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Three technologists in India used a homemade Faraday cage and a microwave oven to get around Apple’s location blocks.

A Nevada boy with a rare skin condition had life-changing eyelid and skin graft surgery last month in San Diego.

A new electrode design developed at MIT boosts the efficiency of electrochemical reactions that turn carbon dioxide into ethylene and other products.

The coral could be 500 years old and is bigger than a blue whale, scientists say.

With this achievement, the Americas regains its status as a region free of endemic measles.Brasilia, November 12, 2024 (PAHO) – The Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, and the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, today confirmed that Brazil has bee...

"We used to hate elephants a lot," Kenyan farmer Charity Mwangome says, pausing from her work under the shade of a baobab tree.The bees humming in the background are part of the reason why her hatred has dimmed.The diminutive 58-year-old said rapacious elephants would often destroy months of work in...

Oh no, what a shame.

Alyse Ogletree has helped nourish hundreds of thousands of babies as a means of giving to charity

Antonia, a cloned black-footed ferret at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, has produced two healthy offspring that will help build genetic diversity in their recovering population

The treatment, given to four people with damaged corneas, seems safe but needs to be tested in larger trials.

Stalking is set to become illegal and punishable by up to five years in prison, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has announced.

Front yards transformed to tiny farms in Los Angeles provide vegetables to dozens of families and use a fraction of the water needed by grass.

It is the first time an eastern mountain bongo has been born at Woburn in more than a decade

The sure-to-be-next European Union commissioner for sustainable transport drew a hard line in a hearing this week: Apostolos Tzitzikostas backs e-mobility and has no intention of backing down on the EU’s plan to ban new registrations for ICE cars in 2035.

News studies into an aggressive brain cancer are giving hope to people with glioblastoma, which normally kills within 18 months.

The population of the once highly-endangered species has nearly doubled over the past decade due to the success of conservation efforts.

"I'm holding an illustrated book of cheeses," says a delighted Tomoyo Ozumi, a customer at a growing kind of bookshop in Japan where anyone wanting to sell their tomes can rent a shelf.The concept brings back the joy of browsing real books to communities where many bookstores have shut, and gives re...

In a landmark move towards ending statelessness, Thailand’s cabinet has approved an accelerated pathway to permanent residency and nationality for nearly half a million stateless people, marking one of the region’s most significant citizenship initiatives.

Hawai‘i’s forests just got a major boost with $9.1 million in federal funding to support reforestation.

This brings a whole new meaning to getting ratted out.

He is named Manilow, as all animals born at the site this year will have names starting with M.

Ministers say the Tobacco and Vapes Bill is intended to prevent environmental damage and protect children's health.

An engineer’s clever artificial glaciers bring water back to parched Himalayan fields.

A young endangered African penguin is now able to walk after a new surgery that helped solve an ankle tendon issue common to the species.

"The Iceland story offers a very different vision to countries across Europe that are grappling with low productivity but trying the same old failed methods," said one researcher.

Star Trek star LeVar Burton just received a pretty big government honor. The beloved Reading Rainbow host was one of the 2023 National Humanities Medalists. For his impact as an actor and literacy advocate, Burton joined an elite group of people who have received the National Humanities Medal. He ho...

Since February, 630m empty cans and bottles have been deposited at reverse vending machines

The ACLU's Chase Strangio will be the first out transgender attorney to argue before the high court as he challenges Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.

The World Health Organization says the disease "that plagued pharaohs" now belongs to Egypt's history.

Their birth was a guarded secret at first due to fears they may not survive. But now a Polish zoo is celebrating the arrival of four Sumatran tigers cubs, weeks after they were born.

The FTC unveiled its final “click-to-cancel” rule, which requires businesses provide a way for consumers to cancel their subscriptions that is just as easy as it is to sign up.

Conservationists say eight different bat species are using the site for breeding and feeding.

As she campaigns in a deep red state, Rev Susan Shumway says its her job to ‘kick open the doors’ for queer youth

Alex Consani and Valentina Sampaio became the first ever trans models to walk the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show runway on October 15.

The gay and bi former service members will now have access to more benefits for veterans.