Fake News Is Still Here, Despite Efforts by Google, Facebook
Nearly a year after Facebook and Google launched offensives against fake news, they’re still inadvertently promoting it — often at...
American Richard H. Thaler Wins Nobel Prize in Economic Science
American Richard H. Thaler was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize for Economics — officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences...
Global Sensor Network on Alert for Nuclear Tests
Nuclear proliferation watchdog CTBTO is using its worldwide array of monitoring stations to authenticate possible nuclear explosions, including the one...
Bugs in the Food by Design at Bangkok Fine-dining Bistro
Ants and beetles in the kitchen? Normally that’d close down a restaurant immediately, but for a unique eatery in Bangkok,...
New Zealand Currency Falls to 4-month Low as Political Coalition Talks Continue
The New Zealand currency sunk to a fresh four-month low on Monday as a small nationalist party carried out negotiations...
Teams Race Across Australia in World Solar Challenge
The World Solar Challenge began Sunday with 42 solar cars crossing Australia’s tropical north to its southern shores, a grueling...
At Trump Scottish Resorts, Losses Doubled Last Year
Donald Trump boasts of making great deals, but a financial report filed with the British government shows he has lost...
Bees Are Carrying Pesticides Into Most of the World’s Honey
The decline of the world’s industrialized honeybees has been well documented. A combination of pesticides and parasites have led to...
Technology Crammed Into Cars Worsens Driver Distraction
Automakers trumpet new technology, including blind-spot warnings, backup cameras, and rear cross-traffic alerts, as a way to make driving safer....
Holy Spirits? Closed Churches Find Second Life as Breweries
Ira Gerhart finally found a place last year to fulfill his yearslong dream of opening a brewery: a 1923 Presbyterian...
Big Tech Has Big Plans to Help Reconnect Puerto Rico
Facebook and Google once aimed to connect the world. Now they would be happy just to reconnect part of it....
Uganda Lures World Investors to Boost Conservation Tourism
Home to half the world’s Mountain gorilla and 50 percent of world bird species, conservation tourism marketing remains a challenge...
US Economy Loses 33,000 Jobs in September, but Rebound Expected
Two back-to-back hurricanes in the continental U.S. displaced more workers than first thought resulting in a net loss of 33...
Our Planet Seen From High Above
Astronauts say seeing the Earth from a distance, where the whole planet comes into perspective, is a life-changing experience that...
Ham for a Watch: Venezuelans Struggle With Cash Shortages
Venezuelans already struggling to find food, medicine and other basic necessities have a new shortage to worry about: cash. ...
US Chamber: Trump Making ‘Highly Dangerous’ NAFTA Demands
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned on Friday that the Trump administration was making “highly dangerous demands” in the North...
US House Committee Calls New Hearing on Kaspersky Software
A U.S. House of Representatives committee said Friday that it had scheduled a new hearing on Kaspersky Lab software as...
Women in Tech Talk Change in Orlando
In Orlando, Florida, where tourists come for the palm trees, shopping and theme parks, 18,000 women converged recently on the...
Nate Takes Aim as US Still Reels From Earlier Storms
Tropical Storm Nate is being blamed for more than 20 deaths across Central America even as it tracks toward a...
New Japan Party Unveils ‘Yurikonomics’ Deregulation Steps
A new party led by Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Friday it hopes to pursue policies to revive the...
Why Do Land Rights Matter to Communities and Companies?
Experts met in Stockholm this week to assess progress on securing land rights for indigenous people and local communities and...
Microsoft to Help Expand Rural Broadband in 6 US States
Microsoft said Thursday that it would team up with communities in six U.S. states to invest in technology and related...
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