World Jul 24 Missing Air Algerie plane disappears from radar, believed to have crashed The flight was carrying 50 French citizens. The provisional passenger list also named 24 people from Burkina Faso, eight Lebanese, four Algerians, two from Luxembourg, one Belgian, one Swiss, one Nigerian, one Cameroonian, one Ukrainian, and one Romanian.
World Jul 24 Israeli strike on UN facility kills at least 15 people Israeli forces shelled a U.N.-run school compound in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and injuring at least 150 more, Gaza health officials said.
Health Jul 23 Teen use of human growth hormones doubles, survey finds The number of teens obtaining and abusing human growth hormones has doubled in one year, according to a survey published Wednesday by the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids.
Science Jul 21 Earth sees hottest June on record since 1880, NOAA says The world’s heat record was broken for a second consecutive month. With the exception of Antarctica, new temperature highs were recorded on every continent.
Health Jul 18 Three states join lawsuit against 5-Hour Energy drink maker Oregon, Washington and Vermont filed suits Thursday against Living Essentials LLC and Innovation Ventures LLC, makers of the highly popular energy booster. Attorneys for the states want a permanent injunction against the parent companies’ misleading marketing and are seeking civil…
Health Jul 18 Deceased AIDS researchers grieved on social media We lost 100 researchers and activists that were dedicated to improve the health of others. Heaven is now a wealthy place #MH17 #AIDS2014 — Katrina Tsoutsoulis (@katrinat91) July 18, 2014 As many as…
Science Jul 17 Female field scientists commonly face sexual harassment, study finds Field-based research is often a core component of study for earth disciplines at the university level. It requires living away from home or campus, often in a remote or foreign area. A study released Wednesday by the University of Illinois…
Science Jul 16 Scientists unearth largest ever four-winged dinosaur Scientists discovered a fossil in northeast China that reveals a new species of dinosaur. The four-winged, four-foot Changyuraptor is the largest of its kind to date, and joins a handful of other microraptorines that lived 125 million years ago.