Science and Health

Congo Ebola Center Set on Fire After Armed Attack

On World Polar Bear Day Climatologists Sound the Alarm

Malawi Vaccinates Young Girls Against Cervical Cancer

Parkinson’s Drug Trial Offers Glimmer of Hope for Brain Cells

Noise-weary New York Ponders a Gentler, European-style Siren

Using One Germ to Fight Another When Today’s Antibiotics Fail

Rio de Janeiro Hits the Gas in Push Toward Its Zero Carbon Goal

Conservationists Highlight Recovery of Key Species

Scientists: Evidence for Man-Made Global Warming Hits ‘Gold Standard’

Green Climate Fund Names France’s Glemarec as New Chief

UAE Says its First Astronaut Going Into Space in September

Harpoon Deployed to Spear Space Debris

WHO: Pregnant Women Exposed to Ebola Should Get Vaccine

Virgin Galactic Takes Crew of 3 to Altitude of 55 Miles

US Senators Begin Probe of Rising Insulin Prices

NASA Clears SpaceX Test Flight to International Space Station

Trump to Bar Abortion Referrals by Family Planning Clinics

Los Angeles Showcases Quake Alert System

Why Is Measles a Big Deal?

Measles on the Rise Around the World

Using Animals to Measure Sea Plastic

Measles Epidemic in Madagascar Kills More Than 900, Says WHO

Venezuela’s Health Care System Continues Downward Spiral

China Faces Challenges in Containing Swine Flu Infection

From Smarter Energy to Less Plastic, Caribbean Resorts Go Green

New NASA Lander to Post Daily Reports on Red Planet Winter

Meet the Sea Squirt, Sucking Up Plastic Particles From the Sea

Report: US Doctors Overprescribed Deadly Drug Fentanyl to Patients

Powerful Magnets Can Relieve Depression

Thought Extinct, Horned Frog Rediscovered in Ecuador Rainforest

Magnetic Therapy Can Relieve Depression

Scientist Who Popularized Term ‘Global Warming’ Dies at 87

Philadelphia Mulls Supervised Injections to Cut Drug Deaths

Dinosaurs Tracks Saved from Australian Floods

San Antonio Wildlife Ranch Celebrates, Protects Endangered Animals

Wanted Surrogate Moms to Save Northern White Rhinos

A Spiny Necked Dinosaur Wows in Argentina

Year in Space Put US Astronaut’s Disease Defenses on Alert

Gourmet Grubs Wriggle Onto American Palate

More Than 1 Billion People Risk Hearing Loss from Loud Music

Measles Cases Surge Globally Putting Many Lives at Risk

Bug Appetit!

New Study Shows Rapid Decline in Insect Populations

Mars Rover’s Mission Finally Over, NASA Says

3D Heart Gives Surgeons Early Look at Patients

US Lawmakers Give Mixed Reviews to Ambitious Green New Deal Proposal

NASA About to Pull Plug on Mars Rover, Silent for 8 Months

Heading South: Warming to Change How US Cities Feel in 2080

Poll: Americans ‘Alarmed’ by Climate Change Double in Just 5 Years

Who Knows Best? Cities Consult Citizens for Fresh Ideas

Earth’s Earliest Mobile Organisms Lived 2.1 Billion Years Ago

US Sees Growing Threats to ‘Freedom of Action’ in Space

From L.A. to London, Veganism On the Menu

US Youth Smoking Decline Stalls, And Vaping May Be to Blame

Increased Patrols Spark Dolphin Resurgence

Most Children Globally Lack Social Protection Coverage

Leader of New Climate Panel Talks of Need for ‘Bold Action’

Study: Opioid Prescriptions for Pets Surge, Mirroring Human Crisis

Washington State Considers Vaccine Bill Following Measles Outbreak

Nigeria’s Health Care Spending Lags Behind Abuja Declaration