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U.S. and Europe facing new round of shutdowns amid virus surge
The alarming surge in coronavirus cases in Europe and the U.S. is wiping out months of progress against the scourge on two continents, prompting new business restrictions, raising the threat...
U.N. World Food Program wins Nobel Peace Prize
The United Nations' World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to fight hunger in regions of conflict and hardship around the globe.
2 scientists, including former CU Boulder researcher, win Nobel chemistry prize for gene-editing tool
Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for developing 鈥渕olecular scissors鈥� to edit genes, offering the promise of one day curing inherited diseases.
Germany is first major economy to phase out coal and nuclear
German lawmakers have finalized the country's long-awaited phase-out of coal as an energy source, backing a plan that environmental groups say isn't ambitious enough and free marketeers criticize as a...
Coronavirus delay, early ice melt challenge Arctic science mission
They prepared for icy cold and trained to be on the watch for polar bears, but a pandemic just wasn鈥檛 part of the program.
New coronavirus clusters show risks of second wave as protests flare
A family in China, nightclubs in South Korea and a slaughterhouse in Germany: New clusters of coronavirus infections are igniting concerns about a second wave even as calls grow in...
Scramble to prepare hospitals as coronavirus deaths tolls worldwide soar
Italy, Iran and the United States reported soaring new death tolls as the coronavirus pandemic marched relentlessly across the globe Sunday, prompting a scramble in hard-hit regions to set up...
How Madrid talks fell short on climate ambition
This year's U.N. climate negotiations in Madrid, the longest in 25 nearly annual such gatherings, ended Sunday with major polluters resisting calls to ramp up efforts to keep global warming...
Longest UN climate talks end with no deal on carbon markets
Marathon international climate talks ended Sunday with major polluters resisting calls to ramp up efforts to keep global warming at bay and negotiators postponing the regulation of global carbon markets...
Yucky ducky? Study reveals bath-time toy’s dirty secret
Scientists have the dirt on the rubber ducky: Those cute yellow bath-time toys are — as some parents have long suspected — a haven for nasty bugs.