Science & Environment
Hurricane Laura strengthens as it approaches Texas, Louisiana
Hurricane Laura strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, prompting warnings of “unsurvivable” storm surge ...Kim visits North Korea flood zone, orders shelter, food aid
Leader Kim Jong Un visited parts of southern North Korea where days of torrential rains have flooded hundreds of houses and vast ...Floods affect more than 50,000 in Sudan: UN
More than 50,000 people have been affected by flooding across Sudan over the past week, the United Nations said Wednesday. “Torrential rains ...Isaias lashes US east coast with fierce winds, heavy rain
Hurricane Isaias slammed into North Carolina bringing life-threatening storm surges, as the entire US eastern seaboard battened down, fearing tornadoes, flash floods ...NASA’s Perseverance rover bound for Mars to seek ancient life
NASA’s latest Mars rover Perseverance launched Thursday on an astrobiology mission to look for signs of ancient microbial life on the Red ...Virus-hit Texas braces as 2020’s first hurricane, Hanna, takes aim
Texas, already struggling with a surge in coronavirus cases, was bracing Saturday after storm Hanna strengthened into the first Atlantic hurricane of ...China launches ambitious attempt to land rover on Mars
China launched its most ambitious Mars mission yet on Thursday in a bold attempt to join the United States in successfully landing ...Oxford coronavirus vaccine induces strong immune response
Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response ...More than 100 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide
The bodies of at least 100 jade miners were pulled from the mud after a landslide in northern Myanmar on Thursday, in ...South Africa dehorns dozens of rhinos to prevent lockdown poaching surge
South Africa has dehorned dozens of rhinos in three popular game parks, aiming to prevent armed poachers taking advantage of the post-COVID-19 ...














