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...
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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...
A face mask may turn up a male wrinkle-faced bat’s sex appeal
For tips on how to flirt while wearing a mask, take notes from nature’s experts: male wrinkle-faced bats. The first video of a wrinkle-faced...
Immunity to COVID-19 may persist six months or more
As coronavirus cases in the United States and around the world rise, scientists are uncovering hints that immunity for those who have had COVID-19...
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now