AUGUST 1, 2019
The boy had a swollen jaw since he was 3, and when he finally had surgery on it at age 7, doctors found a sack with hundreds of small teeth inside. - SAVEETHA DENTAL COLLEGE
CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA - A 7-year-old boy in India had a legion of teeth removed from his mouth — 526 teeth, to...
AUGUST 1, 2019
India has registered a strong protest over the US approving a proposed military sale worth $125 million for Pakistan’s F-16 combat jet fleet, calling in the American envoy in New Delhi to convey its “grave concern”.
Days after the meeting between Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and US President Donald Trump, the Pentagon announced on July 26 that...
AUGUST 1, 2019
Heavy winter rains had then turned to ice, preventing reindeer from reaching their usual vegetation. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Two hundred reindeer died of starvation last winter on a remote Arctic archipelago, researchers in Norway reported, highlighting what they said were the effects of climate change on vulnerable ecosystems.
The archipelago, Svalbard, lies between the Norwegian mainland and the...
AUGUST 1, 2019
Six of the eight Ivies made the Wealth-X top 20 list of universities with ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) alumni, which ranks the schools with the wealthiest grads in the U.S. and abroad, as well as how their wealth was made. Each of the top 20 global universities on the 2019 University Ultra-High-Net-Worth Alumni Rankings had at least 2,000 UHNW...
JULY 31, 2019
Stocks finished lower Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell dampened hopes for further rate cuts later this year.
The Dow closed 333 points lower after falling as much as 478 points at one point. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.1% and 1.2%, respectively. The Dow logged in its biggest one-day decline since May 31 along...
JULY 31, 2019
Don't be concerned if you can't see the moon Wednesday night: It's there, it's just a black moon.
This black moon will appear in North America at 11:13 p.m. EDT (8:13 p.m. PDT), and is the first one since September 2016.
A moon is considered "black" when it's the second new moon of the month, according to Space.com. A...
JULY 30, 2019
Doctors have turned the brain signals for speech into written sentences in a research project that aims to transform how patients with severe disabilities communicate in the future.
The study recording brain signals sent to trigger organ movement is considered a breakthrough.
The breakthrough is the first to demonstrate how the intention to say specific words can be extracted...
JULY 30, 2019
This Thursday, July 25, 2019, photo provided on Friday, July 26, 2019, by the North Korean government shows a test of a missile launch in North Korea. A day after two North Korean missile launches rattled Asia, the nation announced Friday that its leader Kim Jong Un supervised a test of a new-type tactical guided weapon that...
JULY 30, 2019
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday hailed the passage of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 by Parliament and said it was a victory of gender justice and would further equality in the society.
Minutes after the Rajya Sabha passed the triple talaq bill, PM Modi tweeted, "An archaic and medieval...
JULY 29, 2019
A sensor-equipped Ghost drone made by Anduril Industries, a start-up specializing in border security and detection. - Handout/Anduril Industries/TNS
On a Friday afternoon in late July, a crowd of techies, military types and a few civilians deployed to the new Irvine, Calif., headquarters of Anduril Industries, a defense tech start-up, to sip hibiscus margaritas and admire the sensor...
