Science

Researchers have found a commonly used insecticide in two thirds of the white tailed deer spleens collected from across Minnesota. It’s still unclear what the health effects on deer in the wild might be.

A century ago, the shipping industry recorded the daily ebb and flow of tides. Now, those records are becoming crucial for forecasting how fast sea levels are rising in a warming climate.

A panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given its blessing to a new one-shot vaccine for COVID-19. The move comes one day after the Food and Drug Administration authorized the vaccine for emergency use.

The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two.

Scientists have found that two-way communication is possible with someone who is asleep and dreaming. Specifically, with people who are lucid dreaming — that is, dreaming while being aware you're dreaming.

In the future, different circumstances will likely determine which vaccine or booster a person receives, based on their antibodies — and which variant is common in their region.

A researcher and a reporter talk about using prescribed burns to reduce the threat of forest fires. 

The FDA has greenlighted Pfizer’s vaccine for people age 16 and older, and Moderna’s version for those aged 18 and up. Now, trials are underway to test whether those vaccines are safe and effective for younger populations.

The footage is so good and so amazing that members of the rover's landing team say they feel as though they're riding along.

Physician assistant and pediatric bone cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux, 29, will be one of four crew members on the world's first all-civilian mission to space at the end of this year.