Science & Environment

M. S. Swaminathan, Scientist Who Helped Conquer Famine in India, Dies at 98

M. S. Swaminathan, the eminent crop geneticist who fused plant breeding science with keen administrative skills to produce bountiful harvests that ended famine and...

North Carolina law enforcement using AI to combat increase in distracted drivers

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Drivers preoccupied with smartphone distractions, such as texting and making phone calls, have become all too common – and many times...

How to Watch NASA Bring Asteroid Samples Home From Space

On Sunday morning, a brown-and-white capsule will shoot through Earth’s atmosphere to drop off a cache of pristine space rock to a team of...

Tropical Storm Ophelia Nears North Carolina Coast

Tropical Storm Ophelia was forecast to make landfall in North Carolina early Saturday morning, and to soak portions of several coastal states with up...

‘Only God Can Thank You’: Female Health Workers Fight to Be Paid

On a given work day, Misra Yusuf might vaccinate a child against polio, inject a woman with a long-acting contraceptive, screen a man for...

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