Scientists: Red Sea Corals Threatened by Mass Sea Urchin Die-off Researchers said recently that sea urchins in Israel's Gulf of Eilat have been dying off at a concerning rate. A sea urchin is a small sea animal that lives on the ocean floor and is co...
Picture Book Explains Bird-Dinosaur Connection If you love to watch birds, you can call yourself a bird watcher, or you can call yourself something even more interesting a dinosaur watcher! A new picture book called When Dinosaurs Conquered the Skies...
Study: About Half of Worlds Lakes Are Shrinking 研究称全球半数湖泊面积萎缩 A new study has found that more than half of the world's lakes have shrunk since the 1990s. 一项新的研究发现，自20世纪90年代以来，世界上有一半...
UN: Extreme Weather to Blame for 2 Million Deaths in Last 50 Years 世界气象组织称过去50年极端天气造成200万人死亡 The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in its latest report that extreme weather caused more than 2 million...
Modern Genome Data Suggests How Homo Sapiens Developed in Africa The human species, Homo sapiens, developed about 300,000 years ago in Africa. The oldest-known Homo sapien fossils were discovered at a place in Morocco called Jebel Irhoud, between Mar...
Tall Buildings in New York Using Carbon Capture Technology In the ground below a tall New York City apartment building, several machines collect carbon dioxide (CO2) from large gas-powered boilers. The boilers help heat the building but also release...
A major meeting of computer hackers planned for this summer is to include an event that will test the limits of artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The event, in August, will be held as part of the yearly DEF CON hacker meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada....
Two private astronauts from Saudi Arabia, including the nation's first woman, arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday after taking off from Florida on Sunday. 两名来自沙特阿拉伯的私人宇航员，包括该国首位女性宇...
The European Union fined Meta a record $1.3 billion for privacy violations Monday. The EU ordered Meta to stop sending users' personal information to the United States by October. Meta owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Ireland's Data Protection...
NASA Tests Snake-Like Robot to Search for Life in the Solar System The American space agency NASA is testing a snake-like explorer designed to search for signs of life in hard-to-reach places. The robot is known as the Exobiology Extant Life Surveyor...
A new study has found that YouTube's tool to suggest videos can direct young users to content about guns and violence. 一项新的研究发现，YouTube的视频推荐工具会引导年轻用户观看枪支和暴力的内容。 The study was based o...
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new carbon pollution limits for coal and gas-fired power plants. Energy industry groups, Republican lawmakers and some state governors are expected to strongly oppose the EPA propos...
A sea creature known as the sunflower sea star was once plentiful in the Pacific Ocean along the coast of North America. 一种叫作向日葵海星的海洋生物曾经大量出现在北美太平洋沿岸。 They used to be found in the waters along...
Scientists have discovered some of the oldest stone tools ever found at a research site in Kenya. 科学家在肯尼亚的一处研究地点发现了一些迄今为止发现的最古老的石器。 But the find created a mystery about which group of...
A recent study says there are enough rare earth metals on Earth for new low-carbon electricity generation technologies. 最近的一项研究表明，地球上有足够的稀土金属用来开发新的低碳发电技术。 Rare earth metals come from...
