China launches 3rd and final space station component
China’s third and final module docked with its permanent space station Tuesday to further a more than decade-long effort to maintain a constant crewed presence in orbit, as its competition…
EPA: Water in Mississippi’s capital city is safe to drink
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed Monday that the water in Mississippi’s capital city is safe to drink, after months of sampling at a treatment plant overwhelmed by August flooding…
Antibody treatment tested as new tool against malaria
Research in Africa found a one-time dose of an experimental drug protected adults against malaria for at least six months, the latest approach in the fight against the mosquito-borne disease.…
Coast Guard: 13 rescued from sinking vessel off Virginia
The U.S. Coast Guard, a crew of scientists and others launched an air and sea mission to rescue 13 people, including a child, from a fishing vessel just moments before…
Alaska-Australia flight could place bird in record books
A young bar-tailed godwit appears to have set a non-stop distance record for migratory birds by flying at least 13,560 kilometers (8,435 miles) from Alaska to the Australian state of…
2,700-year-old rock carvings discovered in Iraq’s Mosul
Archaeologists in northern Iraq last week unearthed 2,700-year-old rock carvings featuring war scenes and trees from the Assyrian Empire, an archaeologist said Wednesday. The carvings on marble slabs were discovered…
Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs triggered ‘megatsunami,’ with mile-high waves
A nearly nine-mile-wide asteroid struck with Earth 66 million years ago, causing a global extinction that wiped out the majority of dinosaurs and three-quarters of the planet’s plant and animal…
Leak ruins NASA moon rocket launch bid; next try weeks away
Launch controllers were forced to abandon their second attempt this week to launch a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies after NASA’s new moon rocket sprung another hazardous…
Stone Age skeleton missing foot may show oldest amputation
According to a new study, the oldest known example of an amputation is the young adult skeleton discovered in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its left foot and…
Polio in US, UK and Israel reveals rare risk of oral vaccine
For years, global health officials have used billions of drops of an oral vaccine in a remarkably effective campaign aimed at wiping out polio in its last remaining strongholds —…