China’s Chang’e 5 moon lander is no more after successfully snagging lunar rocks
China’s Chang’e 5 lander touched down on the moon and collected the first lunar samples in nearly 50 years, but now the lights have...
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Spooning skeletons: Who were these 3,000-year-old ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
More than 3,000 years ago, a couple at a biblical site in Israel was buried side by side in a spooning position, and archaeologists...
Pakistan toughens rape law after outcry over attacks
Pakistan introduced a rape law on Tuesday that will create special courts to try cases within four months, after protests over the gang rape...
New Zealand inquiry finds quarter of a million abused in state and faith-based care
Up to a quarter of a million children, young people and vulnerable adults were abused in New Zealand’s faith-based and state care institutions in...
See inside Korean CCTV unit contact tracing citizens
CNN’s Paula Hancocks follows the contact tracers in Seoul, South Korea, as the city faces a third wave of coronavirus infections.
Chaos at the top of China’s biggest chipmaker
The C-suite of one of China’s most important tech companies has just been thrown into confusion.
More than two million children in Ethiopia’s Tigray region cut off from humanitarian aid, UN says
The United Nations has warned that millions of children are still cut off from aid in Ethiopia’s conflict-riven Tigray region, despite promises made by...
Meet 5 Black researchers fighting for diversity and equity in science
As the Black Lives Matter movement gained momentum this year, Black scientists jumped in to call for inclusivity at school and work. Within days...
These 6 graphs show that Black scientists are underrepresented at every level
Nationwide protests in response to the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other unarmed Black men and women in the first part...
Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 27,728
Author: Reuters ID: 1608094793134214800 Wed, 2020-12-16 04:54 BERLIN : The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 27,728 to 1,379,238, data from...
Prairie voles can find partners just fine without the ‘love hormone’ oxytocin 
Mysterious marks on Ice Age cave art may have been a form of record keeping 
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Birds that dive may be at greater risk of extinction