Large asteroid will fly between the Earth and the moon on Saturday
by An asteroid will zoom so close to Earth this week that standard telescopes may be able to spot it in the night sky, experts say. …
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Debate over AP African American Studies obscures another issue
The very existence of the Advanced Placement course in high school African American Studies has become a political wedge. It was created for two main …
What made Beethoven sick? DNA from his hair offers clues
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven’s death, researchers extracted DNA from his locks of hair, looking for clues about the …
MIT neuroscientists are testing a headset that uses a ‘disco’ of light and sound to treat Alzheimer’s disease
MIT neuroscientist Li-Huei Tsai is the co-founder of Cognito Therapeutics.Cognito therapies Alzheimer’s disease is a complicated and debilitating disease that has no cure. A startup …
Behind a huge seaweed belt on the way to some Atlantic beaches
WASHINGTON (AP) — A 5,000-mile seaweed belt lurking in the Atlantic Ocean is expected to wash up on beaches in the Caribbean Sea, South Florida …
Ending landfill wastewater means higher water bills
Water companies are allowed to discharge untreated sewage to prevent treatment plants from becoming overloaded during heavy rainfall. Stopping the discharge of wastewater into rivers …
Farmers abandoned after cash payout
Ethel Chilembwe no longer wanted to depend on tobacco cultivation Malawian farmer Ethel Chilembwe has paid hundreds of dollars, cleared six hectares of land and …
Bill Gates just published a 7 page letter about AI and his predictions for its future
Bill Gates wrote a 7 page letter about the future of AI.Taylor Hill/Getty Images Bill Gates published a 7-page letter about the future of artificial …
Candida auris is just one infection fueled by rising temperatures. See how extreme climates help spread disease, in 3 simple charts.
A strain of Candida auris grown in a Petri dish in a CDC lab.Shawn Lockhart/CDC via AP Candida auris is a deadly yeast that has …
Melting ice caps have caused the Earth to tilt differently on its axis in recent decades
NASA’s asteroid-bound NEAR spacecraft took this mosaic image of Earth in January 1998.NEAR Spacecraft Team/JHUAPL/NASA Earth’s axis – the invisible line around which it revolves …