Tag: Science
US officials: Anxiety drove vaccine reactions in 5 states
<p>NEW YORK — It was anxiety — and not a problem with the shots — that caused reactions in dozens of people at coronavirus...
Flooding and mudslides add to St. Vincent’s volcano woes
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent — Heavy rains poured down on the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday, causing flooding and mudslides that...
US pushes ahead with nuclear plans despite watchdog concerns
<p>Associated Press — The Biden administration appears to be picking up where former President Donald Trump left off as the federal agency that oversees...
UConn student arrested after swastika painted on building
STORRS, Conn. — A UConn student has been charged with a hate crime after police say he painted a swastika on a campus building...
Desperate Indians turn to unproven drugs as virus surges
<p>NEW DELHI — Ashish Poddar kept an ice pack on hand as he waited outside a New Delhi hospital for a black market dealer...
Senate confirms former Florida Sen. Bill Nelson to lead NASA
WASHINGTON — The Senate has confirmed former Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, who once flew on the space shuttle, to be the next NASA administrator.
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EU study: GMO laws needs overhaul; environmentalists protest
<p>BRUSSELS — A new European Union study finds that the two decade-old legislation on genetically modified organisms should be revamped, a process environmentalists claim...
Hail collapses roof over Mexico City’s main Aztec temple
MEXICO CITY — The pre-Hispanic ruins of Mexico City’s Templo Mayor archaeological site suffered minor but reparable damage when large sections of a corrugated...
FDA revives federal effort to ban menthol cigarettes
<p>WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators are going to try again to ban menthol cigarettes, this time under pressure from African American groups to remove...
Egyptian mummy was a pregnant woman, not a male priest
<p>WARSAW, Poland — Polish researchers examining an ancient Egyptian mummy that they expected to be a male priest were surprised when X-rays and computer...