The Silicon Valley tech giants have asked employees and contractors to work from home if possible, to slow the fast-spreading respiratory disease

The cloud giants have seen a drop-off in new contracts from big clients for server storage and to overhaul tech.

Equinor ASA became the first major oil company to cut its dividend amid an historic market rout.

A giant whale swam beneath a group of California surfers and it was captured on drone video.

A giant spoon worm was caught on video as it burrows beneath the sea.

Dozens of massive president heads sit in a field in Virginia, waiting for a new home in a museum.

It's been 50 years since the Apollo 11 mission and the first step on the moon. Here's a look back in photos.

In trendy Barnsbury, a quarter million pounds will get you a flat that's close to all the action and where the toilet is in the shower.

Researchers funded by NOAA record footage of a giant squid in U.S. waters, and the discovery is magnificent.

The gaping 260-foot-wide hole was spotted in an area of Siberia known as "the end of the world."

A student and his fellow surfers used their skills to ride the giant waves to safety after a deadly tsunami struck Samoa.

Preserved human footprints in the White Sands National Monument give us insights into early humans' hunting practices of giant ground sloths.

Long-term thinning of Arctic sea ice combined with an intense, windy storm over the Arctic in early August contributed to a new record low for sea-ice extent, s

A videographer captures eerie footage of Colorado's High Park Fire, one of several blazes now raging in the dry, windy, beetle-infested U.S. West.

Two major home improvement retailers in the U.K. pledge to pull gardening products containing bee-harming insecticides from their shelves.

Ortho's decision to nix neonicotinoids is an important one.

An eye-catching community sauna is a symbol of rebirth for the arctic mining town of Kiruna, which is being forced to move 2 miles to the east.

The giant bug, Lord Howe Island stick insect, was rediscovered in the early 2000s, and now scientists have confirmed it's in fact them.

Researchers discovered a Chelonoidis phantasticus giant tortoise on Fernandina Island. The last time this tortoise was seen was 1906.

An Armillaria gallica mushroom found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is growing fast, and the secret to its phenomenal growth might hold the cure to cancer.

The beetle has already wreaked havoc around the Pacific, and recent sightings in Hawaii could spell trouble for its iconic palm trees.

Giant African snails have invaded the Galapagos, but two rescued dogs are sniffing them out and helping researchers fix the ecology of the islands.

Following a 3-week stint, the very big bunnies will hop to other cities.

People in France have been reporting sightings of bright, hungry predatory worms since 1999.

25-year-old wave runner Lindsey Russell undertook the 20-mile challenge to raise money for charity.

No generations in the history of human civilization have consumed as much of the planet's natural bounty as the ones alive today. So what are we doing this Eart

Once isolated to the Central Valley, the hybrid tumbleweed Salsola ryanii is making moves — and fast.

This monster of a bug was recently discovered in a remote area of China's Sichuan province.

They might make for terrifying adults, but giant squid are actually kind of cute when they're babies.

Scientists have never seen a giant shipworm (Kuphus polythalamia) alive before, and it's the stuff of nightmares.

The now-extinct pouwa was a semi-flightless swan that was closely related to the Australian black swan of modern times.

It stretches for at least 85 miles and is likely the keystone source of the region's fisheries.

Danish artist Thomas Dambo creates 'forgotten giant' sculptures in the wilderness.

This giant Galapagos tortoise will "retire" from a successful mating program that helped the species rebound from very small numbers.

Alder Creek is home to hundreds of giant sequoias, from seedlings to millennia-old Methuselahs.

The bizarre 8-inch creatures exist only in the alpine forest of Mount Kaputar in New South Wales, and they miraculously survived the wildfires.

Podcasting has hit the book marketing world big time with the recent launch of a new podcast by Simon & Schuster. They are actually using the podcast to promote the products that they publish. This is a very innovative business marketing strategy. They are publishing 30 minute podcast shows every week.

Founded by mothers for mothers, Stand Up! For Accurate Prenatal Answers is on a mission to ensure that all women in the U.S. have access to accurate and non-invasive prenatal genetic screening tests concerning fetal health.

The Giants and the Smalls: The Adventure of Rimi and Ritt gives parents, teachers, and guardians a powerful tool to teach their children how to stop playing Small and to become Giants no matter their background.

John Jullens of Booz & Company says multinationals from China and other emerging markets must learn to innovate and manage quality while remaining nimble.

This is not about making a value judgment. Whether the decision is good or bad can only be known at the end of the 10th season of the IPL.

By The University of Sheffield Giant icebergs leave trail of carbon sequestration in their wake – a month after they have passed Geographers analysed 175 satellite images of ocean colour which is an indicator of phytoplankton productivity at the ocean’s … Continue reading →

Thirty years into his distinguished career as one of the world's great guitar players, Joe Bonamassa is still finding new ways to showcase his skills, explore new sounds and stretch his artistic horizons.…

The Sahara – the world’s largest desert – was once underwater. Now a 20-year study led by a Stony Brook University professor has profiled the aquatic animals that once lived there.

This is Sample Size, our weekly new music feature with KOSU's Ryan LaCroix and LOOKatOKC music critic Matt Carney. Today, Matt plays new music from Kaytranada , A Giant Dog , and Leonard Cohen . Follow Matt & Ryan on Twitter at @mdotcarney and @KOSUryan .

For police, the new coronavirus poses a dilemma: How do you apprehend a suspect in the era of social distancing? In India, they've come up with a way to lengthen the long arms of the law: giant tongs. In what looks more like a scene from a cops-and-robbers cartoon, this week police in the northern city of Chandigarh tweeted a video of an officer demonstrating how to use a 6-foot pole with a two-pronged claw at the end to detain a suspect. The officer, wearing a surgical mask, clamps the device around a man's waist and forces him into a pickup truck. "We call it a 'social distancing clamp' or a 'lockdown-breaker catcher,' " head constable Gurdeep Singh told NPR by phone from Chandigarh Police headquarters. "This is especially used in instances where we suspect that someone has the coronavirus and they are not cooperating with us." Chandigarh, the joint capital of the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab, has been declared a containment zone , with a high concentration of COVID-19 cases.

This week guest interviewer Bill Childs, host of Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child,  sits down with John Flansburgh and John Linnell from They Might Be Giants to hear about the impact of the Batman theme and a evolving charm of a song from a record inspired by the Pogo cartoon. Along the way they also chat about kid record […]

Austin's A Giant Dog just released their third record Toy on Merge records. Listen as Sabrina Ellis and Andrew Cashen, the songwriting duo behind the band, talk about the power of Iggy Pop's "Search and Destroy", Regina Spektor's songwriting and the origins of their partnership.

Zumiez withholds rent for 718 stores. Small restaurants bargain with landlords. Deals to buy properties are called off. The ripple effects of the coronavirus crisis are shaking the commercial real-estate industry.

As the pandemic wreaks havoc on the economy, tech giants Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft are benefiting enormously from a potentially permanent shift in consumer habits, leveraging their political clout by arguing that they are essential services, and gutting their competition.