Toasty November means 2020 might nudge out 2016 as hottest year on record
Last month was even hotter than previous record-breaking Novembers.
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Rare 9-armed octopus found off Japan coast 
Elaborate Viking ship burial may have held a king or queen
Archaeologists have uncovered a 62-foot-long (19 meters) Viking ship that dates back more than 1,000 years and likely held remains of a king or...
Mystery illness sickens more than 300 in India 
Microwave pulses caused bizarre ‘Havana syndrome,’ report suggests
A string of unexplained illnesses in Cuba, China and elsewhere was likely caused by directed, pulsed radio frequency energy, according to a government report.
Coronavirus outbreak: Live updates
Among the top news today: The U.S. is nearing an average of 200,000 new COVID-19 cases a day and the pandemic is likely to...
Ancient people may have survived desert droughts by melting ice in lava tubes
During a parched summer almost 2,000 years ago, people living in what is now western New Mexico crawled into the cold, dark belly of...
Coronavirus shutdowns don’t need to be all or nothing
We were warned this might happen. While millions stayed home last spring, looking to summer for respite from the virus, experts worried that an...
The FDA has approved the first drug to treat the rapid-aging disease progeria
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a treatment that could give children with a rare genetic illness that causes premature aging more...
Mineral body armor helps some leaf-cutting ants win fights with bigger kin
Leaf-cutting worker ants might look like they’d be helpless against an enemy soldier ant many times their size. But some of the smaller ants...
Global food supply has become ‘collateral damage’ in conflicts: Secretary-General 
Security Council LIVE: Civilian suffering grows in Russia-Ukraine war 
Two UN peacekeepers killed in South Sudan ambush 
The Plastics Treaty Process Needs Greatly Improved Observer Participation at this Critical Point in the Negotiations and Beyond