ER visits declined during pandemic. But that wasn't a bad thing, study suggests. By Rachael Rettner The new findings suggest that people may have been overusing the ER before the pandemic.
How to watch the Super Flower Blood Moon Eclipse online By Laura Geggel Catch totality, even if you're far away from it.
Low testosterone in men linked to more severe COVID-19 By Yasemin Saplakoglu Men with low testosterone levels may be more likely to have severe COVID-19, a small new study suggests.
New study turns our understanding of ice upside down By Nicoletta Lanese The physics of ice are more complicated than you might expect.
A dozen ultra-high-energy particle accelerators discovered in the Milky Way By Adam Mann New observations help astronomers hone in on a long-standing mystery about where cosmic rays come from.
Mary, Queen of Scots' rosary beads stolen in English castle heist By Harry Baker A number of valuable artifacts — including "irreplaceable" prayer beads belonging to Mary, Queen of Scots — have been stolen from Arundel Castle in England.
Super Flower Blood Moon eclipse: How to watch early Wednesday morning By Laura Geggel Here's how to watch May's total lunar eclipse.
Where's Wally? Iceberg-hopping walrus is now 2,600 miles from home By Ben Turner Wally was blasted by an air horn and hosed down by lifeboat crews in Wales, and has now reappeared off the coast of Cornwall.
Spherical UFO plunges into the ocean in US Navy footage By Mindy Weisberger A clip of a mysterious spherical object hovers over the horizon, in footage released by a filmmaker who produces UFO documentaries.
Most kids with inflammatory COVID-19 syndrome are recovered by 6 months By Rachael Rettner The study is the first to follow children with the syndrome, called MIS-C, for as long as six months.
Flowers use the smell of death to lure and imprison coffin flies By Yasemin Saplakoglu This is the first time that a flower has been found to mimic the scent of dead insects, according to a new study.
Genes from algae helped a blind man recover some of his vision By Nicoletta Lanese The man was diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease 40 years ago.
Wuhan lab workers were sick in November 2019, intelligence suggests By Stephanie Pappas A new report finds that three Wuhan Institute of Virology staffers fell ill in November 2019, but it's not clear with what or how trustworthy the intelligence is.
Oldest spiral galaxy in the universe captured in fuzzy photo By Harry Baker Astronomers have identified the universe's oldest spiral galaxy from a blurry image captured by the ALMA observatory.
Dead baby orca reveals harmful chemical levels in killer whales By Laura Geggel Eight dead whales found in Norway had high levels of chemicals, including banned PCBs, in their bodies.
Mushrooms on Mars? 5 unproven claims that alien life exists By Gareth Dorrian A recent study claims to have found evidence for mushroom-like life forms on the surface of Mars.
Universal coronavirus vaccine is highly effective in monkeys By Yasemin Saplakoglu Researchers developed a "pan-coronavirus" vaccine, designed to protect against many different strains of coronaviruses known to infect humans and bats.
Why do we grow more hair on our heads than on our bodies? By Tara Santora Why aren't humans covered in dark, scruffy body hair, like apes are?
US investigating handful of myocarditis cases following COVID-19 vaccination By Tia Ghose There may not be any link, as the condition is somewhat common.
Curiosity rover on Mars spotted from space as it climbs 'Mont Mercou' By Mike Wall NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a dramatic image last month of Curiosity ascending Mont Mercou, a landform on the slopes of the Red Planet's 3.4-mile-high (5.5 kilometers) Mt. Sharp.
