Новости за 04.08.2020

Humans began reading just a few thousand years ago, a relatively recent phenomena -- too recent to be supported by brain regions specifically evolved for the activity.

A Colorado woman said she was "terrified" when she looked into her toilet and saw something shocking -- a snake coming up from the drain.

The Air Force announced Tuesday that it will now allow women to wear pants with their mess dress uniform.

Apple said Tuesday that longtime marketing chief Phil Schiller will step down from his role and become an Apple fellow.

A team of artificial intelligence researchers are teaming with theater professionals in the Czech Republic to create the world's first play written entirely by "robots."

Neil Young filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against President Donald Trump's reelection campaign, alleging the musician's songs were used at campaign rallies without Young's permission.

Two explosions rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday afternoon, shattering windows for miles across the city and causing dozens of deaths, local officials said.

Older Americans are feeling stressed by COVID-19 and prolonged social isolation, but they're also showing their resiliency, a new study finds.

The Pentagon is making a public case for the adoption of a sea-launched nuclear cruise missile, which it says would more effectively deter Russia in the Baltic region.

This is expected to be another "outbreak year" for the rare but serious neurologic condition acute flaccid myelitis, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Tuesday.

The benefits of breastfeeding far outweigh risk of COVID-19 infection from it, which is negligible and has never been documented, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.

Tropical Storm Isaias is moving up the U.S. East Coast Tuesday and forecasters say it's still a threat as it quickly nears New York state.

The Army has issued a request for proposals for the Marine Corps' new M72 Light Assault Weapon Fire rocket system, which can be fired multiple times from inside an enclosure, the Marines announced on Tuesday.

K-pop stars Itzy shared photos for their forthcoming mini album, "Not Shy," featuring Yeji, Lia, Ryujin, Chaeryeong and Yuna.

The annual "Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes" has been canceled for 2020 in New York due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Food and Drug Administration has updated its list of recalled hand sanitizers, warning that it's found some of the products with potentially toxic methanol don't list it on the bottle.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio named Dr. Dave Chokshi as the city's new health commissioner Tuesday after Dr. Oxiris Barbot resigned the post.

Former Vice President Joe Biden unveiled a plan to help the U.S. Latinx community on Tuesday, calling for more access to affordable healthcare and overhauling the "broken" immigration system.

National security adviser Robert O'Brien will return to work at the White House Tuesday, less than two weeks after his COVID-19 diagnosis was announced, an administration official confirmed.

Alanis Morissette released a video for her song "Ablaze" featuring her husband, Mario "Souleye" Treadway, and their children.

A lawsuit is moving forward against a New Jersey high school over a Sikh student's claims that he was bullied and subjected to slurs over his faith and South Asian heritage.

New York City home healthcare workers interviewed during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak in March and April said they "felt invisible" and "were forced to make difficult trade-offs in their work and personal lives."

Swarms of locusts have destroyed crops in China's southwestern Yunnan Province, as the country braces for more flooding in other regions.

DC Comics announced and released on Tuesday "Injustice: Year Zero," a comic book prequel series that takes place before the events of the "Injustice" video game and comic book series.

"Ratched," Ryan Murphy's prequel series to "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," will premiere Sept. 18 on Netflix.