USA

Apple CEO Tim Cook shows unprecedented support to DACA ahead of SCOTUS decision

"Our country made a deal with a highly vulnerable population interested in a bright future, and we should keep that deal," said Cook.

2 October 2019

USA

Our solar system's mysterious 'Planet 9' may actually be a black hole

A new theory suggests that a so-called primordial black hole may lurk beyond Neptune in the outer solar system.

2 October 2019

USA

Google will soon let you delete your YouTube history

Tech giants are battling to introduce privacy tools that will convince users — and regulators — that they do not have an iron-clad grip on your data.

2 October 2019

USA

Iceberg bigger than L.A. just broke off Antarctic ice shelf

Scientists say the calving is part of a natural process, though they worry about shrinking polar ice and the resulting rise in sea levels.

2 October 2019

USA

Aliens may have bugged space rocks to spy on Earth, scientist says

A new proposal suggests scouring so-called co-orbitals for advanced alien technology used to eavesdrop on our planet.

1 October 2019

USA

Warren on leaked Zuckerberg audio: '#BreakUpBigTech'

Zuckerberg told employees that if a President Warren threatened to break up Facebook, "you go to the mat and you fight." Warren responded, "It's time to #BreakUpBigTech."

1 October 2019

USA

Trolls for hire: Russia's disinformation firms offer propaganda with a professional touch

Firms charged varying prices for services, such as $8 for a social media post, $100 per 10 comments made on an article or post and $65 for contacting a media source.

1 October 2019

USA

Ex-Yahoo engineer pleads guilty to hacking thousands of accounts

The man used his work access to search Yahoo accounts for private materials before branching out to Facebook, Gmail and other accounts, prosecutors said.

1 October 2019

USA

Ancient ape fossil yields surprising new insights about human evolution

A fossilized pelvis found in Hungary suggests human ancestors were able to stand upright much earlier than anthropologists had realized.

30 September 2019

USA

Meet the drag queen revolutionizing the streaming world on Twitch

"I wasn't a drag queen .. until I started my Twitch channel," said Deere, who is paving the way for drag video game streamers on Twitch.

29 September 2019

USA

On Twitch, women who stream say their biggest obstacle is harassment

"There's definitely days where I'm like, 'I can't even stream because there's so much mean stuff,'" said Lisa Vannatta, who goes by STPeach on the site.

29 September 2019

USA

Drought exposes long-submerged 'Spanish Stonehenge' monument

Water levels in a manmade lake dropped significantly this summer after record heat and dry conditions.

29 September 2019

USA

Climate scientists say Greta Thunberg's efforts are building real momentum

"She is getting people to listen, which we have failed to do," one climatologist said.

28 September 2019

World News

European space mission aims to fill missing piece of climate jigsaw

The European Space Agency has commissioned a new satellite mission in a bid to find a crucial missing piece of the climate jigsaw.

27 September 2019

USA

Cannabis research pioneer hopes latest discovery is not overlooked — again

Decades after Raphael Mechoulam linked CBD with treating epilepsy, his latest finding may help develop new drugs for psoriasis, arthritis and anxiety.

26 September 2019

USA

Sinclair CEO says he's pivoted to local news and sports to avoid streaming services 'sea of blood'

The upcoming war among streaming services is going to mean "losses for many years to come for many of those companies who are going to be engaged in a major share battle."

26 September 2019

Next Series

Is the aging process the same In space?

Euronews space correspondent and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Luca Parmitano has sent the latest instalment of Space Chronicles, a series following his adventures on the International Space Station (ISS) during his six-month mission.

25 September 2019

USA

Search for 'missing matter' predicted by Einstein's theory closes in

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider are studying what happens when particles don't collide, but instead zoom past each other in near misses.

25 September 2019

USA

First astronaut from UAE set to fly to space station

The other two astronauts are from the U.S. and Russia, and all three are scheduled to leave on Wednesday.

24 September 2019

USA

Venus may have been habitable for 3 billion years, before mysterious climate shift

Venus may be a hellish world now, but it's believed that the planet may have once been temperate, with shallow oceans on its surface.

24 September 2019