A massive tower of smoke generated by Australian wildfires in late 2019 set a new record for the loftiest and largest fire-spawned thunderstorms ever measured.…
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The fossil of a chicken-sized, meat eater from Brazil that had a mane of fluffy filaments and a pair of stiff, ribbon-like streamers emerging from…
Baikal seals are fans of bite-sized portions, and this dietary quirk may be why the seals are thriving. Found in Russia’s immense Lake Baikal, the…
The largest solar telescope on Earth has gotten the sharpest glimpse ever of a sunspot. Vaguely resembling a sunflower — or the Eye of Sauron…
Few people noticed New Year’s Eve last year when China reported to the World Health Organization a mysterious disease. But soon the never-before-seen coronavirus responsible…
The benefits of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine outweigh its risks for emergency use in those 16 and older in the United States, a panel of vaccine…
Did you know Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, was not born in Little Rock, Arkansas? Clinton was actually born in Hope,…
The recent success of some coronavirus vaccines in end-stage clinical trials has brought us to the end of the pandemic, a glimmer of hope in…
For the first time, scientists are about to get their hands (carefully gloved) off the dirt of asteroids so old that they may contain clues…
A race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine began almost at the time the genetic composition of the coronavirus was revealed in January. Already two companies…