A species of dinosaur has been discovered decades after its bones were unearthed, according to a new study.Scientists have named the ancient reptile Brighstoneus simmondsi, believed to be from the Lower Cretaceous period, about 125 million years ago. The genus…
Wednesday was big day at the COP26 climate summit, with the first draft of an overarching agreement released. The draft is a sort of a wish list put together by the COP presidency and its final version will be negotiated…
While you're rummaging through cabinets and crevices trying to find your cat's new favorite hiding spot, cats may be keeping mental tabs on you, too.A new study out of Japan found that a stationary cat can track its owner's location…
The US and China surprised the COP26 climate summit on Wednesday when representatives of the countries announced an agreement to ramp up their climate ambitions, just days before the end of the conference in Glasgow."There is more agreement between the…
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on leaders and delegates to just "get on and do it" as the COP26 climate talks appear to have stalled.A draft of a summit agreement was published on Wednesday by the COP26 presidency.…
The highly anticipated landing of the first woman and the first person of color on the moon will have to wait.Due to a delay caused by litigation with Blue Origin, as well as other factors -- including the pandemic --…
It was gender and science innovation day at COP26 on Tuesday, but most of the focus was on countries wrangling over language around global warming limits and who will pay for the impacts of the climate crisis.A picture of the…
Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Pakistani activist, has gotten married, she announced on Instagram on Tuesday."Today marks a precious day in my life. Asser and I tied the knot to be partners for life. We celebrated a small nikkah…
The ripples created by massive cosmic collisions have reached Earth after traveling across the universe for billions of years. Scientists have detected the largest number of these gravitational waves since the cosmic events were first discovered in 2015, according to…
The world is on track for 2.4 degrees Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels, if not more, according to a new analysis -- despite countries' new and updated climate pledges, including those made at the COP26 summit in Glasgow, Scotland.The…
NASA has released the first snapshots of Earth taken with its new highly sensitive satellite which is designed to capture high-resolution images of the planet and help track the impacts of climate change.NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have…
There's a small desk right at the back of the largest room at the COP26 conference in Glasgow. It sits well behind the rows of seats reserved for world leaders and international organizations, right underneath a huge EXIT sign, behind…
The second week of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, has begun -- and things are starting to heat up.Here's what to know.What a 'Glasgow Agreement' might look likeThe UK's COP26 presidency released something that is called, quite oddly,…
First came the billionaires, then the movie stars -- now ketchup is making its mark on the space race.Heinz revealed its first "Marz Edition" ketchup with tomatoes produced on Earth in Mars-like conditions. A team of 14 astrobiologists worked for…
The United States has reopened its borders to vaccinated international travelers, ending a 20-month travel ban at the same moment Europe is battling a surge of Covid-19 cases that has pushed the continent back into the epicenter of the pandemic.…
More than 100 fossil fuel companies are understood to have sent 500 lobbyists to the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, more than any single country at the summit, according to the environmental campaign group Global Witness.The group analyzed the…
Modern sloths hang out in trees, move at a slow pace and eat a vegetarian diet -- but the same thing can't be said for their extinct relative, Mylodon.This ancient ground sloth, which lived in South America until about 10,000…
A grandmother of seven who emigrated from Sri Lanka has become the oldest person to earn a master's degree at Canada's York University -- where she turned her passion for peace and learning into a political science degree.Varatha Shanmuganathan is…
Delegates from around the world hammered out a number of agreements in the first week of COP26, an international summit where global leaders are attempting to limit the climate crisis.There were a few breakthroughs, but some experts warn the deals…
I've always been a bit dazzled by the fact that, as humans, we truly are made of star stuff. This week, an element found in our teeth was detected for the first time in a galaxy 12 billion light-years away.That…
