Commemorating the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery on December 2, the United Nations secretary-general highlighted the impact of the contemporary forms of slavery, underscoring that such abhorrent practices have no...

A huge radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century collapsed, officials said.

Eat Just Inc., a maker of meat and egg substitutes, has been approved to sell its laboratory-created chicken in Singapore, which becomes the first government to allow the sale of cultured meat.

Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 888, its new high-end chip with a 5G modem for Android phones.

In a corner of the campus at Riga Technical University in Latvia, a team of scientists is working on technology that could one day stop asteroids from smashing into Earth.

New Zealand promised its public sector would become carbon neutral by 2025 as it declared a climate emergency on Wednesday, a symbolic move that critics said needed to be backed with greater...

The coronavirus pandemic triggered a historic global economic shock that required determined government initiative to confront it, while reinforcing China and big US tech companies.

COVID-19 patients who received cancer treatments that suppress their immune system may remain contagious and able to spread the coronavirus for two months or more, according to a new study.