A camera-trap image of an Amur tiger takes the grand prize at Wildlife Photographer of the Year...

The plastic-like seaweed packaging made by Notpla is biodegradable within six weeks, compared to hundreds of years for synthetic...

Independent monitors have paused enrollment in a study testing the COVID-19 antiviral drug remdesivir plus an experimental antibody therapy being developed by Eli Lilly that’s similar to a treatment President Donald Trump recently received. Lilly confirmed Tuesday that the study had been paused “out of an abundance of caution” and said safety is its top concern. The experimental drugs are...

Astronaut Kate Rubins is using NASA's last currently contracted Soyuz seat for a ride to the space...

Seven nations have signed up with the United States to participate in NASA’s Artemis effort to put astronauts on the moon by as early as 2024. The Artemis Accords commit the signatories — including Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, Italy, Luxembourg and the United Arab Emirates as well as the U.S. — to observe a set of principles ranging from the interoperability of space hardware to the...

While severe COVID-19 symptoms are extremely rare in infected children, they can pass on the virus to high-risk groups such as the elderly. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted permission to the drugmaker and German partner BioNTech SE to enroll younger participants this month, according to an update on the U.S. company's website https://www.pfizer.com/science/coronavirus/vaccine...

The BepiColumbo spaceship is scheduled to fly by Venus twice on its way to Mercury, first this week, and then next...

The deaths could be the result of undetected COVID-19 infection or the result of delays in medical care caused by the...

The UK backs the accords that will guide the American-led return to the Moon this...

The near-complete skeleton of a carnivorous dinosaur which roamed the earth around 150 million years ago was sold at a Paris auction house on Tuesday for 3 million euros ($3.52 million). The skeleton of the Allosaurus dinosaur, dug up in the U.S. state of Wyoming three years ago, went to an unnamed foreign buyer for well in excess of the 1 million euro starting price. "This is a high grade...

Cats purr to grab their owners' attention, but it can be difficult for us to connect with our pets. A new study suggests slow blinking may be the...

The study, published in the journal Nature, adds to controversy over the drilling method known as fracking, which has helped the United States become the world’s biggest oil and gas producer over the past decade but which environmentalists say threatens water and air. President Donald Trump supports fracking because of its economic benefits, and his Democratic rival Joe Biden has promised to...

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company launched a New Shepard rocket for a seventh time from a remote corner of Texas on Tuesday, testing new lunar-landing technology for NASA that could help put astronauts back on the moon. NASA’s navigation equipment for future moon landings was located on the booster. The sensors and computer — tested during the booster’s descent and touchdown — will...

Blue Origin’s suborbital spaceship today conducted a robotic rehearsal for a future touchdown on the moon — and by all appearances, it stuck the landing. Testing most of the elements of NASA’s precision lunar landing system was the top item on the agenda for today’s mission, which represented the 13th uncrewed test flight of a New Shepard spacecraft for Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ space...

Bats have been scapegoated by humans for centuries, with Covid only the latest example, say...

Authorities in Qingdao, eastern China, took the incisive step on Sunday after identifying 12 new coronavirus...

The United States should join the European Union and China in setting ambitious goals to become carbon neutral, the head of the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday. President Xi Jinping announced at the U.N. General Assembly last month that China aimed to become carbon neutral by 2060, while the European Union has pledged to achieve such status by...

The world needs to rapidly raise investment in early warning systems for extreme weather...

Most coronavirus patients have mild to moderate illness and recover quickly. The World Health Organization says recovery typically takes two to six weeks. Among those sick enough to be hospitalized, a study in Italy found 87% were still experiencing symptoms two months after getting...

People should be tested within two weeks of getting exposed. The wasn't the case for many attendees at the Rose Garden...

Thirty of the world's largest investors managing a combined $5 trillion (3.8 trillion pounds) said on Tuesday they plan to set targets to lower their portfolio carbon emissions by as much as 29% over the next five years. All members of the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, a group which includes the biggest U.S. pension scheme CalPERs and German insurer Allianz, are aiming to align their portfolios...

Investors managing around $20 trillion in assets on Tuesday called on the heaviest corporate emitters of greenhouse gases to set science-based targets on the way to net zero carbon emissions by mid-century. AXA Group and Nikko Asset Management Co are among 137 investors urging 1,800 companies responsible for a quarter of global emissions to act, coordinated by non-profit group CDP. While more...