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Updated 2025-07-03 02:00
This is the controversial plan underway to save the endangered whale-like vaquita
The vaquita is a rare cetacean species that lives in the Gulf of California. And efforts by poachers to catch another endangered fish are also entangling the vaquitas.
BPA exposure is linked to changes in parenting behavior in male mice
Humans today live in a sea of chemicals, and we are just beginning to understand how they affect our health. The endocrine disrupting chemical Bisphenol-A has been linked to physical illnesses like cancer and research from the University of Missouri found that the common substance seems to impair parenting behavior in mice.
There's work to be done to make US elections secure — and it has nothing to do with voter ID
Technology experts are worried the US voting system is vulnerable — and not to voting fraud from lack of voter ID. They're worried about hacking, especially so after recent attack on Democratic Party computer systems.
The physics behind the world’s fastest swim strokes
The world’s fastest swim stroke probably isn't what you think. It's not the crawl, or the breaststroke. It's the "fish kick" — and here's why.
Danny McBride isn’t a jerk — he just plays one on TV
How actor Danny McBride takes the worst traits in characters — meanness, profanity — plays them up, and still convinces you to love them.
Women farmers take center stage in US agriculture
While women are usually the farmers in traditional societies, it’s still a male-dominated business in the US. But women are slowly changing the face of farming in the US, especially by raising and selling home-grown vegetables, flowers, jellies and other farm products.
Underfunded wildlife enforcement in the Pacific Northwest fails to keep up with poachers
Wildlife trafficking is a global problem and the US is not immune. In the Pacific Northwest, a small law enforcement and judicial team polices Washington and Oregon for wildlife infractions, but limited resources, budget woes and loose laws allow poachers to evade penalties.
Music is holding Louisiana together in tough times
Songs have been written about Louisiana's great flood of 1927, and about Katrina. As the state is inundated anew, music plays a role in bringing communities together.
In Haiti, the UN still has to clean up its act
"Once you start lying about something at the beginning ... it’s very hard to stop." The issue of responsibility for thousands of deaths in Haiti may end up in the US Supreme Court.
How five worries about the Rio Summer Olympics played out
Between Zika, filthy water and crime, the 2016 Rio Olympics had a lot of doubters.
The war on drugs in the Philippines is leaving hundreds dead in the streets
The Philippines new president came to power on a promise to rid the country of criminals and drug addicts. He has said to "kill them all." And, since he took office at the end of June, more than 600 people have turned up dead.
It's Friday. Here's a little spritz for you.
Leslie Pariseau is an editor at Saveur magazine, and the co-author with Talia Baiocchi, of Spritz: Italy's Most Iconic Aperitivo Cocktail.
For these families in Pittsburgh, teens' summer jobs make more than just pocket money
It's not a new phenomenon for young people to work summer jobs to make money and gain skills. For children who came to the US as refugees, there’s a bit more at stake though. These families get three months of assistance when they arrive — and then they're mostly on their own.
Who politicized the burkini?
Religious dress codes: Are they just about religion?
Was that extreme weather event influenced by climate change?
We're getting better at figuring out whether something like this month's deluge in Louisiana was influenced by climate change. And that's important, says a climate scientist who's also an aid worker, to get a better handle on what might be ahead to try to avert more human disasters.
Can you swipe your way to new friends?
Dating apps have been around for a while, but not the industry is expanding to create apps more focused on finding friends than finding a special someone.
It's time for Olympic boxing to clean itself up
There are allegations of fixed matches and widespread doping. This isn't anything new. But it's time boxing took itself seriously so others did, too.
Policing the language of the Holocaust in Poland
This week the right-wing Polish governing party proposed a new law to outlaw the use of phrases like "Polish death camp" or "Polish concentration camp."
A new generation of Canadians are learning this language, and not all of them are tribal members
Many Ktunaxa lost their native tongue when they were sent to church-run boarding schools. Now the Ktunaxa language is making a modest comeback at a local school where both First Nations and white students study it.
How Ryan Lochte went from victim to suspect in Rio
In a crazy twist, US swimmers in Brazil went from being supposed crime victims to suspects of an investigation.
Mariachi camp in California teaches kids tradition for free
Instead of spending the summer lying around playing on a smartphone, these kids are strumming and harmonizing.
What if James Bond had a family? The son of a '60s Israeli spy recounts what it’s like.
Oded Gur-Arie was not yet 13 years old when he found out his father was not like most other dads.
Images of a shocked, bloodied young boy in Aleppo go viral
Five-year-old Omran Daqneesh was among eight people, including five children, injured when Russian or Syrian government forces wrecked his home in a nighttime airstrike.
The US has 'the most Islamic government in the world,' says one American Muslim
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said this week he was ready to get vicious in the war with what he called radical Islam. But he also said he was ready to embrace "moderate Muslims." The leader of "Muslims for Peace" responds.
Nicaragua's teen pregnancy rate soars
In the absence of any sex ed, advocates are trying to get teenagers to take matters into their own hands, and teach each other.
Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui charms audiences with straight talk about her period
Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui has won fresh praise online for speaking frankly about having her period while competing in Rio.
