La Palma volcano spews lava hundreds of feet in the air, but don't expect a 'mega-tsunami' By Nicoletta Lanese Thousands of tremors shook the island in the week before the eruption occurred.
Don't miss tonight's full Harvest Moon By Laura Geggel Here's how to see September's full Harvest Moon.
Kids' fossilized handprints may be some of the world's oldest art By Nicoletta Lanese The prints, likely left by hominin children, were discovered thousands of feet above sea level.
Ancient bones reveal previously unknown Japanese ancestors By Harry Baker Researchers have revealed a previously unconfirmed third group of ancestors for modern-day Japanese populations, after analyzing ancient bones found in Japan.
Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for younger kids By Yasemin Saplakoglu A lower dose of the vaccine showed to be safe, well-tolerated and effective in spurring antibodies in kids between 5 to 11 years of age, the company announced.
Soggy rodents tangle their tails in one big knot in horrifying 'rat king' video By Mindy Weisberger A farmer in Russia's Stavropol region found the waterlogged "king." Specimens of rat kings are preserved in the collections of some natural history museums.
Are left-handed people smarter? By Randyn Bartholomew Here's a look at the research about whether left-handed people are smarter than righties.
Why do the planets in the solar system orbit on the same plane? By JoAnna Wendel About 4.5 billion years ago, the solar system was just a giant, spinning cloud of gas and dust. Today, it's flat. Here's how that happened.
SpaceX Inspiration4 astronauts return to Earth with historic splashdown off Florida coast By Amy Thompson After three days in space, SpaceX's first all-civilian crew returned to Earth tonight, splashing down off the Florida coast to end a historic mission.
Why don't we breathe equally out of both nostrils? By Tara Santora You have two nostrils, but usually one is dominant.
Firefighters race to save the world’s largest tree as wildfires rage By Yasemin Saplakoglu California firefighters have wrapped the bases of the world's largest trees in fire-resistant aluminum blankets to protect them from a wildfire that is raging nearby.
Explorers add 8 miles to world's longest known cave system By Laura Geggel Hours of survey work have added an additional 8 miles to the passageways at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky
Nearly 900 years ago, astronomers spotted a strange, bright light in the sky. We finally know what caused it. By Yasemin Saplakoglu In the 12th century, Chinese and Japanese astronomers spotted a supernova in the sky shining as brightly as Saturn.
Mass grave of slaughtered Crusaders discovered in Lebanon By Ben Turner While there are many historical records of the Crusades, physical evidence like this is rare.
Baby elephants frolicked in an ancient 'nursery,' fossil footprints show By Mindy Weisberger Over 100,000 years ago, extinct relatives of modern elephants lived in matriarchal groups, according to preserved trackways in southwestern Spain.
'Flying dragon' fossil found preserved inside a rock in the Chilean desert By Ben Turner Further analysis could point to the animal being a completely new species.
New gravitational wave detector picks up possible signal from the beginning of time By Adam Mann Physicists turned on a new type of gravitational-wave sensor and saw two intriguing results, but they aren't yet ready to claim a discovery.
Bizarre tail on little dinosaur-age bird was literally a drag By Laura Geggel An extraordinary 120-million-year-old fossil bird from China reveals that the animal had a sexy but vaguely impractical tail.
Horse tranquilizer crops up in overdose deaths around US By Rachael Rettner Half of U.S. states reported detecting the tranquilizer in fatal drug overdose cases in 2019.
SpaceX launches four civilians into orbit on historic Inspiration4 flight By Amy Thompson SpaceX made history tonight as it launched a crew of private citizens on a jaunt around Earth.
