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
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.
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.
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.
Blown by the wind, ‘microplastic’ pollution discovered in pristine mountain peaks
We’ve polluted the deepest oceans with plastic garbage, so it’s not surprising we’re also ruining our most pristine mountain peaks too.
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.”
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.
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.”
New human species discovered in a cave in the Philippines
A tiny, long-lost cousin of our own human species was discovered, scientists announced.
The first photo of a black hole is coming Wednesday. What are we going to see and what will we learn?
Astronomers will supposedly release the first-ever photo of a black hole on Wednesday. What’s all the fuss about, and what will we learn from it?