PASADENA, July 5 -- Two ancient mudstones at the edge of what was once a Martian river delta have forced a recalibration of what scientists know about that planet's chemistry. The rocks, drilled by NA... Read More
New Delhi, July 5 -- The universe produced at least three to four gravitational wave events every week for most of the past two years, and astronomers have just published the complete accounting. The ... Read More
WASHINGTON, July 5 -- The first American child born after January 1, 2025, became eligible on Friday for a government investment account worth $1,000. Whether that child's family can put it to meaning... Read More
YANGON, July 4 -- When Myanmar military helicopters arrived over Mhlaing Township in Mandalay Region on July 2, the ambush was already over. A three-hour engagement had left two police officers from C... Read More
CAIRO, July 4 -- A deacon named Tisous left his name on the wall of a mudbrick house in the Dakhla Oasis around 350 CE. Then the city around his house disappeared into the sand, and he disappeared wit... Read More
KIGALI, July 4 -- Claudette Kamikazi runs a souvenir shop in the capital. Her father has been in prison for most of her life, convicted of genocide crimes. She was born three years after the killing s... Read More
BEIJING, July 4 -- On the day the United States marked its 250th birthday, Xi Jinping presided over a ceremony in Beijing that carried its own reckoning. China's supreme military commander presented p... Read More
WASHINGTON, July 4 -- On the 250th birthday of the United States, Philadelphia cancelled its Independence Day parade. Boston delayed entry to its riverside fireworks celebration by four hours. And the... Read More
MOUNT RUSHMORE, July 4 -- Rain and hail swept across Keystone, South Dakota on Thursday evening, briefly interrupting the proceedings meant to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States. The weat... Read More
LAMPEDUSA, July 4 -- The waves keep coming. They always have. It is at the tip of Lampedusa, where the land drops to jagged rocks and gives way to nothing but the Mediterranean, that Pope Leo XIV chos... Read More