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San Antonio TX (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 - NASA's Lucy spacecraft is 6 days and less than 50 million miles (80 million km) away from its second close encounter with an asteroid; this time, the small main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson. T
Apr 15, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025 - A provocative research effort at the University of Rochester is exploring whether neurons might serve not only as conduits for electrical impulses but also as channels for light transmission. This w
Apr 15, 2025
Geneva (AFP) April 14, 2025 - The devastating earthquake that hit Myanmar last month has displaced tens of thousands and left the conflict-hit country in urgent need of large-scale debris removal, the United Nations said Monday.
Apr 14, 2025
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 - The asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an analysis from NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (
Apr 14, 2025
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 14, 2025 - Tensions between France and Algeria seemingly escalated after Algerian officials requested 12 French embassy to leave its borders within 48 hours, according to France's foreign affairs minister.
Apr 14, 2025
Poltava, Ukraine (AFP) April 14, 2025 - When Russian drones and missiles pierce the skies above Ukraine at night and air defence begins to thunder, Olga Klimova plunges into a deep sleep - far from her stay in a crowded psychiatric ward.
Apr 14, 2025
London (AFP) April 14, 2025 - Refuse workers in the British city of Birmingham on Monday refused a deal to end a weeks-long strike that has left tonnes of uncollected rubbish piled high in the streets, union officials said.
Apr 14, 2025
Hong Kong (AFP) April 14, 2025 - Hong Kong defended its immigration checks on Monday after a UK lawmaker said she was denied entry, prompting a meeting between the city's number two official and a British minister.
Apr 14, 2025
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 - Unexpectedly high levels of methane have been detected in Sweden's Lake Siljan, raising new questions about greenhouse gas emissions from freshwater systems. A team from Chalmers University of Techn
Apr 14, 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 - A longstanding mystery in Earth science may finally have an answer: why Earth's rocky mantle contains so little nitrogen compared to other volatile elements. According to a new study from Ehime Univ
Apr 14, 2025
Stockholm (AFP) April 14, 2025 - Climate activists including Greta Thunberg said Monday they plan to refile a lawsuit against the Swedish state for alleged climate inaction, two months after the Supreme Court threw out their case.
Apr 14, 2025
Lima (AFP) April 14, 2025 - Peru extended its state of emergency on Sunday by 30 days over a wave of killings linked to extortion gangs.
Apr 14, 2025
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 - Astronomers at W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawai'i, have traced the origin of 2024 YR4, an Earth-crossing asteroid discovered in December 2024, to a surprising location. Contrary to expectat
Apr 14, 2025
Najaf, Iraq (AFP) April 14, 2025 - A sandstorm in central and southern Iraq sent more than 1,800 people to hospitals with respiratory problems on Monday, health officials said.
Apr 14, 2025
London (AFP) April 14, 2025 - More than 110 wildfires have raged in the UK since the start of the year, according to satellite data released Monday, making it one of the worst years on record.
Apr 14, 2025
Mandalay, Myanmar (AFP) April 13, 2025 - Thousands marked the start of Myanmar's water festival on Sunday in the ruins of last month's earthquake, with the country's most raucous holiday muted by the tragedy of the tremor.
Apr 13, 2025
