Amid recent allegations that China attempted to meddle in Canada's 2019 and 2021 elections, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he would appoint an independent investigator or rapporteur to help identify and combat foreign interference in Canada's elections and its…
Progress toward gender equality is "vanishing before our eyes," United Nations Secretary General António Guterres told the Commission on the Status of Women on Monday.Speaking to the key UN women's rights group ahead of International Women's Day on March 8,…
The final full moon of winter will light up the sky this week, and it coincides with another special opportunity for sky-watchers.Named the worm moon by Native American tribes in the 18th century in reference to different creatures emerging from…
The US is working with Ukrainian pilots in the United States to determine how long it would take to train them to fly F-16 fighter jets, three sources briefed on the matter told CNN.Two Ukrainian pilots are currently at a…
Nearly 200 countries have agreed to a legally-binding "high seas treaty" to protect marine life in international waters, which cover around half of the planet's surface, but have long been essentially lawless.The agreement was signed on Saturday evening after two…
Several sub-Saharan countries, including Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea and Gabon, are helping their citizens return from Tunisia following controversial remarks from the country's president last month concerning illegal immigration into the North African country.In a meeting of Tunisia's National Security…
The human brain is unrivaled in its capacity to process information.Sure, we have days where our minds don't feel as sharp. But the extraordinary 3-pound organ is still capable of things that supercomputers and robots can't do.The human brain evolved…
After enlisting the public's help to find Elvis Francois, a sailor who survived weeks lost at sea off of ketchup and seasonings, ketchup giant Heinz has finally tracked him down -- and plans to gift him a new boat.On February…
New Yorkers' beloved owl, Flaco, escaped from his Central Park Zoo enclosure a month ago. After eluding various rescue attempts, Flaco has settled in quite nicely to his new expansive home — and he might just be there to stay.The…
An insect found on the side of a Fayetteville, Arkansas, big-box store has been identified as the species Polystoechotes punctata, which belongs to a family of insects that predates the dinosaurs.Michael Skvarla, director of Pennsylvania State University's Insect Identification Lab,…
It's not every day that effective fungus-killing compounds are discovered, so researchers in Germany knew their recent find needed a special name. Identifying and testing three natural compounds that proved lethal to fungi, they were so impressed they've named the…
A crew of astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked at the International Space Station, concluding a one-day trip to rendezvous with the orbiting laboratory after launching from Florida early Thursday.The capsule made first contact with the space station…
The world's most northerly forests could be a "time bomb" of planet-warming pollution as expanding wildfires have released record high levels of planet-heating pollution into the atmosphere, according to a new study.Using new satellite data analysis techniques, researchers found that,…
When researchers found a hummingbird with shiny gold feathers on its throat in Peru's Cordillera Azul National Park, they thought it was a newly discovered species.The park, part of an outer ridge of the Andes Mountains' eastern slopes, is an…
A new telescope image has shed light on the ghostly remains of the first recorded supernova.More than 1,800 years ago, in the year 185, Chinese astronomers recorded what they called a "guest star" after a bright new light appeared in…
Computers powered by human brain cells may sound like science fiction, but a team of researchers in the United States believes such machines, part of a new field called "organoid intelligence," could shape the future — and now they have…
Scientists are puzzling over a strange feeding technique that they think whales recently began using: The creatures swim to the surface of the ocean, open their mouths into a gaping yawn with their upper jaw sitting just below the water's…
SpaceX and NASA launched a fresh crew of astronauts on a mission to the International Space Station, kicking off a roughly six-month stay in space.The mission — which is carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and an astronaut from…
When a NASA spacecraft intentionally crashed into an asteroid on September 26, the collision caused the space rock to release a cometlike tail.An array of telescopes, including the Hubble Space Telescope, were perfectly positioned to capture the DART, or Double…
The breathtaking dancing shimmer of the aurora borealis and its counterpart in the southern hemisphere, aurora australis, dazzles those lucky enough to catch a glimpse of Earth's greatest light show.The northern and southern lights, usually confined to the Arctic and…
