Finnish school students outperform U.S. students on ‘fake news’ digital literacy tasks

A recent study revealed students at an international school in Finland significantly outperformed U.S. students on…

Life’s biochemical networks could have formed spontaneously on Earth

Researchers in Strasbourg, France, have found that mixing two small biomolecules, glyoxylate and pyruvate, in iron-salt-rich…

Rangers find three-eyed snake in Australia’s Humpty Doo

A three-eyed snake found slithering down a road in the northern Australian town of Humpty Doo…

The village that keeps rising from the volcanic ashes

Four years after the volcano erupted—razing everything in its path in Cape Verde's Cha das Caldeiras…

Uber hit with Australia class action ahead of stock listing

Global ride-sharing firm Uber on Friday faced another legal bump on the road to its blockbuster…

Sweden’s Ericsson launches AI lab in Canada

Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson on Thursday announced the launch of its "global artificial intelligence accelerator" in…

What is a storm surge and why is it so dangerous?

Severe cyclone Fani, which blasted ashore Friday in India, is expected to pack a frequently underestimated…

Climate change forcing Alaskans to hunt for new ways to survive

As far back as he can remember, Willard Church Jr. has gone out ice fishing well…

Two dead as monster cyclone batters eastern India

Two people died Friday after Cyclone Fani slammed into eastern India, officials said, as the storm…

Facebook considering its own bitcoin for payments

The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook plans a cryptocurrency-based payment system that it could launch…