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MADRID — Marathon U.N. climate talks ended Sunday with a slim compromise that sparked widespread disappointment, after major polluters resisted calls for ramping up efforts to keep global warming at bay and negotiators postponed debate about rules for international carbon markets for another year. Organizers kept delegates from almost 200 nations in Madrid far beyond […]

Climate activist Greta Thunberg and Germany’s national railway company created a tweetstorm after she posted a photo of herself sitting on the floor of a train surrounded by lots of bags By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press December 15, 2019, 2:32 PM 3 min read BERLIN — Climate activist Greta Thunberg and Germany‘s national railway company

The United States is abandoning the definition of the foot used to measure big things and replacing it with the so-called international foot By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer December 14, 2019, 2:04 PM 4 min read WASHINGTON — Change is afoot for the official measuring stick used to size up big places in America.

A new study finds diet plays a big role in how large whales can get By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer December 14, 2019, 2:00 PM 4 min read NEW YORK — Whales are big, but why aren’t they bigger? A new study says it’s basically about how many calories they can take in. That’s

Albuquerque’s zoo is celebrating the survival of one of three Mexican gray wolf pups born at the facility this year December 13, 2019, 11:21 PM 2 min read ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque’s zoo is celebrating the survival of one of three Mexican gray wolf pups born at the facility this year. ABQ BioPark officials say

New Orleans officials say investigators have discovered ransomware as they investigate a suspected cyberattack that led to a shutdown of city computers By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press December 13, 2019, 11:59 PM 2 min read NEW ORLEANS — Ransomware was detected after a suspected cyberattack prompted a shutdown of city government computers in New Orleans

A Florida city is confirming that hackers seeking to extort money were responsible for crippling its computer systems earlier this week By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and FRANK BAJAK December 14, 2019, 12:07 AM 4 min read TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida city confirmed Friday that hackers seeking to extort money were responsible for crippling its

Following a series of deadly outbreaks in hospitals around the country, the Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first fully disposable version of the medical device implicated in the infections. Reusable versions of the device — a long, snakelike tube with a fiber-optic camera at one end, called a duodenoscope — are inserted

The United Nations says dozens of observers expelled from its annual climate meeting in Madrid will be allowed back into the venue December 12, 2019, 9:34 AM 1 min read MADRID — The United Nations says dozens of observers expelled from its annual climate meeting in Madrid will be allowed back into the venue. Some

As the decades passed, this idea helped expand what computers were capable of. Without high-level languages there would be no App Store, and no World Wide Web. Ralph Anthony Brooker was born on Sept, 22, 1925, in southwest London, the youngest son of Edwin Brooker, a civil servant, and Dorothy (Owen) Brooker, a homemaker. His