Edelman, the world’s largest public relations company, was among the Charles Koch Foundation’s highest-paid vendors in 2022, a 990 tax disclosure form shows, alarming climate advocates.The PR giant has made numerous climate declarations over the past decade, i... More »
People who took an anti-malaria treatment that Donald Trump touted as a cure for Covid-19 in the early days of the pandemic and waning days of his presidency were 11% more likely to die from the virus, according to a new scientific study.The study’s authors – ... More »
LOADINGERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — Archeologists have uncovered a cluster of lost cities in the Amazon rainforest that was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago.A series of earthen mounds and buried roads in Ecuador was first noticed more t... More »
LOADINGERROR LOADINGWhen most people think of DNA testing, they imagine dramatic courtroom scenes from TV shows in which a crime’s perpetrator is revealed. We also now regularly hear stories of people using DNA tests to answer questions about their ancestry, s... More »
People stand outside their offices building after an earthquake was felt in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and part of neighboring Afghanistan on Thursday, sending panicked residents fleeing fr... More »
This photo provided by the University of Copenhagen in January 2024 shows the process of ancient DNA extraction at the Lundbeck Foundation GeoGenetics Center in Copenhagen. According to research published Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in the journal Nature, ancien... More »
This illustration provided by researchers depicts Gigantopithecus blacki in a forest in the Guangxi region of southern China. The extinct species of great ape that once stood around 10 feet tall and weighed up to 650 pounds was likely driven to extinction by e... More »
This aerial photos shows Shika nuclear power plant in Shikamachi, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 2, 2024. Japan’s nuclear safety regulators have told the operator of a nuclear power plant in the area hit by a powerful New Year's Day quake to study its pot... More »
LOADINGERROR LOADINGNASA officially pushed back its plans to send astronauts close to the moon on Tuesday as the space agency works to address safety concerns on its new rocket system.Officials delayed the planned launch of Artemis II from later this year unti... More »
BEIJING (AP) — China's space agency said Wednesday that its latest lunar explorer had arrived at the launch site in preparation for a mission to the moon in the first half of this year.State broadcaster CCTV posted photos on its website of the unit under wraps... More »
In this image released by Astrobotic Technology, an image from a mounted camera shows a disturbed section of insulation on the Peregrine lander, while on its way to land on the moon, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Astrobotic Technology via AP)APThis illustration provi... More »
Credit for discovering the first dinosaur bones usually goes to British gentlemen for their finds between the 17th and 19th centuries in England. The English natural history scholar Robert Plot was the first of these to describe a dinosaur bone, in his 1676 bo... More »