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Stem Cell Treatment Helped Improve Spinal Cord Injuries, Say Japan Scientists

Varieties A scientific researcher extracts the RNA from embryonic stem cells in a laboratory. (AFP/Getty Images)

Stem Cell Treatment Helped Improve Spinal Cord Injuries, Say Japan Scientists

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese…

Varieties This image made available by NASA shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun. (Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP, File)

A NASA Spacecraft Will Make Another Close Pass of the Sun

A NASA spacecraft will make another close brush with the sun, the second of three planned encounters through the sizzling solar atmosphere. The Parker Solar…

Varieties A handout photo made available by the Vulcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Center (PVMBG) of the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources shows the Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano spewing volcanic materials during an eruption, in East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, 21 March 2025. (EPA/PVMBG / Handout)

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki Volcano Erupts, Prompting Alert Level to Be Raised 

The Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia erupted three times into Friday, sending an ash column 8,000 meters (26,200 feet) high and…

Varieties (FILES) Alpinists climb the "Voie royale", way to go to the Mont-Blanc to the top of the glacier of Tete Rousse, a 3.200 meter peak in the French Alps, on June 30, 2011. (Photo by JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT / AFP)

World's Glaciers are Losing Record Ice as Global Temperatures Climb, UN Says

Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the last three-year period seeing the largest glacial mass loss on record, according to a…

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Varieties This image from webcam footage provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows lava fountains shooting up high in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Kilauea volcano inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (United States Geological Survey via AP) 

Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Puts on Dazzling Show with Lava Fountains Hundreds of Feet High 

Lava from Hawaii's most active volcano created fountains that reached 700 feet (215 meters) Thursday during the latest episode of an ongoing eruption. …


Varieties A girl plays in a day care center in Recklinghausen, western Germany on February 24, 2021. Ina FASSBENDER / AFP/File

Infants Remember More than You Think, New Study Reveals

Our earliest years are a time of rapid learning, yet we typically cannot recall specific experiences from that period -- a phenomenon known as infantile…

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Varieties Lava rises from Mount Etna, Italy March 20, 2025. REUTERS/Etna Walk/Marco Restivo

Indonesia Volcano Belches Ash Tower as Highest Alert Issued

A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted late Thursday, sending a dark ash tower eight kilometers (nearly five miles) into the sky as officials raised the alert…

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Varieties FILE PHOTO: An Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) exercises at Basondo Animal Refuge, in Kortezubi, Spain, December 14, 2024. REUTERS/Vincent West/File Photo

Spain Scraps Wolves' Protected Status in Rural North

Spain's parliament voted to remove wolves' protected status on Thursday, four years after their inclusion, opening the way for the predators to be hunted again…

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Varieties View of M74, otherwise known as the Phantom Galaxy, taken by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, in this handout image released August 29, 2022. NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Evidence Mounts that Universe's Dark Energy is Changing over Time

New data involving millions of galaxies and luminous galactic cores is providing fresh evidence that the enigmatic and invisible cosmic force called dark…

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Haramain High Speed Railway Increases Makkah-Madinah Trips for Ramadan's Final 10 Days

The Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) had previously announced its Ramadan operational plan, which included 1.6 million seats and 3,400 trips. To accommodate the…

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Varieties Eddie Jordan, former Formula One driver and team owner, listens during a press conference during a Moscow City Racing 2013 along the Moscow Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, July 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander/Zemlianichenko Jr, File)

Media Personality Eddie Jordan Dies at 76

Ex-Formula 1 team owner and media personality Eddie Jordan has died, according to a statement by his family. He was 76. Often known simply as “EJ,” he ran…

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Varieties Mount Kenya's Lewis Glacier is rapidly shrinking. Luis TATO / AFP

'It Was Beautiful': Mount Kenya's Glaciers Melting Away

Charles Kibaki Muchiri traced the water trickling across the surface of the Lewis Glacier with his fingers, illustrating how quickly climate change is melting…

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Varieties A couple smile during the sunset in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, Mexico. ULISES RUIZ / AFP

Survey: US Happiness Sinks as More Americans Eat Alone

The United States fell to its lowest happiness ranking ever partly due to a rise in the number of Americans eating their meals alone, an annual UN-sponsored…

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Varieties Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, USA, 18 March 2025. EPA/NASA/Keegan Barber

NASA Astronauts Return to Earth after Drawn-out Mission in Space

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after…

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Varieties New York University student researchers sit on a rock overlooking the Helheim glacier in Greenland, Aug. 16, 2019. (AP)

Record 2024 Temperatures Accelerate Ice Loss, Rise in Sea Levels, UN Weather Body Says 

Record greenhouse gas levels helped bring temperatures to an all-time high in 2024, accelerating glacier and sea ice loss, raising sea levels and edging the…

Varieties Undated photo of a  perch fish at a river lock in the central Dutch city of Utrecht, Netherlands, where a "fish doorbell" was installed that lets viewers of an online livestream alert authorities to fish being held up as they make their springtime migration to shallow spawning grounds. (Visdeurbel via AP)

