Due in part to rising temperatures from human-caused climate change,the gap between the world’s poorest and richest people has increased in the past half-century.
Author: Doyle Rice, USA TODAY
A dead pig’s brain was brought back to life, sort of
Did they really bring a dead pig’s brainback to life? Scientists say that they restored “circulation and cellular activity”in a pig’s brain four hours after its death.
Get off the screen and look up! The Lyrid meteor shower is coming to a sky near you Sunday and Monday nights
The Lyrid meteor shower will be coming to a sky near you both Sunday and Monday nights, though a bright moon may interfere with the skywatching fun.
Sea sick: Plastic garbage in the North Atlantic Ocean skyrocketing
Sure, we all know there’s always more fish in the sea. But there’s also plenty more plastic garbage.
Extreme weather continues to batter USA this year: Is global warming to blame?
Tornadoes in the South, floods in the Midwest, crazy heat in Alaska. What’s going on with the extreme weather this year?
So, we’ve seen the first-ever photo of a black hole. What happens now?
Is the adventure over? No, far from it: “The researchers who captured the first-ever images of a black hole don’t plan to rest on their laurels.”
Life in outer space: NASA studies health changes between astronaut twins Scott and Mark Kelly
Space travelers in moviesmay zip around the universe with no ill effects, but in reality we have no idea how humans will react to being in outer space for years on end.
Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas are Southern states most at risk of tornadoes Saturday
Folks in the South are in for a stormy and potentially dangerous Saturday, meteorologists warn. “There is a significant riskfor severe thunderstorms and tornadoes.”
New human species discovered in a cave in the Philippines
A tiny, long-lost cousin of our own human species was discovered, scientists announced.
Dogs may accurately sniff out lung cancer through their super-sensitive noses, research shows
Here’s another reason to love dogs. Using their super-sensitive noses, dogs were able to sniff out lung cancer in samples of humanblood with 97% accuracy.