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  • Science Says: Sex and gender aren't the same

    Amid political uproar, doctors say birth certificates can't tell the whole story: Gender and sex aren't always the same thing

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  • Walmart makes improvements to third-party marketplace

    Walmart to offer free two-day shipping, simplify returns on its third-party marketplace to better compete with Amazon

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• Oct 22

  • Young climate activists say their lawsuit should go to trial

    A group of young activists suing the U.S. government in a high-profile climate change lawsuit say the case poses important constitutional questions...

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • NYPD suspends use of body camera model after 1 explodes

    The New York City Police Department has suspended the use of a body camera after one exploded

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • UK government accused of lack of action on Russian fake news

    The chair of an influential British parliamentary committee says the government has failed to take seriously the threat posed by Russia and other...

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe joins exodus from Facebook

    Oculus co-founder leaves Facebook as exodus to acquired talent expands

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • Netflix to borrow another $2B to pay its programming bills

    Netflix to take on another $2 billion debt to help pay for more exclusive shows

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • Elon Musk says his transit test tunnel close to completion

    Elon Musk says he's planning to offer the public free rides through a tunnel he bored under a Los Angeles suburb to test a new type of transportation...

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • Lioness at Indianapolis Zoo kills her longtime mate

    The Indianapolis Zoo is trying to determine why a lioness killed her mate

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • Medtronic co-founder who created wearable pacemaker dies

    Earl Bakken, an electronics repairman who created the first wearable external pacemaker and co-founded one of the world's largest medical device...

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • UK supermarket Morrisons faces payouts in data leak

    Britain's Court of Appeal says that supermarket chain Morrisons is liable for compensation claims for thousands of staff whose personal data was...

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• Oct 22

  • OECD predicts unsustainable rise in use of raw materials

    The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is warning that the world's consumption of raw materials will rise sharply, putting greater...

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • AP Exclusive: Stephen Hawking's wheelchair, thesis for sale

    AP Exclusive: Auction of Stephen Hawking possessions includes complex scientific papers, iconic wheelchair and a script from 'The Simpsons'

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • Trump space force - a real need but hazy planning

    President Donald Trump has injected urgency into a long-meandering debate over the best way to protect US space interests with demand for space force

    Oct 22

• Oct 22

  • Japanese Nobel chemistry laureate Shimomura dies at 90

    Japanese-born Marine biologist Osamu Shimomura, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, has died at age 90

    Oct 22

• Oct 21

  • Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries

    On the edge of the Third Pole, a retreating glacier draws tourists and worries over climate change

    Oct 21

• Oct 21

  • Climate fund approves $1B for projects in poor countries

    Officials say a U.N.-backed fund has approved more than $1 billion for 19 new projects to help developing countries tackle climate change

    Oct 21

• Oct 20

  • Snake names honor Darwin, fire god, Louisiana professor

    A Louisiana biologist is in heady company these days, honored by having a newly identified species of snake named after him

    Oct 20

• Oct 20

  • Is there interference in the 2018 US midterm elections?

    Is there interference in the 2018 US midterm elections?

    Oct 20

• Oct 20

  • Europe, Japan send spacecraft on 7-year journey to Mercury

    European and Japanese space agencies say an Ariane 5 rocket has successfully lifted a spacecraft into orbit for a joint mission to Mercury, the...

    Oct 20

• Oct 19

  • Russian woman charged in first 2018 election meddling case

    U.S. charges Russian woman in the first case involving meddling in the 2018 elections.

    Oct 19

• Oct 19

  • The Latest: Russian woman charged with US election-meddling

    A Russian woman has been charged with interfering in American elections, including next month's midterms, through a social media effort aimed at...

    Oct 19

• Oct 19

  • Hackers breach HealthCare.gov system, get data on 75,000

    A government computer system that interacts with HealthCare.gov was hacked earlier this month, compromising the sensitive personal data of some 75,000...

    Oct 19

• Oct 19

  • US temporarily stops youth climate lawsuit days before trial

    The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a high-profile climate change lawsuit brought by young activists who accuse the federal government of...

    Oct 19

• Oct 19

  • The Latest: Supreme Court stalls youth climate change case

    The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a high-profile climate change lawsuit that 21 young activists brought against the federal government

    Oct 19

• Oct 19

  • Laureates in Spanish awards call for action to "save future"

    Voicing wake-up calls for new generations to save cinema, oceans and journalism, film director Martin Scorsese, marine biologist Sylvia A. Earle and...

