Scientists have long wondered how butterflies fly — compared with other flying animals, the creatures have unusually short, broad and large wings relative to their...
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With a Covid-19 caseload that’s surpassed 10 million people, India is the world’s second worst-hit country by the coronavirus pandemic, trailing only the United...
A rare star system has been found in our Milky Way galaxy, but it’s doomed to end in a massive explosion. The star system, which looks...
The brain cells of a young man who died almost 2,000 years ago in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius have been found intact by a team...
Loss of smell and taste are a strong sign that someone is infected with the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 — and in some cases it may...
Nicholas Gismondi was in the hospital when he found out his older brother, Ralph, had died from the coronavirus April 5. Nicholas, 65, had gone into...
When the presidents of two historically Black colleges announced they were participating in a Covid-19 vaccine trial, they hoped to encourage other African Americans to do...
Several thousand people in northwest China have tested positive for a bacterial disease, authorities said on Tuesday, in an outbreak caused by a leak at a...
While many colleges and universities are offering classes online, that hasn’t necessarily stopped students from gathering. And now some college towns are grappling with outbreaks of...