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
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
This Could Be the Most Earth-Like Exoplanet Discovered Yet
A real sunset on Earth, compared to an artist’s impression of a setting star on the exoplanets Teegarden b and Teegarden c. Image: UPR Arecibo
Georgia to Turn into a Blockchain Hub for Global Business
Jun 19, 2019 at 12:21 // News Georgia has concluded a new partnership with engineering firm IOHK to turn the country into a blockchain hub. The
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
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
Spider Eating a Pygmy Possum Is Obviously Australian
Photo: Justine Latton That’s a photo of a huntsman spider eating a pygmy possum. Yikes! A woman named Justine Latton posted this photo in a
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
San Francisco Set to Approve First-of-Its-Kind Ban on E-Cigarette Sales
Tobacco-flavored Juul pods on sale in San Francisco on June 17, 2019.Photo: Samantha Maldonado (AP) The city of San Francisco has become the first in
Scientists Say They Can Recreate Living Dinosaurs Within the Next Few Years
June 18, 2019 2 min read Don’t we already know how this movie’s going to end? In a potentially terrifying case of life imitating art,