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Physics Nobel rewards work on complex systems, like climate

By DAVID KEYTON and SETH BORENSTEIN STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday for work that found order in seeming disorder, helping to explain and predict complex forces of nature, including expanding our understanding of climate change. Syukuro Manabe, originally from Japan, and Klaus Hasselmann of

Ex-Facebook employee says products hurt kids, fuel division

By MARCY GORDON WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Facebook data scientist told Congress on Tuesday that the social network giant’s

Canadians released after Huawei CFO resolves US charges

NEW YORK (AP) — Two Canadians detained in China on spying charges were released from prison and flown out of

China launches first crew to live on new space station

JIUQUAN, China (AP) — Under bright-blue morning skies, China launched its first crewed space mission in five years Thursday, sending

White House drops Trump orders trying to ban TikTok, WeChat

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has dropped Trump-era executive orders that attempted to ban the popular apps TikTok and

Scientists race to study variants in India as cases explode

NEW DELHI (AP) — A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily. But the

Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit reaches space on 2nd try

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit reached space on Sunday, eight months after the first demonstration flight of

Twitter, Facebook muzzle Trump amid Capitol violence

CALIFORNIA: In an unprecedented step, Twitter suspended the account of President Donald Trump from tweeting for 12 hours Wednesday following

UK first in world to start using Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. on Monday became the first nation in the world to start using the COVID-19 vaccine

US govt, states sue Facebook for ‘predatory’ conduct

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (AP) — The U.S. government and 48 states and districts sued Facebook Wednesday, accusing it of abusing