Smartphones have become valuable tools for helping to organize our lives. However, the devices can also capture personal data and location information that users might want to keep private. Here are some tips, suggested by the Associated Press (AP),...
European manufacturer Airbus has announced a delay in its development efforts of a hydrogen-powered aircraft. The company explained that progress on the project has been slower and more complex than expected. Airbus had set a goal to make a zero-emis...
Scientists say Europe's Euclid space telescope has discovered a bright ring of light circling a nearby galaxy. The observed light is known as an Einstein ring. Researchers have estimated the ring encircles a galaxy 590 million light years away from E...
There are several terms experts use to describe computer systems in the field of artificial intelligence. Recently, the French News Agency (AFP) defined some of the common terms and ideas used in that field. Here is a version for English learners: Ar...
Researchers in the U.S. state of Michigan are looking for ways to help apple trees survive bad weather. To do this, one researcher plans to use a late bloomer. The late blooming tree is a native Michigan apple tree known by the scientific name Malus...
Television has made it possible for people around the world to share in many different experiences - sports, music shows, films, and more. Yet many people would find it difficult to name the inventor of the television. They might also be surprised to...
A new study suggests an asteroid strike on the moon billions of years ago left two huge valleys about the size of Earth's Grand Canyon. Researchers from the United States and Britain said their research shows the two steep valleys, or canyons, likely...
Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy - and, scientists now say, lead pollution. That is the finding of a study that recently appeared in Communications Earth and Environment. The researchers studied sediment cores removed from ma...
A recent study says India has doubled its tiger population in 12 years. Researchers said the gain came from efforts to protect the big cats from hunters, and to protect against the loss of tiger habitat and prey, among other things. The National Tige...
An experimental aircraft developed by a private American company broke the sound barrier during a recent flight test. California-based company Boom Supersonic built the plane, named XB-1. The company said the aircraft reached a speed of Mach 1.05 dur...
Scientists are worried that a large iceberg heading toward an island in the South Atlantic Ocean could threaten wildlife there. Researchers say the iceberg is the largest in the world. It is moving through the South Atlantic toward the island of Sout...
International researchers recently released a study on bursts of energy in an unexpected area of space. Scientists call the energetic activity chorus waves because they are said to move at the same frequency as sounds humans can hear. When the energy...
Scientists examining material collected from an asteroid say it appears to contain some of the chemical building blocks of life. The American spacecraft OSIRIS-REx collected the samples in 2020 from the asteroid Bennu. In 2023, the spacecraft sent th...
Two American astronauts awaiting their return flight from the International Space Station (ISS) have stayed busy carrying out a series of scientific experiments. The U.S. space agency NASA has said the pair - Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams - will re...
A recent study suggests that female family ties were central to social networks in ancient Celtic society before the Roman invasion. Genetic evidence from a late Iron Age cemetery in Britain shows that women were closely related. At the same time, un...
