Philippines Orders Leading TV Network to Shut Down as Watchdogs Accuse President of Muzzling Independent Media
(MANILA, Philippines) — A Philippine government agency on Tuesday ordered the...
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Rural America Risks Letting Down its Guard Just as Coronavirus is About to Hit
It’s cattle-branding season in the panhandle of Nebraska, but this spring...
Who Discovered Soap? What to Know About the Origins of the Life-Saving Substance
Ever since the Dutch glassmaker Antoine Philips van Leeuwenhoek peered through...
Major U.S. Automakers Are Expected to Reopen Their Factories Within 2 Weeks
(DETROIT) — Major U.S. automakers are planning to reopen North American...
Pancake and Waffle Cereal Are the Trendy New Breakfast Bites in the Social Media Spotlight
Whoever originally said that desperate times call for desperate measures, they...
What the History of Polio Can Teach Us About COVID-19
Think all this stuff about injecting disinfectant or introducing ultraviolet light...
‘We’re Worried.’ Scientists Predict Nearly Unlivable Heat for Billions of People in 2070
(KENSINGTON, Maryland) — In just 50 years, 2 billion to 3.5...
These Were Some of the Best Looks From the Virtual 2020 Met Gala Celebration
Fashion’s biggest night, the annual Met Gala, was postponed indefinitely this...
How Art Movements Tried to Make Sense of the World in the Wake of the 1918 Flu Pandemic
On Feb. 7, 1918, the artist Egon Schiele, then 27, once...
U.K. Becomes COVID-19 Epicenter of Europe as New Figures Estimate More Than 30,000 Deaths
(LONDON) — Britain on Tuesday became the first country in Europe...
U.S. Trade Plummeted in March With Record Drop in Exports
U.S. exports of goods and services plunged in March by a...
Additional 1,700 Coronavirus Deaths Reported in New York State Nursing Homes
(ALBANY, N.Y.) — New York state is now reporting more than...