The return of the wolf: Wild cubs born in the Netherlands
Authorities say wolves are officially back in the Netherlands, two centuries after the animals were hunted to extinction in the country, after a pair produced
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Public to weigh in on revised California vaccine bill
Residents are getting their first chance to weigh in on changes to a California measure that would give state public health officials oversight of doctors
Poll: Tracking asteroids a favored focus for space program
Americans prefer a space program that focuses on potential asteroid impacts, scientific research and using robots to explore the cosmos over sending humans back to
APNewsBreak: Texas says Rapid DNA supplier jeopardizes cases
With a name that sounds like futuristic fiction, Rapid DNA machines roughly the size of an office printer have helped solve rape cases in Kentucky,
Seattle to open smoke shelters for ‘new normal’ summer fires
Ahead of a Western wildfire season expected to be again worse than average, officials in Seattle announced Wednesday that five city buildings would be outfitted
Facebook’s currency Libra faces financial, privacy pushback
Facebook is getting a taste of the regulatory pushback it will face as it creates a new digital currency with corporate partners. Just hours after
Scientists record singing by rare right whale for first time
It’s not America’s Top 40, but it’s a cutting edge song. Federal marine biologists for the first time have recorded singing by one of the
US CEO donates $188 million to study ethics and AI
An American billionaire has given Oxford University 150 million pounds ($188.6 million) for a new institute that will study the ethical implications of artificial intelligence
New study to examine feeding habits of Cape Cod great whites
Researchers on Cape Cod are launching a new study focused on the hunting and feeding habits of the region’s great white sharks following last year’s
Israel holds large military drill amid US-Iran tensions
Israel wrapped up its largest military drill in years on Wednesday, with thousands of troops from the army, navy and air force simulating a future
Polar bear spotted in Russian city, far from normal habitat
An emaciated polar bear has been sighted in a Russian industrial city in Siberia, far south of its normal hunting grounds. Emergency officials in the
US air quality is slipping after years of improvement
After decades of improvement, America’s air may not be getting any cleaner. Over the last two years the nation had more polluted air days than
Twice burned: Winklevii overshadowed by Zuckerberg yet again
Can a Libra and two Geminis get along? How about Facebook and the Winklevoss twins? Back in the day, Mark Zuckerberg’s hunky Harvard classmates claimed
Google puts up $1B to ease housing headaches it helped cause
Google is pouring $1 billion into easing the high-priced housing headaches that it and its Silicon Valley peers helped give the San Francisco Bay Area.
Facebook’s currency Libra faces financial, privacy pushback
Facebook is getting a taste of the regulatory pushback it will face as it creates a new digital currency with corporate partners. Just hours after