Sci/Tech News

December 05, 2019

Authorities say at least 28 killed in landslides in Burundi

Authorities in Burundi say at least 28 people have been killed in landslides after heavy rains and that toll could grow with ...

December 05, 2019

GM, Korea's LG Chem in venture to build factory in Ohio

General Motors and Korea's LG Chem have formed a joint venture to build an electric vehicle battery cell factory near ...

December 05, 2019

Spain launches app to fight trafficking of protected timber

Spain’s Ministry for Ecological Transition has launched a mobile app to fight the trafficking of tropical species of timber, ...

December 05, 2019

Portugal resists US appeal to bar Huawei from 5G network bid

Portugal won’t exclude Chinese companies from competing in a planned public tender for the country’s next-generation 5G ...

December 05, 2019

German farmers won’t appeal climate lawsuit defeat

Three German farming families say they won’t appeal a court’s decision to dismiss their climate change lawsuit against ...

December 05, 2019

Experts say Mekong River’s new color a worrying sign

The Mekong River has recently acquired an aquamarine color that may beguile tourists but also indicates a problem caused by ...

December 05, 2019

AP Interview: New Zealand PM aims to limit spread of hate

New Zealand’s prime minister said she will do all she can to stop a man accused of killing 51 Muslim worshippers from ...

December 04, 2019

Surprising 1st results from NASA's sun-skimming spacecraft

NASA's sun-skimming spacecraft, the Parker Solar Probe, is surprising scientists with its unprecedented close views of our ...

December 04, 2019

Google co-founders step aside as antitrust scrutiny heats up

Google’s co-founders are relinquishing their executive positions just as state and federal regulators, not to mention the ...

December 04, 2019

Climate simulations are mostly accurate, study finds

The computer models used to simulate what heat-trapping gases will do to global temperatures have been pretty spot-on in ...

December 04, 2019

US feels the heat as Trump pulls out of global climate pact

President Donald Trump is aiming to make the annual U.N.-sponsored climate talks underway in Madrid the last ones for full ...

December 04, 2019

Google bans Conservative Party YouTube ad with BBC material

Google has taken down a U.K. Conservative Party ad on YouTube that used BBC news footage, days after Facebook took similar ...

December 04, 2019

Climate activists target Liberal Democrats in UK election

Extinction Rebellion says six of its activists have targeted the U.K. election campaign bus of the Liberal Democrats ...

December 04, 2019

Thunberg urges action at COP25 summit

Greta Thunberg arrived in Lisbon, Portugal on her way to the upcoming COP25 UN climate change conference in Madrid, Spain.

December 04, 2019

Global carbon pollution continues to rise, but more slowly

The world continues to increase the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide it pumps into the air, but it’s not rising as fast ...

December 04, 2019

Google co-founders step down as execs of parent Alphabet

The co-founders of Google are stepping down as executives of its parent company, Alphabet, ending a remarkable two decades ...

December 03, 2019

Court seems ready to curb claims over Montana Superfund site

The Supreme Court seemed inclined Tuesday to rule that Montana homeowners who are seeking additional cleanup of arsenic left ...

December 03, 2019

Greta Thunberg says voyage ‘energized’ her climate fight

Climate activist Greta Thunberg told cheering supporters Tuesday that her three-week journey across the Atlantic had ...

December 03, 2019

German authorities search Volkswagen offices in diesel probe

German authorities have searched Volkswagen offices as part of their investigation into the automaker’s manipulation of ...