GENEVA — For the first time, the World Health Organization is adding Gaming disorder to the section on Mental and Addictive Disorders in its new International Classification of Diseases. The ICD provides data on...
Astronomers and stargazers will get a chance to get up close and personal with Mars over the next six weeks, as the Earth passes between the Red Planet and the sun.
Mars...
U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson, who has spent more time in space than any other American, retired Friday.
During her career, Whitson logged 665 days in space over three missions, the equivalent of...
Vietnamese lawmakers have approved a new cybersecurity law that human rights activists say will stifle freedom of speech.
The law will require online content providers such as Google and Facebook to remove...
More people are committing suicide than ever before, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reports, but suicide isn't uniquely an American issue. The World Health Organization estimates that every 40 seconds,...
LONDON — Plastic and chemical pollution has been detected in most samples of snow and seawater taken by researchers in Antarctica, said the nongovernmental environmental group Greenpeace.
Greenpeace scientists gathered water and snow...
