Sci & Tech

Twitter will take down the accounts of Kremlin-backed news outlets RT and Sputnik after the EU sanctions come into force, the social network said...

Days before Russian bombs began to rain down on Kharkiv, Mariupol and Kyiv, the Ukrainian government mobilized its communication strategists — knowing the coming...

Some of America's best-known companies including Apple, Google, Ford, Harley-Davidson and Exxon Mobil rebuked and rejected Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, under steady...

Africa’s fynbos plants hold their ground with the world’s thinnest roots https://ift.tt/aNuqeAy Some plant roots draw a line in the sand — literally. In South...

Avalanche forecasters use a slew of technology to predict avalanche risk and help lovers of backcountry winter sports to be prepared. From Boulder Colorado,...

As Russia's war in Ukraine plays out for the world on social media, big tech platforms are moving to restrict Russian state media from...

How omicron’s mutations make it the most infectious coronavirus variant yet https://ift.tt/XBfV6wc In November, a new coronavirus variant took the world by storm. Omicron...

Ride-hailing and food-delivery apps Uber and Bolt have announced plans to distance themselves from Russian companies with which they’re associated. Neither company has a significant...

Why kitchen sponges are the perfect home for bacteria https://ift.tt/FfUum9J Ask bacteria where they’d like to live, and they’ll answer: a kitchen sponge, please. Sponges...

Google’s YouTube said Tuesday that it would block Kremlin-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik from Europe following similar bans by Facebook and TikTok. “It’ll take...

The EU has vowed to ban Kremlin-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik. Now it just has to figure out how to execute the politically...

While we expect that flights to Mars and the Moon will soon become a reality, access to oxygen is still a problem that plagues...

A UN report shows climate change’s escalating toll on people and nature https://ift.tt/MdgGj3T Neither adaptation by humankind nor mitigation alone is enough to reduce...

Facebook’s parent company Meta announced today it would restrict access to Kremlin-backed news outlets RT and Sputnik in the EU. “We have received requests...