Science and Health

NASA Astronaut Collins Remembered for ‘Carrying the Fire’

Brazil Tops 400,000 Virus Deaths Amid Fears of Renewed Surge

FDA Moves to Ban Menthol Cigarettes

India Struggles with COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Amid New Infection, Death Rates

UN Calls on Countries to Take Action to Prevent Drowning

Low Pay, Bad Working Conditions, COVID Burnout Spark Likely Global Nursing Shortage

Fauci: New Mask Guidelines Should Motivate People to Get COVID Vaccinations

World’s Glaciers Melting at Faster Pace

Kenyan Experts: Pesticides Killing Bees, Forcing Farmers to Hand-Pollinate

Kenyan Experts: Pesticides Killing Bees, Forcing Farmers to Hand Pollinate

US Government Relaxes Guidelines for Wearing COVID Masks Outdoors

Companies Cut Concrete’s Heavy Carbon Footprint

WHO Pushes Routine Vaccinations Amid COVID Downturn

Senegalese Divers, Activists Clean-Up Coast for Earth Day

EU Will Let Vaccinated Americans Visit This Summer, Top Official Says

Authorities in Somalia Hail Progress in Malaria Fight

Mariners Learn How Not to Get Stuck in the Suez Canal

UN Calls for Action to Achieve a Malaria-Free World

Modi: COVID-19 Has ‘Shaken’ India

Thailand Sets Daily Record of COVID-19 Deaths for Second Day

French Isolation Study for 15 People Ends After 40 Days in Cave

China Points Toward Asteroid Defense System, Comet Mission

Malawi Rejects WHO Call to Use Expired COVID Vaccine

US Government Funds Mental Health Crisis Teams to Stand In for Police

Recycled SpaceX Capsule Docks at International Space Station

Israel: No New COVID Cases Recorded Thursday

HIV Drugs Run Short in Kenya as People say Lives at Risk

Global Tally of COVID Cases Climbs to More Than 145 Million

Biden Urges World Leaders to Keep Promises on Climate Following Summit

US Agencies OK Resumption of J&J COVID Vaccine Use Despite Clot Risk

CDC Independent Immunization Panel Meets on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

Norwegian Climber Is 1st to Test Positive on Mount Everest

Burkina Faso Tested Malaria Vaccine Shows 77% Efficacy

India Reports Record Number of COVID Infections, Again

Objects from the Past Evolve into Futuristic Robots

Ghost Kitchens – What The Pandemic Has Given The Food Industry

Mexico’s Drought Reaches Critical Levels as Lakes Dry Up

The Week in Space

Over 250,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Delivered to Syria

Biden Sets Ambitious CO2 Target at Virtual Global Summit on Climate Change 

NASA’s Mars Rover Makes Its Own Oxygen

Stanford University Disavows Study Claiming Masks ‘Worthless’ Against COVID-19

India Reports World’s Biggest Single-Day Total of COVID-19 Infections

Kenyan Ladies’ Soccer Clubs’ Goal to Reduce Teen Pregnancy

Greta Thunberg Docuseries Amplifies Her Climate Change Fight

Students Graduate From Earth Day Planting to Environmental Degrees

Japan Nears Decision on New COVID Emergency Decree

New Rules Allowing Small Drones to Fly Over People in US Take Effect

Japanese Government Nears Decision on New COVID Emergency Decree

A Whale Chorus Reveals How Climate Change May Be Shifting Migration

Chinese President Xi Jinping to Appear at US-Led Global Climate Summit 

Carbon Dioxide Emissions Could Jump 5% as Economies Rebound, Energy Agency Says

EMA Finds Link Between Johnson & Johnson Vaccine and Blood Clots

India Reports Record 273,810 Daily COVID Cases

South Sudan Stops Using Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine Over Expiration Fears

India Reports a Record 273,810 COVID Cases in One Day

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Takes First Successful Test Flight

Welsh Company Gives New Life to Discarded PPE

US, China Pledge Urgent Climate Control Measures

Mars Helicopter Flight Test Promises Wright Brothers Moment for NASA