    Oct 19

• Oct 19

  • Oldest Brazilian fossil found in debris of National Museum

    One of the most prized possessions of Brazil's National Museum has been found amid debris after a massive fire on Sept. 2 sent the building up in...

    Oct 19

• Oct 19

  • Apple releases the iPhone XR

    Plus, Google's ETA feature is now available on iOS and Amazon's Alexa now has a whisper mode.

    Oct 19

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  • Facebook recruits EU veteran to help with tougher scrutiny

    Facebook has hired former U.K. deputy prime minister Nick Clegg to head its global policy and communications teams, enlisting a veteran of European...

    Oct 19

• Oct 19

  • Spain considers new taxes on internet companies

    Spain's Socialist government wants to introduce new taxes on big internet companies and on financial transactions as a way of paying for improved...

    Oct 19

• Oct 19

  • Louisiana university gives Smithsonian crustacean collection

    A Louisiana university is giving the Smithsonian Institution an extensive crustacean collection that has been used to identify seafood mislabeled as...

    Oct 19

• Oct 19

  • Russia to build two-reactor nuclear plant in Uzbekistan

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and the president of Uzbekistan have agreed that Russia will build the ex-Soviet republic's first nuclear power plant

    Oct 19

• Oct 19

  • Europe, Japan ready spacecraft for 7-year journey to Mercury

    The BepiColombo spacecraft will blast into orbit from French Guiana late Friday.

    Oct 19

• Oct 19

  • China says ex-Internet czar on trial over corruption charges

    China's former internet censor is standing trial over corruption allegations

    Oct 19

• Oct 19

  • Melinda Gates speaks on smoothing the shift to digital age

    Melinda Gates speaks to AP about foundation-supported effort to smooth the shift to the digital age, ensuring the jobs lost to robots and artificial...

    Oct 19

• Oct 18

  • Australia lawyers' group: Draft cyber laws would curb rights

    Australian lawyers' group say proposed cybersecurity laws to force companies such as Facebook and Google to help police by unscrambling encrypted...

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• Oct 18

  • Facebook's election 'war room' takes aim at fake information

    Facebook gears up 'war room' to combat potential abuses of its social network heading into major elections in Brazil, US

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• Oct 18

  • What's next for Paul Allen's big investments? It's not clear

    What's next for Paul Allen's technology, research and philanthropy commitments? It's not clear

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • States and feds unite on election security after '16 clashes

    Election officials and federal cybersecurity agents are touting improved collaboration toward confronting and deterring election tampering

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • Wet and mild: Warm winter predicted for much of the US

    The National Weather Service is predicting a warmer than normal winter for about three-quarters of the nation

    Oct 18

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  • Lab worker files suit after plutonium shipping led to firing

    A former worker at a national laboratory who was fired for shipping weapons-grade plutonium by air instead of ground alleges in a lawsuit that he was...

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • European and Asian leaders seek to boost trade, security

    Europe and Asia should use their combined economic clout "to tackle global challenges such as trade tensions that put millions of jobs at risk" and...

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • MoviePass operations under investigation by New York AG

    Operations at MoviePass discount service for tickets are being investigated by the New York Attorney General

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • Startup plans to launch small satellites from Virginia coast

    A California-based startup has announced big plans to go small as it reaches into space, rocketing satellites the size of loaves of bread into orbit...

    Oct 18

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  • Journal retracts stem cell work by former Harvard scientist

    The New England Journal of Medicine is retracting a 2011 study and is investigating two earlier ones describing stem cell research by a former Harvard...

    Oct 18

• Oct 18

  • Taxi drivers in Warsaw protest unlicensed Uber drivers

    Hundreds of taxi drivers have driven slowly through Poland's capital city Warsaw causing some traffic jams in protest against low earnings and...

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• Oct 17

  • West Coast quake warning system now operational, with limits

    Automated alerts from the fledgling West Coast earthquake early warning system are ready to be used broadly by businesses, utilities, schools and...

    Oct 17

• Oct 17

  • Experts urge gulf refuge for endangered vaquita porpoise

    Experts are urging Mexico's government to use floating barriers to enclose a small area of the Gulf of California where a half dozen critically...

    Oct 17