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February 19, 2019
From Smarter Energy to Less Plastic, Caribbean Resorts Go Green

Environmentally friendly tourism options — available at a growing string of hotels across the Caribbean — proving popular with tourists, helping curb climate change and waste, industry groups say

February 19, 2019
New NASA Lander to Post Daily Reports on Red Planet Winter

Starting Tuesday, NASA is posting the highs and lows online, along with wind speed and atmospheric pressure from the InSight lander
February 19, 2019
Meet the Sea Squirt, Sucking Up Plastic Particles From the Sea

A staggering amount of plastic flows into the ocean each year
February 19, 2019
Report: US Doctors Overprescribed Deadly Drug Fentanyl to Patients

Fentanyl, a highly dangerous painkiller at the heart of the US opioid epidemic, has been overprescribed by doctors, according to a report that accused health authorities and manufacturers of being too lax in their oversight
February 19, 2019
Powerful Magnets Can Relieve Depression

Study finds magnets can relieve depression when medications can't
February 18, 2019
Magnetic Therapy Can Relieve Depression

Depression is more than just being sad. It's a serious disease that interferes with normal life, a sense of self-worth, and, in serious cases, it can end in suicide. But, depression is treatable with talk therapy, medication, or a combination of the two. There is also a treatment that delivers magnetic pulses directly to the brain. VOA's Carol Pearson reports.
February 18, 2019
Thought Extinct, Horned Frog Rediscovered in Ecuador Rainforest

Tiny horned frogs, thought to be extinct, have been rediscovered in a remote rainforest in Ecuador. Conservationists are hoping to save the strange-looking frogs by bringing some of them to a breeding and conservation center in Ecuador. As we hear from VOAs Deborah Block, the plan is to reintroduce the amphibians back into the wild.
February 18, 2019
Scientist Who Popularized Term 'Global Warming' Dies at 87

Wallace Smith Broecker, longtime Columbia University professor and researcher, brought term into common use with 1975 article that correctly predicted rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere would lead to pronounced warming
February 18, 2019
The Real 'Jaws': Great White Shark's Genetic Secrets Revealed

Scientists say they have decoded the genome of Earth's largest predatory fish, detecting numerous genetic traits that help explain its remarkable evolutionary success
February 18, 2019
Philadelphia Mulls Supervised Injections to Cut Drug Deaths

Similar program in Vancouver, Canada, has saved hundreds of drug addicts' lives over the past 16 years
February 17, 2019
Dinosaurs Tracks Saved from Australian Floods

Footprints found on outback farm near Queensland town of Wintonare are stamped into large slab of sandstone rock, and were made by sauropod, giant creature wit long neck and tail, and by two smaller dinosaurs
February 17, 2019
Gourmet Grubs Wriggle onto American Palate

Insects are crawling onto menus at restaurants across the United States.

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From Smarter Energy to Less Plastic, Caribbean Resorts Go Green
New NASA Lander to Post Daily Reports on Red Planet Winter

Meet the Sea Squirt, Sucking Up Plastic Particles From the Sea
Report: US Doctors Overprescribed Deadly Drug Fentanyl to Patients
Powerful Magnets Can Relieve Depression

The Day in Photos

February 19, 2019

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Science & Health

Wednesday 20 February 2019

From Smarter Energy to Less Plastic, Caribbean Resorts Go Green

New NASA Lander to Post Daily Reports on Red Planet Winter

Meet the Sea Squirt, Sucking Up Plastic Particles From the Sea

Report: US Doctors Overprescribed Deadly Drug Fentanyl to Patients

Powerful Magnets Can Relieve Depression

Magnetic Therapy Can Relieve Depression

Thought Extinct, Horned Frog Rediscovered in Ecuador Rainforest

Scientist Who Popularized Term 'Global Warming' Dies at 87

The Real 'Jaws': Great White Shark's Genetic Secrets Revealed

Philadelphia Mulls Supervised Injections to Cut Drug Deaths

Dinosaurs Tracks Saved from Australian Floods

Gourmet Grubs Wriggle onto American Palate

More Health News

From Smarter Energy to Less Plastic, Caribbean Resorts Go Green

New NASA Lander to Post Daily Reports on Red Planet Winter

Meet the Sea Squirt, Sucking Up Plastic Particles From the Sea

Report: US Doctors Overprescribed Deadly Drug Fentanyl to Patients

Powerful Magnets Can Relieve Depression

The Day in Photos

February 19, 2019

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