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The findings highlight "the importance of preventing infections among educators in particular," the authors said.

Slime molds imprint "memories" of where they've recently found food.

Mary Anning’s discoveries shocked the 19th century scientific establishment. But her gender, poverty, and lack of formal education meant she...

There were no reports of human-to-human transmission, only bird-to-human.

Whale watchers in Bermer Bay, Australia witnessed two pods of killer whales trying and failing to kill a young male humpback.

The first black hole ever discovered just put on a lot of mass, and it has astronomers confused.

Cosmologists simulated 4,000 versions of the universe in order to understand what its structure today tells us about its origins.

Desert temperatures can fluctuate greatly between day and night, due to the poor heat-retaining properties of sand and a lack of humidity.

Here's why thousands of sea turtles were paralyzed in the frigid waters along the Texas coastline during the unprecedented winter storm that...

Trends, set by royals and movies, help to influence a dog breed's popularity.

The buck was likely born with the odd condition.

As of Feb. 17, there had been 46 cases of the new variant confirmed in the U.K.

Most participants in the study initially had mild cases of COVID-19.

A tiny statue of a deity dating to the Iron Age has a surprisingly modern hairstyle.

Looking at the engineering and science behind selecting samples for NASA's Perseverance rover.

Archaeologists uncovered an illegal 1920s-era liquor still in South Carolina that may have been linked to Al Capone's criminal empire.

A 66 million-year-old fossilized lung belonging to a previously unknown giant coelacanth fish was recently discovered in Morocco.

More than one million people lost power in the Houston area.

The FDA statement pours cold water on a theory that the novel coronavirus emerged outside China and was brought in on imported frozen food.

An endangered whale calf has been found dead on a beach in Florida with signs it was hit by a boat. Fewer than 400 North Atlantic right whal...

Dogs may have self-awareness just like humans.

Fought on a tiny volcanic island 75 years ago, this brutal clash between American and Japanese forces defined the horror of the Pacific thea...

Scientists will vaccinate all the adults in a single city to see whether a COVID-19 vaccine will reduce cases.

NASA's Perseverance rover sent home two images immediately upon its successful landing on the Martian surface Thursday (Feb. 18).

NASA's rhinoceros-size Perseverance rover pulled off the most precise landing in Martian history Thursday (Feb. 18), touching down successfu...