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Good news: The Earth did not end today

Today, September 23, the world woke up with excellent news: the Earth didn’t end by a catastrophic destruction or a…

NASA honors black mathematician Katherine Johnson by naming facility after her

NASA is honoring the African American mathematician whose calculations helped with some of the most important missions of the space…

Flint lead-poisoned water causes drop in fertility rates, study finds

A recent study found that lead-poisoned water in Flint, Michigan, possibly led to a substantial drop in the number of…

Bluehole accuses Epic Game of copying PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds

Ten days have just passed since the American video-game developer, Epic Game, announced the upcoming 100-player last-man-standing game mode Fornite:…

Meth-laced 7Ups cause death and ills in Mexico

Arizona health officials are warning people going to Mexico to be aware of possible contaminated 7Up beverages in the Mexicali…

Skeleton of Neanderthal boy found in Spain reveals similarities with modern humans

A new study is shedding light on Neanderthals, suggesting they were more like modern humans than previously thought. A group…

MIT scientist predicts the next mass extinction on Earth by 2100

As CO2 emission levels increase, a geophysicist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calculated “thresholds of catastrophe” in Earth’s carbon…

Obstetrics resident breaks water while delivering a patient’s baby

Dr. Emily Jacobs, a 28-year-old OB-GYN, came back to her residency at University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics last week,…

Premature baby girl died after her mom refused chemotherapy to save her

Sonya Nelson announced Wednesday evening that her niece, whose mother refused chemotherapy to give the baby girl a chance of…

Protests in Barcelona after 12 pro-independence politicians were jailed

North-eastern Spain is facing protests outside Catalonia’s judicial body in Barcelona after Spanish officials jailed 12 politicians for coordinating a…