An overwhelming majority of Austrian MPs voted on Thursday to force their citizens to get vaccinated against Covid-19, with those who refuse facing fines of up to 3,600 euros ($4,000). After 137 MPs voted for compulsory...
A 7.6-magnitude earthquake 1,500 miles away triggered a “desert tsunami” in Death Valley National Park, rangers said. The earthquake struck Mexico near the Colima-Michoacan border on Monday, Sept. 19, according to the U.S. Geological Survey....
Scientists have found that volcanoes deep in the ocean discharge so much energy potential when they erupt that they could theoretically power the whole of the United States.  Scientists at the University of Leeds in the...
People should avoid contact with wild animals, given a deadly outbreak of avian influenza, known as bird flu, first noted in early July among birds and seals near Fort Flagler State Park in Jefferson County,...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has observed an increase in drug-resistant (XDR) Shigella infections, according to a health advisory issued by the agency. Shigella bacteria cause an infection called Shigellosis, which “usually causes...
A virus even more transmissible and fatal than Covid-19 will lead the world into the next pandemic, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, noting the “evolutionary certainty” of such an occurrence. “Make...
Joe Biden has turned up the heat on oil and gas companies in recent weeks as gas prices have shot up, with the national average climbing above $5 (£4.13) per gallon at one point last...
A team of scientists found that by activating the neural implants they embedded on mice’s skulls, the mice would immediately start to engage each other and become friends. When they turned the implants off, the...
Thousands of people rushed to get out of South Lake Tahoe as the entire tourist resort city came under evacuation orders and wildfire raced toward the large freshwater lake of Lake Tahoe, which straddles California...
Tropical Storm “Calvin” formed on July 12, 2023, as the 3rd named storm of the 2023 Pacific hurricane season. The system is now passing south of the Big Island, Hawaii while weakening, but still bringing heavy...