Tag: Science
New Zealand spending plan includes rebuilding Antarctic base
<p>WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand plans to rebuild its Antarctic base and spend billions more on welfare payments as part of a spending...
Study: War, climate displaced tens of millions in 2020
<p>GENEVA — A key group that monitors internal displacement is reporting Thursday that violence and disasters — often caused or worsened by the impact...
Renowned conservationist Jane Goodall wins Templeton Prize
<p>Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her expertise on chimpanzees and her globe-spanning advocacy of environmental causes, was named Thursday as this year’s winner...
Talking to the moon: Europe pitches lunar satellites plan
<p>BERLIN — The European Space Agency presented a vision Thursday to put satellites in orbit around the moon that would facilitate future missions to...
Countdown begins to discover where Columbus came from
MADRID — Was Christopher Columbus really from Genoa, in Italy? Or was he Spanish? Or, as some other theories have it, was he Portuguese...
Texas man accused of torturing kittens had worked as teacher
SUGAR LAND, Texas — A Texas man accused of torturing and killing four kittens had worked as a geometry teacher at a Houston-area high...
Protected areas cover a sixth of Earth’s land and freshwater
WASHINGTON — Roughly a sixth of the planet’s land and freshwater area now lies within protected or conservation areas, according to a United Nations...
US cervical cancers fall but other sex-related cancers rise
Screening and the HPV vaccine have led to drops in cervical cancers over the last two decades in the U.S., a new study finds,...
Belgian search for man on terror list goes into second day
<p>BRUSSELS — The search for an armed man who is on a Belgian terror watch list because of his extreme right sympathies and who...
Countdown begins to discover where Columbus came from
<p>MADRID — Was Christopher Columbus really from Genoa, in Italy? Or was he Spanish? Or, as some other theories have it, was he Portuguese...