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Crowds that descended upon an Afghanistan airport were so massive that they showed up in satellite photos taken from space.

Tetanus, also called lockjaw, is caused by bacteria found on rusty metals and many other surfaces.

Researchers are set to break the world record for the most precise value of pi, after using an advanced computer to calculate the famous con...

U.S. health officials are expected to recommend that people receive an additional COVID-19 vaccine dose eight months after their second dose...

Theories that try to explain these big metaphysical mysteries fall short, making agnosticism the only sensible stance.

Three volcanoes in Alaska's Aleutian islands are erupting simultaneously, but are currently not a threat to local communities.

COVID-19 vaccines largely prevent severe illness, but the delta variant raises the question of whether and when booster shots will be needed...

Many parents experience postpartum depression. Here's what it looks like and how it can be treated.

The longest living animals can survive for centuries and millennia, even pausing the aging process altogether. Here are the longest living a...

COVID-19 may increase the risk of giving birth prematurely, according to the largest study to date on this link.

The particles used were spooky virtual particles, conjured from a disturbance between two electromagnetic fields.

Societies have lived underground before, sometimes for weeks at a time.

Sun-exploring spacecraft Solar Orbiter has captured this video of a glowing crescent of Venus as it flew past the planet during a gravity-as...

Turtles are famous for their long lives. How do they achieve this longevity?

Extensive damage and high casualties are likely, the USGS said.

NASA's Perseverance rover's first sample collection didn't go as planned due to trouble with a "unique" and unexpectedly powdery Mars rock.

Meet "Attenborough's Beauty," an ancient beetle that was so exceptionally well-preserved you can still see the colorful patterns on its wing...

Here's how experts decipher ancient languages.

July 2021 was the single hottest month in history, according to a new NOAA report.

The child most likely acquired the infection from swimming in a freshwater lake in Tehama County.

An adult mammoth's preserved tusk revealed how far the animal ranged across Alaska during its 28-year lifetime.

Satellite imagery reveals that Mount Etna has gotten 100 feet taller in the past six months.

Fires have raged across the Mediterranean for more than a week, burning many villages and forcing thousands to evacuate.

If the possibility of an asteroid called Bennu slamming into Earth a lifetime from now was keeping you up at night, NASA scientists think yo...

The metamorphoses the creature undergoes are so dramatic, it took scientists a century to figure out its different forms belonged to the sam...