The idea is that large groups of oysters, known...
Study: Fossil Bones Add to Evidence about Earliest Ancestor Researchers say new examinations of arm and leg fossils support existing evidence that an identified species could be our earliest known ancestor. The fossil bones were found near a skull th...
Report: Facebook, Twitter Took Down Pro-US Influence Campaign Independent investigators have found that Facebook and Twitter removed a series of false accounts that pushed pro-Western policy positions to foreign users. Facebook's parent company, Meta...
A study published Monday predicts that melting ice in Greenland will cause sea levels around the world to rise by at least 27 centimeters by 2100. This would be more than double an earlier prediction by a United Nations body. Last year's Intergovernm...
The American space agency NASA postponed the launch of its new moon rocket on Monday because of an engine problem. The launch of NASA's Space Launch System, or SLS, was called off about 40 minutes before launch time at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Ca...
