Sci & Tech

The spongy moth’s new name replaces an ethnic slur https://ift.tt/dbUgYhv A menacing pest just became a bit less problematic, at least socially, after getting...

Ancient Homo sapiens took a talent for cultural creativity from Africa to Asia https://ift.tt/CtEfp2Q Creativity runs deep in human evolution. Stone Age people steered...

The European Parliament on Wednesday called for more measures to curb Russian disinformation, nearly two weeks after the invasion of Ukraine. Lawmakers overwhelmingly supported a...

PARIS — Russia’s war on Ukraine has given new momentum to Emmanuel Macron’s push to make the EU more autonomous. But the Continent’s leaders...

BUDAPEST — Welcome to the EU capital of Russian disinformation.  To read and watch state-linked news in Hungary these days is to catch a steady...

David Bennett Sr., a 57-year-old patient, spent his last moments with the family and left a legacy that has touched millions around the world. Two...

The ark was discovered at an altitude of 10,000 feet, just four miles from its last known land. The Endurance crash, which carried explorer Ernest...

A Ukrainian man charged last year with conducting one of the most severe ransomware attacks against U.S. targets has been extradited to the United...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers has written a letter asking the Department of Justice to determine whether online retailer Amazon engaged in obstruction of...

The mysterious Hiawatha crater in Greenland is 58 million years old https://ift.tt/KWfLrhb The powerful impact that created a mysterious crater at the northwestern edge...

Genetically modified mosquitoes could be tested in California soon https://ift.tt/BLU78xn Genetically modified mosquitoes might soon be whining on both U.S. coasts. The U.S. Environmental...

An extinct rat shows CRISPR’s limits for resurrecting species https://ift.tt/JAQ4uST Before the early 1900s, if it walked like a Christmas Island rat and talked...

A Chinese government-backed criminal gang successfully hacked computers by at least six U.S. governments between May 2021 and February this year, according to a...

Crypto assets are definitely on the EU’s sanctions list — in case you didn’t know. The EU Wednesday clarified that certain companies and people in...