Drowning deaths in US on the rise for the 1st time in decades
About 500 more people died from drowning each year between 2020 and 2022 than did in 2019, the CDC reports.
About 500 more people died from drowning each year between 2020 and 2022 than did in 2019, the CDC reports.
In 2018, a weather satellite captured a massive thunderstorm cloud in the shape of a jellyfish. The bizarre cloud was the result of a meteorological phenomenon gone wrong.
Deals The M1 iPad Air is heavily discounted, and does almost everything the latest model does.
Ultra-heat resistant computer storage can operate at Venus-like temperatures and may be used in extreme conditions such as nuclear plants and even for future NASA missions.
Pilots have been doing barrel rolls in small planes throughout the history of aviation. But has anyone ever attempted this maneuver in a commercial airliner?
May 2024's full moon, also known as the Flower Moon and the Planting Moon, will be at its fullest on Thursday, May 23. It will also appear bright and full on Wednesday and Friday.
An Earth-size planet discovered around a nearby star offers astronomers their first chance for exoplanetary geology.
From chimps that wage war over territory to parrots that outperform Harvard students on memory tests, many other members of the animal kingdom demonstrate surprisingly human-like behavior.
A new theory of quantum gravity, which attempts to unite quantum physics with Einstein's relativity, could help solve the puzzle of the universe's expansion, a theoretical paper suggests.
The Hubble Space Telescope's stunning image of the dusty 'train-wreck' galaxy NGC 4753 reveals what may be one of the greatest optical illusions in the nearby universe.
On a clear day, sometimes a green flash appears with the sun on the horizon just after sunset or before sunrise. But why does this happen?
A surge in cases of a rare autoimmune disease during COVID-19 waves in England led to the discovery of a new syndrome.
Humans can catch a huge number of diseases from animals, and these can be caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites or fungi.
A stunning photo of the peculiar parasitic plant species, Thismia thaithongiana, wins gold in the Plants and Fungus category of the World Nature Photography Awards.
Black hole singularities defy the laws of physics. New research presents a bold solution to this puzzle: Black holes may actually be a theoretical type of star called a 'gravastar,' filled with universe-expanding dark energy.
Do galaxies, including our own Milky Way, orbit anything in the universe?
Harvard and Google researchers have collaborated to map a tiny fragment of an adult human brain in unprecedented detail.
Ongoing excavations at the historical site in Virginia have revealed the remnants of military barracks dating to the Revolutionary War.
Baltic pagans imported horses to be sacrificed from their Christian neighbors around 1,000 years ago.