Senate eyes R&D bill to counter China, bolster manufacturing
WASHINGTON — What started as a pragmatic effort to boost scientific research and development has morphed into sweeping Senate bill aimed at making the...
Future pandemics targeted by new Oxford research center
LONDON — Oxford University is launching an effort to bring together academic, industry and government experts from around the world to use the lessons...
Forecast: 40% chance Earth to be hotter than Paris goal soon
There’s a 40% chance that the world will get so hot in the next five years that it will temporarily push past the temperature...
Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano stops erupting after months of lava
HONOLULU — Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano has stopped erupting.
The U.S....
Biden orders more intel investigation of COVID-19 origin
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden ordered U.S. intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any possibility...
Study seeks origins of ghost nets that haunt Hawaii’s shores
HONOLULU — “Ghost nets” from unknown origins drift among the Pacific's currents, threatening sea creatures and littering shorelines with the entangled remains of what...
‘Dr. Beach’ says powerful Hawaii shoreline is 2021’s best
HONOLULU — Cruising along the west side of Hawaii's Big Island, the landscape is dominated by ancient volcanic flows and jagged shorelines. Then you...
Indian economist Amartya Sen receives top Spanish award
MADRID — Amartya Kumar Sen, an Indian economist and philosopher who studied the causes of famines, will be recognized with this year's Princess of...
Change may allow scientists to grow human embryos longer
LONDON — New guidelines released Wednesday remove a decades-old barrier to stem cell research, recommending that researchers be allowed to grow human embryos longer...
Texas missing chance to avert deadly blackouts, experts say
AUSTIN, Texas — Elzie Ford lost power in his freezing home for nearly a week during February’s catastrophic blackouts in Texas. By the time...