Cruise Ship Quarantined for Hantavirus Near West Africa, Passengers Speak Out
A cruise ship quarantined for hantavirus near West Africa continues to Spain’s Canary Islands as passengers…
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Elisabeth Armstrong Named NIH Chief of Staff
Elisabeth Armstrong joins the NIH Office of the Director to oversee operations and advise leadership with broad public and private sector experience
New Framework Highlights Tradeoffs in Mobile Platform Competition
The "mobile trilemma" framework reveals the challenges in balancing privacy, security, and integration among dominant smartphone ecosystems run by Apple and Google
NASA’s TESS Discovers 27 New Candidate Exoplanets in Binary Star Systems
A novel method analyzing timing variations in eclipsing binary stars using TESS data has identified 27 potential exoplanets orbiting stellar pairs
Tourism Growth Strains Popular Destinations Worldwide
Rising tourist numbers, boosted by social media, are impacting cities and natural sites, prompting some destinations to limit or rethink their visitor policies
Suspected Hantavirus Outbreak Strands Passengers on Cruise Ship
A suspected hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius has infected about 150 people and caused at least three deaths, prompting ongoing investigations and quarantine…
Fallout Continues After Spirit Airlines Ceases Operations
The aftermath of Spirit Airlines' shutdown impacts travelers while new information emerges on missing U.S. soldiers in Morocco
U.S. Ends Operation Epic Fury, Launches Project Freedom in Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. shifts from offensive strikes to a defensive mission securing commercial shipping lanes after Iranian attacks in the Strait of Hormuz
Active Volcanic Landscape Fuels Geothermal Energy in Western El Salvador
The volcanic region near Ahuachapán powers a major geothermal plant amid active and dormant volcanoes along El Salvador’s Pacific coast
Nine Tribes File Lawsuit to Halt Black Hills Graphite Drilling Near Sacred Site
Nine Native American tribes have sued federal agencies to stop exploratory drilling near Pe'Sla, a sacred Black Hills site important for Sioux cultural and…