Dutch 'Fish Doorbell' Turns Into Unlikely Online Hit Combining Slow TV, Ecology

The central Dutch city of Utrecht has installed a “fish doorbell” on a river lock that lets viewers of an online livestream alert authorities to fish being…

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Varieties This handout photograph taken by Firefly Aerospace on March 16, 2025 and released on March 18, shows the lunar surface and the setting sun with Earth and Venus on the horizon, during the lunar mission of Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander. (Photo by HANDOUT / Firefly Aerospace / AFP)

Ghostly Lunar Sunsets Shot by Private Lander

A private US lander has captured eerie high-definition images of a lunar sunset, which NASA hopes will help unravel the mystery of a strange haze first…

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Varieties This Nov. 22, 1963 file photo shows President John F. Kennedy riding in motorcade with first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in Dallas, Texas. (AP Photo, file)

Trump Administration Makes Public Thousands of Files Related to JFK Assassination 

Unredacted files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday evening. About 2,200 files consisting of over 63,000…

Varieties This image taken from NASA video shows the SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, and Russian astronaut Alexander Gorbunov, undocking from the International Space Station on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (NASA via AP)

Who Are the NASA Astronauts Who Have Been Stuck in Space for 9 Months?

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were barely known outside space circles when they strapped in for what was supposed to be a quick test flight of Boeing's…

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Varieties Newly-elected President Kennedy posed for first pictures at his White House desk, Jan. 21, 1961, before plunging into a busy round of conferences. (AP)

Trump to Release 80,000 Pages on JFK Assassination 

President Donald Trump plans to release about 80,000 pages of material related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Tuesday, seeking to…

Varieties A van is swept away by the current of the Campanillas river, in Almogia, Malaga province, Spain, 18 March 2025. EPA/JORGE ZAPATA

Flash Floods in Southern Spain Prompt Officials to Evacuate over 350 Homes

Flash floods unleashed by heavy rains promoted officials in southern Spain to evacuate over 350 homes, shut down roads and cancel classes on Tuesday. …

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Varieties This image made from video provided by Australian Broadcasting Corp., shows foam washing up on beach Monday, March 17, 2025, in Waitpinga, near Adelaide. (Australian Broadcasting Corp via AP) 

Strange Foam and Dead Fish Wash Ashore at 2 Australian Beaches as Surfers Fall Sick 

An Australian state closed two beaches after dead fish and an unusual off-white foam washed ashore while surfers reported feeling unwell, officials said on…

Varieties Sara Samanieg has become an unofficial spokeswoman for the 74,000 people who rummage through the garbage of Latin America's fourth-biggest economy every day. Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP

Colombian Influencer Puts the Pizzazz into Recycling

Colombian influencer Sara Samaniego braids her long straight hair, checks her make-up in a mirror, places her phone in the center of a ring light and flashes a…

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Varieties  Snow capped mountains are seen behind the downtown Los Angeles skyline, California, US, March 7, 2025. (Reuters)

‘More and Faster’: UN Calls to Shrink Buildings’ Carbon Footprint

Countries must move rapidly to slash CO2 emissions from homes, offices, shops and other buildings -- a sector that accounts for a third of global greenhouse…

Varieties Private lunar lander Blue Ghost’s shadow is seen on the moon’s surface after touching down on the moon with a special delivery for NASA, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (NASA/Firefly Aerospace via AP)

Private Lunar Lander Blue Ghost Falls Silent on the Moon after a 2-week Mission

It’s lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission. Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander fell silent over the…

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Varieties A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) scientist measures the amount of H7N9 avian flu virus which was grown and harvested in an unnamed CDC laboratory in 2013. James Gathany/CDC/Handout via REUTERS

US Reports First Outbreak of Deadly H7N9 Bird Flu since 2017

The United States reported the first outbreak of the deadly H7N9 bird flu on a poultry farm since 2017, as the country continues to grapple with another bird…

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Varieties (FILES) A chimney is seen at the Keihin Industrial Zone as Mount Fuji (background L), Japan's highest mountain at 3,776 meters (12,388 feet), looms in the background as viewed from the observation deck of Kawasaki Marien in Kawasaki on January 24, 2022. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

Mount Fuji Hikers to be Charged $27 on All Trails

Hikers attempting any of Mount Fuji's four main trails will be charged an entry fee of 4,000 yen ($27) from this summer, after local authorities passed a bill…

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Varieties The authority noted that the reproduction of animals within the reserve reflects the quality and suitability of its natural habitats for wildlife. SPA

Saudi Arabia: King Salman Royal Reserve Records Birth of Nubian Ibex

The field team at the King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal Natural Reserve recorded the birth of a Nubian ibex in March. The King Salman bin Abdulaziz Royal…

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Varieties Saudi KAUST Researchers Develop Lithium-Metal Battery

Saudi KAUST Researchers Develop Lithium-Metal Battery

Scientists at Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), in collaboration with their counterparts at King Abdulaziz City for…