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U.S. college grants for 208 Afghan women are cut, then restored -- yet still in limbo

A USAID grant enabled them to defy the Taliban ban on higher ed for women by studying online or in another country. It was canceled. Now it's back through June. But no word on next semester.

First meeting of CDC vaccine advisers under RFK Jr. is mostly 'business as usual'

An independent vaccine advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met to discuss and vote on vaccine policy for the first time since the change in administrations.

Dr. Francis Collins, who led the National Institutes of Health for more than a decade and continued his career at the agency after he stepped aside as director in 2021, has resigned.

Legendary former NIH director retires from embattled agency

Dr. Francis Collins is leaving the National Institutes of Health, where he served as director from 2009 to 2021. The agency is facing cutbacks and restrictions under the Trump administration.

A woman cools off near a water-spraying fan during a New York City heat wave in July 2024. Heat broke records months in a row around the planet between 2023 and 2024.

2024 was the hottest year on record. The reason remains a science mystery

The official numbers are in: 2024 is the hottest year on record. Climate change is the main culprit. But there might be something else going on, too.

A Slack sign is shown outside of the company's office in San Francisco, Monday, March 13, 2023.

Slack platform down as users report service outage

The tech company, based in San Francisco, said it was investigating reports of trouble connecting or loading Slack.

Trump administration backs off Nvidia's 'H20' chip crackdown after Mar-a-Lago dinner

The White House was expected to ban sales of the high-performance AI chip to China. Chinese companies had been stockpiling the chip but now the Trump administration is backing off.

South African boys from a rural area are briefed by an health worker from Doctors Without Borders before undergoing medical circumcision as a form of HIV prevention. The U.S. has supported male circumcision programs in countries with high rates of HIV. In his address to Congress this week, President Donald Trump listed aid programs that he considers an "appalling waste" and included "$10 million for male circumcision in Mozambique."

Trump says 'male circumcision in Mozambique' is a 'scam.' What's the program about?

In his Tuesday address to Congress, President Trump listed U.S.-funded programs that he considers an "appalling waste" — including "$10 million for male circumcision in Mozambique."

This image made from video by NASA shows astronauts waving after a four-person crew arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday, March 16.

Crew arrives on ISS to replace astronauts 'stranded' in space for 9 months

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were only supposed to be in space for about a week when they launched in June, but problems with their Boeing Starliner spacecraft extended their journey for months.

The genetic testing company 23andMe is filing for bankruptcy.

How to delete your 23andMe data after the company filed for bankruptcy

When the California biotech firm filed for bankruptcy, there was one looming question for customers: What's going to happen to my data?

NASA engineers work alongside the tip of a solid rocket booster for the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) in NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in February.

NASA website axes a pledge to land a woman and a person of color on the moon

In deference to President Trump's anti-DEI order, the space agency has removed a promise to send the "the first woman, first person of color" to walk on the moon aboard the Artemis III mission.

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