Feb 03 Dog sleuths sniff out crop disease hitting U.S. citrus trees By Christina Larson, Associated Press Scientists have trained dogs to sniff out a disease that's harming citrus trees in Florida, California and Texas. Continue reading
Feb 03 Climate change may pose a threat to future Super Bowls in Miami By Steven Wine, Associated Press The game will be played Sunday in Miami for the 11th time, the most of any city. But the sea and temperature are rising, which could eventually make South Florida an unsuitable Super Bowl site. Continue reading
Feb 02 Watch 7:27 Lebanon’s refugees use technology to fight food insecurity By Christopher Livesay, Melanie Saltzman High poverty and unemployment rates among the world's 26 million refugees means that many are struggling with food security after fleeing their home countries. But in Lebanon, a U.N. pilot program is trying to use technology and digital innovations to… Continue watching
Feb 01 Watch 6:20 WFP uses new tech to fight refugee food shortages in Jordan By Christopher Livesay, Melanie Saltzman, Alessandro Pavone Jordan is home to an estimated 3 million refugees, and the country's harsh terrain makes supplying food for them difficult. But to combat the food shortages, the U.N. World Food Program is using technologies like iris scans to track refugee… Continue watching
Feb 01 Wildfires threaten Australian capital and southeast towns By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press Wildfires burned out of control near Australia’s national capital, Canberra, and across surrounding New South Wales state on Saturday, with endangered residents warned to prepare to evacuate. The capital region declared a state of emergency on Friday because of a… Continue reading
Jan 31 FDA approves first treatment for kids with peanut allergy By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first treatment for children with peanut allergies. Continue reading
Jan 31 Climate activists from African nations make urgent appeal By Dorothee Thiesing, Cara Anna, Associated Press Africa has 15% of the world’s population, yet is likely to “shoulder nearly 50% of the estimated global climate change adaptation costs," the African Development Bank has said… Continue reading
Jan 30 Hawaii telescope reveals details of the sun’s turbulent surface By Malcolm Ritter, Associated Press A telescope in Hawaii is revealing the turbulent gas surface of the sun in what scientists called unprecedented detail. Continue reading
Jan 30 For 1st time in 4 years, U.S. life expectancy rises, but only a little By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press The rise is mostly due to lower death rates for cancer and drug overdoses. Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch 4:34 How China is responding to ‘breakneck’ spread of novel coronavirus Chinese officials have now confirmed over 6,000 cases of novel coronavirus -- and the pathogen is nowhere near contained. On Thursday, the World Health Organization will determine whether to declare the outbreak a global health emergency. Yanzhong Huang of the… Continue watching