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Giant tortoise thought extinct for a century discovered on Galapagos islandA giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands that was thought to have gone extinct over a century ago just came out of hiding.
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Diabetes vaccine shows promise for some patients in early trialIn an early trial, a vaccine for type 1 diabetes showed promise in helping preserve the body's natural production of insulin for a subset of diabetes patients.
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Low testosterone in men linked to more severe COVID-19Men with low testosterone levels may be more likely to have severe COVID-19, a small new study suggests.
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Flowers use the smell of death to lure and imprison coffin fliesThis is the first time that a flower has been found to mimic the scent of dead insects, according to a new study.
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Universal coronavirus vaccine is highly effective in monkeysResearchers developed a "pan-coronavirus" vaccine, designed to protect against many different strains of coronaviruses known to infect humans and bats.
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Tardigrades can survive being shot out of a high-speed gunTardigrades, those adorable, chubby water bears, are notoriously hardy — and they can even survive being shot out of a gun, up to a point.
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World's oldest cave art, including famous hand stencils, being erased by climate changeSome of the world's earliest cave art is degenerating at an "alarming rate" due to climate change, according to a new study.
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Did these crested dinosaurs talk to each other with low-pitched sounds?Paleontologists discovered fossils of a plant-eating dinosaur that belonged to a previously unknown species.
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Da Vinci ‘Head of a Bear’ could sell for over $16 million at upcoming auctionA small sketch of a bear's head by Leonardo da Vinci may sell for up to $16.9 million at an upcoming Christie's auction in London.
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FDA okays emergency use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for young teensOn Monday, the Food and Drug Administration extended emergency approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to include adolescents.
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Pfizer/BioNTech take first step toward full approval for COVID-19 vaccinePfizer and BioNTech applied to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for full approval of their COVID-19 vaccine.
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First remains from doomed 19th-century Arctic expedition identifiedIn a first, researchers have matched the DNA of a living descendent to the remains of one of the doomed explorers.
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Doctors successfully treat rare J&J blood clot, case report showsDoctors have successfully treated a patient who developed very rare blood clots after receiving the Johnson & Johnson with an alternative blood thinner to heparin.
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Eating too much salt could mess with your immune cellsEating too much salt may reduce the amount of energy that immune system cells can make, preventing them from working normally, according to a new study.
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First-known pregnant mummy discoveredResearchers have discovered the world's first-known pregnant mummy, dating from the first century in Egypt.
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Some viruses have a mysterious 'Z' genomeSome bacteria-invading viruses carry around DNA with a different letter — Z — that may help them survive.
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These 'creativity genes' allowed humans to take over the worldCreativity could be one of the main reasons Homo sapiens survived and dominated over related species such as Neanderthals and chimpanzees, according to a new study.
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J&J coronavirus vaccine can resume in US, CDC advisory panel recommendsA CDC advisory panel voted to recommend that the U.S. resume administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for people 18 years of age and older.
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Highly effective malaria vaccine could be a game-changer, early trial suggestsA new malaria vaccine showed to be 77% effective in early clinical trials, the first to pass the World Health Organization's efficacy goal.
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An ancient coronavirus swept across East Asia 25,000 years agoAn ancient coronavirus may have infected the ancestors of people living in modern-day East Asia tens of thousands of years ago.
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India breaks global record for highest number of daily COVID-19 infectionsIndia reported 312,731 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, the highest single-day increase ever reported worldwide.
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Scientists created the whitest paint everEngineers have created the whitest paint ever, and they think it can help fight a warming planet.
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US drug overdose deaths surged during COVID-19 lockdownsU.S. overdose deaths surged during the first half of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to preliminary data from the CDC.
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Trained dogs can smell coronavirus in your peeDogs can sniff out SARS-CoV-2 in urine samples with 96% accuracy, according to a proof-of-concept study.
