Science and Health

Environmentalists Protest Logging in Ancient Polish Forest

African Lawyers Seek Tougher Penalties Against Fake Drug Imports

African Officials Seek Tougher Penalties Against Fake Drug Imports

Malnourished Children at Risk of Death From Cholera in Yemen, Africa

Soy ‘Milk’? Even Federal Agencies Can’t Agree on Terminology

Lunar Robots Put to Test on Sicily’s Mount Etna

Appeals Court Rules Against EPA in Methane Gas Regulations

Strange Sea Creatures Near Alaska Baffle Scientists

First Reusable Commercial Spacecraft Successfully Completes Second Mission

Forecaster: Budget Cuts Could Hurt Hurricane Predictions

Inventor Transforms Lives with Cheap 3-D Prosthetics

Sudanese Doctors Urge Measures Against Cholera Outbreak

New High-Tech Alarm Bracelet Summons Help

New Director-General Begins Work at WHO

DRC Declares Ebola Outbreak Over

Turkey Moves Further From Secularism in Dropping Evolution From Schools

Evolution vs. Erdogan: Turkey Struggles with Basic Science

Hot Dog Recipe Is New, but Nitrites Are Nitrites, Some Researchers Say

Tsetse Fly’s Weakness May Be Its Symbiotic Bacteria

Trump Revives National Space Council, to Be Led by Pence

Experiencing Hurricane-Force Wind

Preterm Births in US Increase for a Second Year

Simple Malaria Intervention in African Schools Leads to Big Improvement in Students’ Performance

Climate Change Up Close: Southern, Poor US Counties to Suffer

World Food Prize Winner: Immense Challenges Lie Ahead

Dead Sea Shrinkage Predicts Future Mega Drought

Zika Cases Down Around the World from 2016

In South Sudan, One Hospital Delivers New Limbs, New Life

Head of Top US University for the Deaf Visiting Africa

Cairo Airport to Screen Passengers from Sudan for Cholera

Kenya’s New HIV Treatment Offers Hope for Patients

Skin Patch Vaccine Protects Against Influenza

From Prague to Mongolia, Wild Horses Return to the Steppes

Review Shows Concussions Ignored in World Cup

Senate Republicans Struggle to Keep Health Overhaul Alive, Delay Vote

A Visit to Dr. Yum Means a Checkup and a Cooking Class

The Heaviest Deadweight in the World

Climate Change Could Bring Malaria Risk to Ethiopia’s Highlands

Measles Can be Deadly, But is Preventable

Measles is Deadly, But Preventable

Testing The Limits of a Carbon Sink

Koch Chief Calls Senate Health Bill Insufficiently Conservative

UN: Cholera Outbreak in Yemen Could Infect 300,000

US Southwest to See Little Respite From Hot Temperatures

High Temperatures Continue in US Southwest

Researchers Investigate Zika Virus as a Treatment for Brain Cancer

Rising Temperatures, Acidification Threaten Mediterranean Sea Species

Red Cross: Safe Burial Practices Helped Prevent Spread of Ebola in West Africa

Smart Exoskeleton Adapts to Individual Users

Yellowstone Grizzly Bears to Lose Endangered Species Protection

UN: Treatment, Not Prison, Way to Deal With Global Drug Epidemic

Study: Olive Oil Protects Brain From Alzheimer’s

Spacesuit Technology Used for Earthly Pain Relief

Researchers to See How Much Carbon Dioxide Forests Can Take

Spectators Gear Up in US for Coast-to-coast Solar Eclipse

Teach ‘Fathers of Tomorrow’ to Keep Girls in School Today, Study Shows

Study Suggests Moms Who Breast-feed Have Lower Risk of Heart Disease Later

Giant Iceberg Like ‘Niggling Tooth’ Set to Crack off Antarctica

‘Walking Blood Bank’ Could Save Lives in Remote Areas

Record Heat Recorded Worldwide