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Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines.

NPR's science podcast Short Wave brings us space news

Millions of people in Europe stepped outside Wednesday to watch a spectacular sunset with a solar eclipse. The path of totality passed through portions of Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Portugal.

Find out the best ways to view the peak of Wednesday night’s Perseid meteor shower from across almost the entire Northern Hemisphere.

"Snow eaters" are a new category of heat wave, marked by unseasonably warm weather that strips mountains of their snowpack.

Federal efforts to revive uranium mining in the West and decrease reliance on Russian uranium raise concerns about drinking water for tribal communities reckoning with the industry's deadly legacy.

For the first time, researchers have used artificial intelligence to generate novel viruses in a laboratory setting, according to a paper in the journal Science.

Loggerhead turtles are having a record nesting season in the U.S., but not so much in other parts of the world.

Our brains aren’t wired to like the uncertainty that comes with change.

The military plans to start screening service members for low testosterone, and social media is overflowing with claims about testosterone therapy. But who actually needs it?