‘Tis the season for roasting chestnuts. But in the US, native ones are almost gone
Right now chestnut enthusiasts are cozying up next to their open fires (or toaster ovens) to roast a
Right now chestnut enthusiasts are cozying up next to their open fires (or toaster ovens) to roast a
A giant salamander that evolved on the supercontinent Pangaea and outlived the dinosaurs has been pr
Scientists suspect the first complete specimen ever recorded of the world’s rarest whale died from
Six critically endangered Mekong giant catfish — one of the largest and rarest freshwater fish in
A new study says Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000
The global chemical weapons watchdog has opened an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in Syr
The Geminids are among the few major meteor showers to come from asteroids, and this year they will
About 87,000 people are being evacuated in a central Philippine region after a volcano erupted with
A large volcano eruption in the Philippines sent a plume of ash and gases up to 1.8 miles high follo
A surprising study of temperature-related deaths in Mexico upends conventional thinking about what a
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SpaceX faces $633,000 in fines for alleged safety violations during two Florida launches last year.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Protected Green and Loggerhead turtles are making a big comeback on the bea
The transition to motherhood, researchers discovered, affects nearly every part of the brain.
A billionaire spacewalker is back on Earth. SpaceX’s capsule carrying tech entrepreneur Jared
Tech billionaire and 3 others return to Earth after first private spacewalk.
Get ready for a partial lunar eclipse and supermoon. The spectacle will be visible in clear skies ac
Iran says it has sent a research satellite into orbit with a rocket built by the paramilitary Revolu
Iran says it has successfully sent a satellite into space.
The astronauts stuck in space say they appreciated the prayers and well wishes from strangers back h
Stuck-in-space astronauts make first public comments from space station since Boeing capsule returne
A study that explores the feasibility of using pigeons to guide missiles and one that looks at the s