An American judge has ruled that Google violates U.S. trade laws by operating its search engine as an illegal monopoly. The ruling accuses Google of paying smartphone makers to ensure that Google's search engine is set as the default system on new de...
Ecuador's Galapagos Islands Face Many Threats The Galapagos, a group of islands in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, are coming under increased pressure. Observers say climate change and invasive species threaten wildlife on and around the islands, which ar...
The Amazon Basin is facing one of the most severe droughts in recent years, the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (or ACTO) said. As the dry season begins in August, many of its rivers are already at very low levels. And several South American c...
A California wildlife organization says it has been rescuing sick sea lions in recent weeks showing signs of algae poisoning. On August 1, the Santa Barbara-based Channel Islands Marine Wildlife Institute said teams had rescued at least 23 animals. T...
Scientists now have an explanation for the mysterious remains of an ancient Egyptian woman who has her mouth open in what appears to be a scream. Scientists used a special computer aided X-ray, or CT scan, of the woman's body. What they found suggest...
A Mars explorer operated by the American space agency NASA has captured a rock that scientists say shows possible signs of ancient microbial life. NASA said in a recent statement that the Perseverance explorer, or rover, collected the rock on July 21...
Astronomers say they have observed a new exoplanet that orbits far away from its star although it is a large and massive planet. An international group of researchers said they learned new things about the planet after examining data from the James W...
The U.S. Senate has approved the nation's first major legislation aimed at protecting children from internet harms. Two bills passed the Senate by a vote of 91-3 on Tuesday. But the measures will also need to be passed by the U.S. House of Representa...
Researchers say new telescope observations suggest an Earth-like planet outside our solar system may hold a large liquid ocean. The exoplanet is known as LHS 1140 b. Astronomers believe it sits about 48 light years away from Earth. A light year is th...
Indonesia aims to be the world's top nickel supplier. But its efforts to produce nickel have seriously harmed the country's forests, nonprofit groups say. Natural resources Indonesia is the world's third most rainforest-covered country, home to giant...
The European climate change service Copernicus said Monday broke the world's hottest day record that was just set a day earlier. The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said the daily global average temperature reached 17.15 degrees Ce...
Scientists in Brazil say heavy rains helped them discover a fossil they believe came from one of the world's oldest dinosaurs. Researchers found the fossil in May in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. They said the fossilized bones make up...
An advocacy group for Indigenous peoples has released images of a reclusive Peruvian Amazon tribe's members searching for food outside of their usual area. The group calls the pictures evidence that industrial tree cutting operations are dangerously...
Many new Ukrainian businesses are reportedly developing unmanned military vehicles for the country's war against Russia. The operations often happen in empty warehouses or secret, underground factories, the Associated Press (AP) reports. The weaponiz...
Japanese scientists have found a way to attach living skin tissue to robotic faces and make them smile. This breakthrough could be helpful not only in robotics, but also in cosmetics and medicine. Researchers at the University of Tokyo started the pr...
