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EXPLAINER: Why patents on COVID vaccines are so contentious

The Biden administration’s call to lift patent protections on COVID-19 vaccines to help poor parts of the world get more ...

UN: Cutting methane quickly key to curbing dangerous warming

Cutting the super-potent greenhouse gas methane quickly and dramatically is the world’s best hope to slow and limit the worst ...

SpaceX launches Starship in 1st successful flight

SpaceX launched and successfully landed its futuristic Starship on Wednesday, finally nailing a test flight of the rocketship ...

60 years since 1st American in space: Tourists lining up

Sixty years after Alan Shepard became the first American in space, everyday people are on the verge of following in his ...

Astronauts excited about growing space tourism

Sixty years after Alan Shepard became the 1st American in space, people are on the verge of following in his cosmic footsteps

COVID's US toll projected to drop sharply by the end of July

Teams of experts are projecting COVID-19's toll on the U.S. will fall sharply by the end of July, according to research ...

Researchers: Climate pledges see world closing on Paris goal

Recent pledges by the United States and other nations could help cap global warming at 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) by ...

Belgian government, parliament, colleges hit by cyberattack

The company providing internet services for Belgium’s parliament, government agencies, universities and scientific ...

Food of the future? EU nations put mealworms on the menu

Dried yellow mealworms could soon be hitting supermarket shelves and restaurants across Europe. The European Union's 27 ...

Wine that went to space for sale with $1 million price tag

The wine is out of this world. The price is appropriately stratospheric. Christie’s said Tuesday it is selling a bottle of ...

Eli Broad, billionaire entrepreneur who reshaped LA, dies

Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur who co-founded homebuilding pioneer ...

NASA talks next steps for Mars helicopter

Despite a failed flight on Thursday, NASA is looking forward to more work ahead for its Mars helicopter. A scheduled fourth ...

US pushes ahead with nuclear plans despite watchdog concerns

The Biden administration appears to be picking up where former President Donald Trump left off as the federal agency that ...

EU study: GMO laws needs overhaul; environmentalists protest

A new European Union study finds that the two decade-old legislation on genetically modified organisms should be revamped, ...

Egyptian mummy was a pregnant woman, not a male priest

Polish researchers examining an ancient Egyptian mummy that they expected to be a male priest were surprised when X-rays and ...

India's deepening water crisis at the heart of farm protests

Every year, Swarn Singh sows rice in his fields, knowing that the thirsty crop is draining northern India's Punjab of its ...

Outdoor mask guidance echoes what many Americans already do

In the small Nebraska town of Oxford, the school district dropped its mask mandate last month in what was a fairly ...

AP analysis: The expected COVID baby boom may be a baby bust

When most of the U.S. went into lockdown over a year ago, some speculated that confining couples to their homes — with little ...

Astronaut Michael Collins, Apollo 11 pilot, dead of cancer

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who orbited the moon alone while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic ...

Satellites show world's glaciers melting faster than ever

Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31% more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to ...