NASA Katherine Johnson Supply Ship Departs ISS
A unmanned NASA resupply ship, docked at the International Space Station (ISS) since February, departed Tuesday on one last ...
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Pacific Northwest Heatwave ‘Exceptional and Dangerous’, World Meteorological Organization Says
The U.N. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Tuesday called the heatwave hitting the Pacific Northwest corner of the United ...
4 Major Australian Cities Under New Lockdown
The number of major Australian cities heading into lockdown due to the growing presence of the highly infectious delta variant of ...
Australian Investors Demand Corporate Climate Change Transparency
Three major investor groups representing some of Australia’s biggest finance firms are calling for government regulators to ...
Record-breaking Heat Wave Continues to Batter Pacific Northwest
The U.S. Pacific Northwest baked under record-breaking temperatures again Monday as the region endures a dangerous heat wave that ...
Modi: ‘Threat of COVID-19 Remains’
“The threat of COVID-19 remains,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his monthly broadcast Sunday, “and we have to ...
Delta Variant Prompts Some Countries to Return to Lockdown
The delta variant of the coronavirus is sending Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh into some form of lockdown, along with ...
WHO Chief: Corona Delta Variant ‘Spreading Rapidly’
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday that the delta variant of the novel coronavirus ...
California to Extend Eviction Ban, Pay Back Rent for Tenants
California will extend its ban on evictions and cover back rent and utility payments for people who fell behind during the ...
COVID-19 Delta Variant Spreading Fast Among Unvaccinated
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday that the delta variant of the coronavirus that ...
AP-NORC Poll: Most Say Restrict Abortion After 1st Trimester
A solid majority of Americans believe most abortions should be legal in the first three months of a woman’s pregnancy, but ...
Experts: Severe Droughts, Fires Signal Environmental Shift
Parts of the western United States are seeing record high temperatures in the midst of drought — signaling, experts ...
Sydney Locks Down Amid COVID Surge
Workers and residents in Sydney were ordered to stay home for a week on Friday, as authorities locked down several central areas ...
Fossil Find Adds to Evidence of Dinosaurs Living in Arctic Year-round
Fossils from tiny baby dinosaurs discovered in northernmost Alaska offer strong evidence that the prehistoric creatures lived ...
ESA Astronaut Recruitment Drive Nets 22,000 Applicants
The European Space Agency (ESA) reports that the first recruitment drive for astronauts since 2008 netted 22,000 applications, ...
Northern Hemisphere Sees Its Longest Day of the Year
The Northern Hemisphere sees its longest day of the year; astronauts make power moves outside the International Space Station. ...
2 US Coronavirus Vaccines May Be Linked to Rare Heart Condition, CDC Says
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday there is a likely association between two COVID-19 vaccines ...
Indonesia Jails Cleric for 4 Years Over Spread of False COVID-19 Information
An Indonesian court jailed hardline Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab on Thursday for four years for spreading false information in a ...
NASA Head Seeks New Funding for Annual Moon Landings ‘Over a Dozen Years’
The U.S. space agency NASA aspires to land humans on the moon every year for 12 consecutive years, Administrator Bill Nelson ...
Congress Member Describes Continuing Mental Trauma From January 6 Riots
Images of the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol are seared into many Americans’ minds and remain especially vivid ...
Can ET See Us? Study Finds Many Stars With Prime Earth View
Feeling like you are being watched? It could be from a lot farther away than you think. Astronomers took a technique used to ...
New York Governor: State’s COVID Emergency to End Thursday
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday the COVID-19 State of Emergency, originally declared in March of 2020, will expire ...
After Cameroon Government Ban from Western Regions, MSF Says Thousands Lack Healthcare
Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says tens of thousands of people in Cameroon’s western regions have been deprived ...
Indonesia Nears 2 Million COVID-19 Cases as Delta Variant Drives New Surge
The Delta COVID-19 variant first identified in India has spread quickly around the world and is now hitting Indonesia. Southeast ...