A recent report by the European climate service Copernicus says that November was the second-warmest November for which the agency has records. The finding means that Copernicus will likely declare 2024 the hottest year ever measured using its sets o...
Over the last 20 years, the number of stranded sea turtles has increased in the waters off the northeastern coast of the United States. As a result, special animal hospitals in the New England area are now treating many sea turtles. Some kinds of the...
Recently, a rare pudu was born in an Argentinian zoo. The birth has given scientists and conservationists a chance to study and collect data on the small deer. Pudus are one of the smallest deer species in the world. They can grow up to 50 centimeter...
A new study suggests that Venus likely never had water flowing on its surface. The research was based on data related to the chemical makeup of the planet's atmosphere. Scientists have long considered whether Venus once held liquid water, even possib...
As the amount of space traffic continues to grow, the United Nations is calling for increased international cooperation to improve safety. Continued deployment of satellites and sharp increases in space debris over the years have resulted in the crow...
Microsoft is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) tool offerings to include personal agents which are designed to take over different human processes. The American software company said the new offerings are designed to help users complete cert...
Scientists say ancient footprints left in wet dirt on a Kenyan lakeside suggest that two early human ancestors were neighbors about 1.5 million years ago. Two separate species made the sets of footprints within a matter of hours, or at most days, sai...
Researchers have created an early version of a map of some of the human body's cells. The human body has an estimated 37.2 trillion cells. Each type of cell has a unique job. Knowing each cell's job can help scientists better understand health and di...
Astronomers have observed a newborn planet that formed in three million years, a relatively brief time. They say the discovery leads to questions about the current understanding of the speed of planetary formation. Space scientists estimate the plane...
An asteroid that moved closer to Earth's orbit in recent months is now moving away from our planet as gravity pulls it back toward the sun. The asteroid is small - about 10 meters long - and never presented any threat to Earth. But the object, known...
The United States government has proposed a series of measures to limit Google from anti-competition business activities. The move comes after a federal judge ruled in August Google had violated trade laws by operating its search engine as an illegal...
Countries from around the world recently agreed to provide $300 billion to support poor nations in the face of climate change. The agreement reached on November 24 at the United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan left many unsatisfied. But some were...
Scientists say a fossil found in Germany is providing new details about flying reptiles that lived on Earth about 147 million years ago. The fossil was discovered in 2015 in the southeastern German state of Bavaria. It contains the remains of a newly...
NASA has once again reconnected with its Voyager spacecraft, marking a continuation of the American space agency's longest mission in history. The two spacecraft - Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 - launched within weeks of each other in 1977. So they have be...
The brains of today's birds show a level of intelligence and behavioral complexity rivaled only by mammals. But scientists do not fully understand how bird brains have changed over millions of years from the form they had as dinosaurs. That understan...
