Category : science

The Grand Canyon May Have Been Exposing Tourists to Uranium For 18 Years

And it's a complete mystery as to how the radiation got there.

Eating nuts tied to lower heart disease risk for diabetics

Diabetics who ate at least five 28-gram (one-ounce) servings of nuts a week were 17 percent less likely to develop heart disease than people with diabetes who had no more than one serving of nuts weekly, the study found. For people with diabetes, ad...

XPO Logistics Pays Up to Borrow $1 Billion for Stock Buyback

The trucking company and warehouse operator will use the bonds to repay borrowings under its existing credit agreement, among other general corporate purposes like repurchasing shares, according to a statement Tuesday. Equity analysts also have conc...

Why the Air Force Is Buying a Bunch of F-15s Even Though the F-35 Is Coming

The F-15X will complement the F-22 and F-35 in tomorrow's aerial battlefields.

Super Moon? Snow Moon? Full moon? Whatever you call it, a lunar spectacle is coming Monday night/Tuesday morning

Whether you call it full, snow or super, the biggest, brightest moon of the year is coming to a sky near you Monday night/Tuesday morning.

Wall Street rises modestly on Walmart bump

U.S. stocks gained ground on Tuesday as upbeat results from Walmart boosted investor sentiment and high-level U.S.-China trade talks resumed in Washington. All three major U.S. equity indexes closed higher, with the Nasdaq ending its seventh consecu...

Trump orders creation of Space Force, but within Air Force

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday directed the Pentagon to develop plans to create a new Space Force within the Air Force, accepting less than the full-fledged department he'd wanted.

And now for the weather on Mars, courtesy of new NASA lander

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — And now for the weather on Mars: NASA's newest lander is offering daily reports on the red planet's frigid winter.

Merck's Keytruda fails late-stage study in liver cancer patients

Merck & Co Inc's cancer drug Keytruda failed a late-stage trial's main goals of slowing disease progression and extending the life of patients with a common type of liver cancer, the company said on Tuesday. The results could hamper prospects for th...

Why Baidu Is the Tech Giant That’s Most Vulnerable to a China Downturn

The search giant, which reports results this week, could fare worse than rivals Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. because of its higher reliance on the advertising market, an increasingly competitive arena that tends to suffer with...

This Startup Is Trying to Reach The Moon Without Help From Any Governments

Space startup SpaceIL plans to be the first private company to reach the lunar surface.

President Donald Trump signs directive approving scaled-back Space Force

President Donald Trump signed a new directive Tuesday aimed at formally establishing a space-focused military branch that will begin as an extension of the U.S. Air Force, another step toward making a Space Force a reality. "Today I'm thrilled to si...

Climate change could raise risk of congenital heart defects

The study is preliminary, and the potential impact of climate change on congenital heart disease is far from clear, the researchers say. "Early pregnancy, particularly 3-8 weeks after conception, is the critical period for a fetus' heart development...

Venezuela shuts border with Caribbean islands ahead of aid efforts

Maduro has rejected offers of foreign aid, denying there are widespread shortages and insisting that the country's economic problems are the result of sanctions by Washington. Opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has been recognized by dozens countrie...

IBS in Children: Symptoms and Remedies for Parents to Know

IBS isn't just a problem for grown-ups. Here are the red flags and how to help your child feel better.

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