04:46 October 3, 2023
Pope Francis on Wednesday is opening a gathering of bishops and others to discuss the future of the Roman Catholic Church. Some of the discussions in…
06:09 October 2, 2023
United States health advisers voted against an experimental treatment for ALS disease last week. The vote came after years of efforts by ALS patients…
03:24 October 2, 2023
Mamadou Safaiou Barry lives in the West African nation of Guinea. He wanted to study Islamic theology at a top school in Cairo, Egypt. Without money …
05:22 October 2, 2023
Two scientists have won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for making molecule discoveries that helped create COVID-19 vaccines. The Nobel Assembly at Swede…
06:06 October 1, 2023
The American space agency NASA has a new plan for deorbiting the International Space Station (ISS). The plan involves developing a new spacecraft to …
06:12 October 1, 2023
Immigrants in America are more hopeful about the future than citizens who were born in the United States. That is what a recent opinion study of 3,35…
06:48 September 30, 2023
Many elementary school teachers say they dislike the idea of teaching mathematics even at the most basic level. That is a cause for concern among edu…
05:06 September 29, 2023
Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo has long worked to make her city less dependent on cars. She wanted to see more people using bicycles, or bikes, to get arou…
05:16 September 29, 2023
The average life expectancy of North America's largest and rarest tortoise species is unknown. But scientists say the animals could live more than 10…
05:30 September 28, 2023
Researchers say they have recovered genetic material from the Tasmanian tiger, an Australian animal that has long been extinct. The discovery could h…
05:22 September 28, 2023
Kai Koerber was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida when a gunman murdered 14 students and three school workers there in Feb…
05:48 September 27, 2023
A new study has warned that warming ocean temperatures could threaten some of the largest fish in the sea. Many scientists believe warming waters are…
06:12 September 27, 2023
The artificial intelligence (AI) tool ChatGPT has added new abilities that include voice and image recognition. The changes permit some users to dire…
05:02 September 27, 2023
Los Alamos in the Southwestern American state of New Mexico is where the U.S. government set up its secret mission to develop nuclear weapons during …
06:05 September 26, 2023
As children returned to school in Sweden last month, many of their teachers were putting a new importance on some traditional skills. These included …
02:31 September 26, 2023
The U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) reported Monday that winter sea ice hit record lows in Antarctica this year. Scientists say the la…
05:59 September 26, 2023
American President Joe Biden joined members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) on a picket line as they continued their strike against U.S. carmakers T…
03:37 September 25, 2023
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) said Sunday that it had reached an agreement with Hollywood movie and television studios. The announcement signale…
04:10 September 25, 2023
Millions of people in the Americas will be in a position to see a solar eclipse on October 14. Weather permitting, viewers will be able to see the mo…
04:39 September 25, 2023
A capsule carrying asteroid material captured in space three years ago has arrived safely on Earth. The American space agency NASA’s Osiris-Rex space…
09:01 September 25, 2023
For many years, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to avoid mosquito bites. Now, Hondurans are being taught a more effecti…
03:31 September 24, 2023
Australia’s government has placed sensors in parts of the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to record water quality. The Great Barrier Reef covers abou…
06:44 September 24, 2023
Researchers say a new drug compound has been found to prevent bone loss in humans visiting space.
04:46 September 24, 2023
Jessica Damiano is an expert at taking care of plants. She writes stories about how to keep plants in good condition for The Associated Press. But ev…
08:53 September 24, 2023
Alisha Alderson is a 45-year-old woman from rural eastern Oregon. In August, she was pregnant and just a few weeks from having her baby. But that mon…
09:01 September 23, 2023
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently said the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action dealt a “serious blow” to the medical fiel…
07:24 September 21, 2023
Saudi Arabia is a dry place. In many areas, people there depend on turning saltwater from the Persian Gulf and Red Sea into drinkable, fresh water. T…
04:44 September 21, 2023
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden says it will temporarily stop deportations of nearly half a million Venezuelans already in the country…
04:30 September 20, 2023
Argentina has welcomed a United Nations decision to include a former secret detention and torture center as a World Heritage site. A UN Educational, …
05:33 September 20, 2023
A new study from international researchers says that Earth is outside of its “safe operating space for humanity” in six of nine measures of its healt…
06:41 September 20, 2023
Google has linked its Bard artificial intelligence (AI) tool to its Gmail service and other company offerings. The American-based search engine compa…
04:55 September 20, 2023
The American Library Association (ALA) says book bans and attempted bans continue to rise in the United States. The group notes that efforts now exte…
07:17 September 19, 2023
The United States admitted over 967,000 people as new citizens in 2022. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said that was the …
04:37 September 19, 2023
The U.S. Senate’s majority leader said this week that the legislative body will no longer enforce a dress code on its floor. A dress code is a set of…
04:35 September 19, 2023
This is the time of year when many gardeners are harvesting tomatoes. Associated Press gardening expert Jessica Damiano recently reported about the m…
05:22 September 19, 2023
India expelled a Canadian diplomat Tuesday and accused Canada of interfering in its internal affairs. The move came one day after Canadian Prime Mini…
04:47 September 18, 2023
Small farms with natural trees and forests that block sunlight can provide a refuge for some bird populations, a study in Costa Rica found. For 18 ye…
05:27 September 18, 2023
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that seven Americans have been released by Iran after the nations agreed to a prisoner exchange also…
03:43 September 18, 2023
Pope Francis has officially welcomed Russia’s new ambassador to the Vatican. The leader of the Roman Catholic Church met with Ambassador Ivan Soltano…
04:57 September 17, 2023
On a gray and rainy Saturday, buses arrive continually at a base station of Japan’s Mount Fuji. The buses release foreign visitors in front of stores…
04:35 September 17, 2023
It is lunchtime. And mosquitoes find their way to Ella Branham’s arm at a Salt Lake City lab in the American state of Utah. “They're not very aggress…
06:18 September 17, 2023
The American space agency NASA says a device placed on Mars to produce oxygen has performed better than expected in a series of experiments. The syst…
08:28 September 16, 2023
“This is a huge issue,” said one college math professor. “This is significant and deep,” said another. They were talking about their students who are…
05:01 September 15, 2023
The first subway station in New York City was designed to be a masterpiece and was considered a “jewel in the crown” when it opened. The trains in Ne…
05:52 September 15, 2023
An increasing number of young Chinese adults are moving back in with their parents because they cannot find jobs. Estimates show that up to one in fi…
05:08 September 14, 2023
Belgium says it plans to study possible health risks from electromagnetic radiation release by Apple’s iPhone 12 smartphone. Belgium’s move comes aft…
06:00 September 14, 2023
Green hydrogen has been presented around the world as a clean energy solution. But is this fuel truly clean burning? And what does it take to produce…
05:05 September 14, 2023
American government experts who studied a popular medicine used for colds say the drug is likely not effective and should not be taken by mouth. Sixt…
05:44 September 13, 2023
Taylor Swift took home the top prize at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) for her Anti-Hero music video. The music network’s yearly awards show …
04:06 September 13, 2023
Tracee Herbaugh lives in the Boston area of Massachusetts. Herbaugh thought she was alone in her backyard recently when she used the Merlin Bird ID a…