Category : science

California's Air Quality Is Poor. Here's How to Protect Yourself.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Jennifer Krasner's 4-year-old daughter had been coughing for days. Krasner and her family live 20 minutes north of San Francisco, in Mill Valley, California, not close to any fire but wreathed in smoke nonetheless, with her house...

A design proposal calls for building the world's largest underwater habitat — a deep-sea version of the International Space Station

Fabien Costeau — grandson of oceanographer Jacques Cousteau — helped design a proposed habitat named Proteus that would sit 60 feet underwater.

Fauci says Americans need to 'hunker down and get through this fall and winter,' or else play a game of whack-a-mole with the COVID-19 virus

The US did not shut down nearly as much as the European Union, according to indicators like grocery visits, park visits, and workplace attendance.

The sprint to create a COVID-19 vaccine started in January. The finish line awaits.

Drug developers confronting the coronavirus pandemic are fueled by coffee, competitiveness and a chance to protect the world.

Women have disrupted research on bird song, and their findings show how diversity can improve all fields of science

Americans often idealize scientists as unbiased, objective observers. But scientists are affected by conscious and unconscious biases, just as people in other fields are. Studies of birds’ vocal behavior clearly show how research approaches can be af...

Citizen science taps into public's love of trees

Research projects involving the public can raise awareness but are less useful for delivering hard data.

Study finds India missed early cases, lockdown was leaky

Results of India’s first nationwide study of prevailing coronavirus infections found that for every confirmed case detected in May, authorities were missing between 82 and 130 others. At the time, India had confirmed around 35,000 cases and over 1,0...

European Commission to choose more ambitious 2030 climate goal – document

The European Commission will propose that the European Union sets a 2030 target to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions by "at least 55%" against 1990 levels, according to an internal document seen by Reuters. The EU's current target is a 40% cut in...

Pringles tube tries to wake from 'recycling nightmare'

Kellogg's redesigns the snackfood container that was dubbed the "number one villain" for recycling.

Barrymore sets high standard in her models as talk show host

Drew Barrymore is setting a high standard for herself as she joins the world of daytime talk show hosts on Monday. Both men became media stars through their comedy — ironic for Letterman, crude for Stern. “We’re all human beings on this planet goin...

Bars in Florida will reopen next week. The state recorded more than 200 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday.

The announcement comes as Florida's Department of Health reported 2,583 cases of COVID-19 with 211 deaths on Thursday.

NASA sets out to buy moon resources mined by private companies

NASA on Thursday launched an effort to pay companies to mine resources on the moon, announcing it would buy from them rocks, dirt and other lunar materials as the U.S. space agency seeks to spur private extraction of coveted off-world resources for i...

Vaccine confidence volatile, vulnerable to misinformation, global study finds

Political polarisation and online misinformation are threatening vaccination programmes worldwide, with public trust volatile and varying widely between countries, according to a global vaccine confidence study. The study, which maps trends in vacci...

Severe floods hit 760,000 people in West and Central Africa

Nigerien student Hachimou Abdou has had to catch a boat to classes since river water swamped his route to university in the capital Niamey - one of about 760,000 people hit by severe flooding in recent weeks in parts of West and Central Africa. Floo...

Coronavirus: The types of vaccine; How the UK is scaling up vaccine production

Vaccination has eradicated smallpox, a disease that decimated populations through the 20th century. Polio is almost gone too, and measles is no longer the pervasive childhood threat it once was. It’s clear that vaccination is our best tool to halt th...

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