With DJ Netsky in the house in Rio, it's a party!
Netsky is the "musical ambassador" for Belgium's Olympic athletes. The Belgian producer and DJ is in Rio to motivate the athletes and get them pumped.
The water was fine for rowing at the Rio Olympics
There was a fear that rowers would get sick from the waters in Rio. But that hasn't been the case. If anything, the venue for the regatta was picture perfect, and even clean, US rower Andrew Campbell says.
I was beaten and shot by South Sudan's army. And others had it worse.
A group of international aid workers and volunteers working in South Sudan were attacked and harassed by South Sudanese army soldiers. Some were then raped and tortured. Jesse Bunch was there.
The Guantanamo release wasn't a surprise. The timing was, however.
Veteran reporter Arun Rath long surmised that a big release of detainees from Guantanamo Bay was in the offing. What he didn't know was that 15 prisoners would be shipped to a third country while he was reporting from the base.
Women in Nicaragua fight for the right to get abortions that could save their lives
In Nicaragua, abortion is illegal, even if a woman's life is at risk. But some abortion rights advocates claim the government is quietly turning a blind eye to certain abortions, including in the case of women infected with the Zika virus.
The last female OB-GYN in eastern Aleppo explains why she keeps working in a city under siege
Dr. Farida is among 29 doctors in the besieged Syrian city who have appealed to President Obama for help. They say they are being deliberately targeted by the Syrian regime.
The Rio Games are playing daily at this refugee camp in Kenya, and residents are all about it
Especially the kids. They show up early to get the best seats.
Displaced Iraqis struggle to stay cool during sweltering heat wave
Millions of Iraqis in makeshift camps suffer through temperatures regularly topping 100 degrees Farenheit.
The guy who sings that 'once I was 7 years old' song has a crazy life story
Christiania is a community in the center of Copenhagen. Musician Lukas Forchhammer grew up there in the '90s, at a time when there were no cars or streetlights and a toilet and running water were considered luxuries. Still, Lukas says Christiania had a "utopian vibe" and it helped shape the young man he is today. Lukas now fronts his band Lukas Graham; a band with a string of international hits.
Oceanographer Sylvia Earle is on a mission to save our seas
Sylvia Earle wants to create "blue parks" in the oceans in order to preserve and restore threatened species — not the least of which are humans.
The Bangladeshi community in Queens is in shock after an imam's killing
"The Bangladeshi community believes 100 percent that this must be a hate crime, in some way. And not a robbery and not a random assault."
South Africans rejoice as Wayde van Niekerk sets a world record in Rio
It's been almost 100 years since a South African won gold in the 400-meter men's track and field final.
The late, great Yiddish theater star Fyvush Finkel dies at 93
You may know him as the cranky lawyer from the '90s TV series "Picket Fences." But he got his first break as a child star in the Yiddish theater in Brooklyn. Fyvush Finkel died on Sunday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93.
Who's bigger in Jamaica, Usain Bolt or Bob Marley? One answer.
Jamaican Sprinter Usain Bolt won his third straight gold medal.on Sunday in the 100-meter sprint. Not long after he took his victory lap, NBC announcer Bob Costas said, "With apologies to all you reggae fans, I think that Bolt has even outdistanced Marley."
Olympic medal-winner robbed: Americans are shocked, Brazilians shrug
An expert says Rio de Janeiro residents are thinking, "It’s sad, but it happens all the time, and now it’s in the headlines just because it’s a foreign athlete."
68 years after its first Olympics, Puerto Rico finally nabs a gold
When Monica Puig won the women's singles title, the island celebrated. Sure, it's a big deal for a country to win their first gold medal. But it's finally some good news in a place that could use it.
Brooklyn's first Holocaust museum isn't about death. It's about Jewish religious life.
The Amud Aish Memorial Museum aims to tell a spiritual story of the Holocaust.
I'm a Muslim doctor. My patient refused treatment because of my religion.
An American oncologist shares his story of a patient who refused treatment because of his religion. "Donald Trump is right," she said. "America should ban all Muslims from immigrating here."
This designer combines African fabrics with Paris couture
The Goutte D’Or neighborhood in Paris is home to a group of fashion designers who combine traditional African wax prints and western designs to make something completely new.
Four of the 'worst' songs you absolutely have to listen to
Florence Foster Jenkins was known as an awful singer — but she did it with gusto. In that vein, we offer these "awful" songs for you to listen to.
The end of summer is coming. Have you been mothing yet?
Moth week was in July, but if you missed it, it's not too late to go mothing.
Where is modern cloning, 20 years after Dolly?
Dolly was a milestone for cloning — but she didn't survive long. Some of her clone sisters, however, have lived on.
Compressor stations are a new flashpoint in the debate over natural gas extraction
Compressor stations that pressurize gas to keep it flowing through pipelines have proliferated across the country as the natural gas industry expands. But some residents who live near these compressor stations in Ohio complain of health problems that they link to the new facilities.
Boston is preparing a plan to cope with climate change
Cities along the Eastern Seaboard may be uniquely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. One of those cities, Boston, is taking steps now to plan for an uncertain future.
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