US Approves Treatment for Severe High Blood Pressure Michael Garrity had dangerously high blood pressure for many years. And the medicines that doctors gave him could not control it. But a new treatment targeting some nerves on his kidneys has helped...
US Company Gives Over 18,000 Kilograms of Salmon to Food Bank A New York food bank was offered a large donation of fresh fish last month but the gift came with a complication. LocalCoho, a New York salmon farm that was closing, wanted to give 18,100...
Conflict Complicates Environmental Problems at the Dead Sea International visitors to Israel used to visit Ein Gedi, a popular beach on the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is the place on Earth's surface that is farthest below sea level. Now, the beautiful de...
Last Four Monkeys Return to Monkey Farm in South Carolina Officials in the southern U.S. state of South Carolina have recaptured the last of 43 monkeys who escaped from a farm that raises monkeys in early November. The chief executive of Alpha Genesi...
In India, Sudden Sea Turtle Deaths Cause Concern Over 400 dead sea turtles have been found on India's east coast near the city of Chennai in the last two weeks. Those numbers have not been seen in more than 20 years. The species of turtle is known as...
Is the Pink Substance Dropped on LA Fires Safe? The efforts to battle widespread fires across Los Angeles included aircraft drops of a bright red and pink substance. The material covered forests, homes, cars, and other things in the path of the wind-...
Scientists with Disabilities Seek Changes to Improve their Work Disabled researchers often face barriers while carrying out their work. So some scientists with disabilities are seeking to increase attention about the problem and come up with workable...
The American South Gets Once-in-a Lifetime Snow and Cold People in the southern U.S. state of Florida are used to warm, sunny weather. But on January 21, Floridians saw a rare sight: snow on their beaches. A cold weather system brought snow to severa...
Birdwatchers Photograph Prized Waterbirds in Alabama In flooded agricultural fields near the Tennessee River, tens of thousands of birds called sandhill cranes search for food such as berries, corn, seeds and insects. The Cranes come to the Wheeler N...
Make a Memory Palace to Improve Your English Sherlock Holmes is an imaginary private detective created by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle in the late 1880s. Doyle's stories about the detective have been turned into movies and television shows. One...
A group of sheep on farmland in the American state of Texas work together to complete a job: eating the grass growing beneath hundreds of solar panels. Sheep have become a symbol of a growing solar industry as large-scale solar farms appear across th...
Nepal's Supreme Court has struck down disputed laws that permit waterpower centers, visitor housing such as hotels, and other business development in protected natural areas. Environmental defenders say the January 15 ruling is a victory for efforts...
On January 20, the United States president is sworn into office in Washington D.C. The inauguration is an important ceremony that officially marks the start of an administration. As part of the event, the incoming president speaks to the nation and a...
Greenland is the world's largest island and a self-governed territory of Denmark. About 57,000 people live there, mainly along its coasts. Most of Greenland lies north of the Arctic Circle, under thick sheets of ice. The island plays a large part in...
Many historians say U.S. President Ronald Reagan helped defeat the former Soviet Union and end the Cold War. Reagan's efforts included giving support to rebel groups fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s. U.S. support for Afghan rebels beg...
