Scientists in Spain Look to Old Vines to Save Wine Business Genetic researchers in Spain's wine country believe grape vines that have lived for more than 35 years are better able to deal with high temperatures brought by climate change. Winemakers in...
Israeli researchers have found an ancient comb that has what is likely the oldest known full sentence written in Canaanite. The discovery was described in a study published recently in the Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology. The writing could be 3,700...
A controlled fishing system in Brazil's Amazon River area is helping to save an endangered fish. The fish is the piraruc. It is also known in Brazil as arapaima. The piraruc is believed to be the largest of 2,300 different kinds of fish known to live...
In southwestern Spain, close to the Atlantic Ocean, the Donana National Park is known as the nation's crown jewel. It is a protected wetlands area home to many animals, including birds such as flamingos and herons. Now, after a summer of record-high...
Bangladesh will soon begin burning coal at a large power station near the world's largest mangrove forest. The country often experiences power failures and blackouts. The government expects the new power factory to increase electric power dependabili...
The mining industry is pushing to explore more of the world's deep oceans to find metals and minerals used for electric vehicles and other technologies. But some scientists are worried that deep sea mining will damage the environment and the biologic...
Meta, the company that owns the social media service Facebook, announced Wednesday that it will cut 11,000 jobs. Company chief Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook in 2004. In a letter to employees, he took responsibility for misjudging how the economy w...
Twitter has already seen a drop in users since American billionaire Elon Musk bought the social media service last month. Some users and experts have expressed concerns about Musk's stated plans to limit existing restrictions on user content. Musk ha...
New Evidence for Large Ancient Ocean on Mars Researchers say they have discovered new evidence that Mars once had a large northern ocean. The finding adds to existing evidence that ancient Mars had the right conditions to possibly support some form o...
Latin America's first renewable fuel-powered, trash-trapping wheel is cleaning one of Panama's dirtiest rivers. A local environmental group led the anti-pollution effort. The wheel is powered by water and solar energy. It pulls waste out of the Juan...
Researchers have estimated that blue whales take in about 10 million pieces of microplastics each day. Microplastics are particles of plastic debris that are less than 5 millimeters long. They come from the breakdown of many kinds of plastic products...
Twitter began widespread dismissals of employees as new owner Elon Musk reorganizes the social media site. The company had told employees by email that they would find out by Friday morning if they had been laid off. The email did not say how many of...
Scientists say the Earth's temperature has risen by about 1.1 degrees Celsius since the modern industrial period began. And they warn that the effects of rising temperatures will get worse with every increase of one tenth of a degree. Many scientists...
The European Southern Observatory on Monday released an image of colorful clouds of gas created by the explosion of a huge star long ago. The clouds are in our own Milky Way galaxy about 800 light years from Earth. A light year is the distance light...
Since taking ownership of Twitter, American billionaire Elon Musk has already proposed major changes for the social media service. He has removed top leaders at the company. He said he plans to create a new content moderation council to decide what k...
