Major US firms agree to $1.2 bn 'forever chemicals' settlement

Three major chemical manufacturers announced Friday they will pay nearly $1.2 billion to settle claims that…

Sweltering heat in Vietnam's north sparks power cuts

Hanoi residents flocked to the Vietnamese capital’s air-conditioned shopping malls on Saturday to escape power cuts…

Buzzworthy: Honeybee health blooming at federal facilities across the country

While judges, lawyers and support staff at the federal courthouse in Concord, New Hampshire, keep the…

Can movie reviews predict box office success?

When one thinks of movie reviews, one might see them as harbingers of success or failure…

New York sinking under its own weight: study

If New York is the city that never sleeps then how’s this for keeping you up…

First-of-its-kind Mars livestream by ESA spacecraft interrupted at times by rain on Earth

A European spacecraft around Mars sent its first livestream from the red planet to Earth on…

Thousands ordered to flee advancing wildfires in Quebec

Some 10,000 people on Friday were ordered to evacuate from a city in the Canadian province…

Discovery challenges 30-year-old dogma in associative polymers research

A University of Virginia-led study about a class of materials called associative polymers appears to challenge…

AI software can provide 'roadmap' for biological discoveries

Predicting a protein’s location within a cell can help researchers unlock a plethora of biological information…

New study finds strengthening protection of existing parks is crucial for biodiversity conservation

In a new study, bioscientists argue that strengthening the protection given to areas already protected under…