An ‘Unprecedented’ Outbreak of Meningitis Raises Alarm in Britain
Two people have died in an outbreak of meningococcal disease. Many cases were traced to a nightclub in Canterbury that is popular with students...
How To Bring a Bird’s Song Back from the Edge of Extinction
In a new study, wild regent honeyeaters became vocal tutors, teaching their disappearing song to birds in a captive breeding program.In a new study,...
Administration to Convene ‘God Squad’ With Power to Override Environmental Law
The meeting, planned for this month, will focus on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.The meeting, planned for this month, will...
No H.I.V. Aid Without More Access to Minerals: U.S. Ponders ‘Sticks’ Against Zambia
A draft State Department memo outlines ways the Trump administration may ratchet up pressure on the African country by ending health support “on a...
Spaceflight Started 100 Years Ago in a Massachusetts Cabbage Patch
Before humanity sent satellites, telescopes, humans and weapons into space, Robert Goddard experimented with the first liquid-fueled rocket on his aunt’s farm.Before humanity sent...
