Historic space mission commander tours South African schools

Esteemed American astronaut, geoscience professor and artist Sian Proctor is touring South African schools to emphasize the importance of education in science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics

US-Australia talks focus on China's 'coercive behavior,' climate change

WASHINGTON/SYDNEY — The United States and Australia kicked off high-level talks Tuesday that will focus on China's coercive behavior, as well as the AUKUS nuclear submarine project, mounting tensions in the Middle East and climate change, officials s[..]

WHO: Governments unprepared to combat global COVID-19 surge

Geneva — The World Health Organization is warning that governments throughout the world are unprepared to combat the global surge of COVID-19, which is putting millions of people at risk of severe disease and death

As mpox cases surge in Africa, few treatments and vaccines available

BANGUI, Central African Republic — African health officials said mpox cases have spiked by 160% so far this year, warning the risk of further spread is high given the lack of effective treatments or vaccines on the continent

Mexico City’s women water harvesters help make up for drought

MEXICO CITY — Gliding above her neighborhood in a cable car on a recent morning, Sonia Estefanía Palacios Díaz scanned a sea of blue and black water tanks, tubes and cables looking for rain harvesting systems

Heat deaths of people without air conditioning underscore inequity

PHOENIX, ARIZONA — Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn't have air conditioning in the motor home where he died last month in Washington state as temperatures surged into the triple digits

Rafah water facility demolition raises health risks in Gaza, UN says

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Blood tests could help diagnose Alzheimer's, study finds

Washington — New blood tests could help doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s disease faster and more accurately, researchers reported Sunday – but some appear to work far better than others

Galapagos Islands, many unique creatures at risk from warming waters

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, Ecuador — Warm morning light reflects from the remains of a natural rock arch near Darwin Island, one of the most remote islands in the Galapagos

Urgent action needed to stop spread of drug-resistant malaria, scientists warn

The malaria parasite is showing signs of resistance to artemisinin, the main drug used to fight the disease, in parts of Africa

Urgent action needed to stop spread of drug-resistant malaria, scientists warn

Bangkok — Millions of lives could be put at risk unless urgent action is taken to curb the spread of drug-resistant malaria in Africa, according to a new paper published in the journal Science

World's largest platypus conservation center welcomes first residents

sydney, australia — The world's largest platypus conservation center has welcomed its first residents as part of a project to protect the semi-aquatic mammal found only in Australia amid threats to its habitat from extreme weather and humans

Climate change imperils drought-stricken Morocco's cereal farmers, food supply

KENITRA, Morocco — Golden fields of wheat no longer produce the bounty they once did in Morocco

NASA Mars rover captures rock that could hold fossilized microbes

washington — NASA's rover Perseverance on Mars has made what could be its most astonishing discovery to date: possible signs of ancient life on the Red Planet

Judge's ruling temporarily allows for unlicensed Native Hawaiian midwifery

HONOLULU — A Hawaii judge has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing a law requiring the licensing of practitioners and teachers of traditional Native Hawaiian midwifery while a lawsuit seeking to overturn the statute wends its way through the [..]