Sometimes our immune system runs amok and attacks the organ that makes us “us” — the brain.

NASA is unveiling close-up pictures of the interstellar comet that's making a quick one-and-done tour of our solar system.

A museum dedicated to the Shroud of Turin has opened at the Christ Cathedral campus in Garden Grove, California.

It may sound surprising but kids can get diseases like lupus and arthritis, too, when their immune system mistakenly attacks their own body.

Mimmo, a bottlenose dolphin, has been delighting tourists in Venice with his acrobatic flips for months.

The results of the new study, published last month in the journal Subterranean Biology, spread rapidly online due to the striking images of the giant 1,140-square-foot spider web, a carpet-thick sprawl that stretches along a narrow passage wall inside Sulfur Cave, which extends into Albania from its entrance in Greece.

Three Chinese astronauts have returned from their nation's space station after a nine-day delay.

Blue Origin has launched its huge New Glenn rocket with a pair of NASA spacecraft destined for Mars.

There's a new frontier in treating autoimmune diseases.

A Chinese scientist charged in Michigan with smuggling biological materials has pleaded guilty.

The White House's list of 37 donors to President Donald Trump's $300 million ballroom project includes crypto billionaires, powerful financiers, tobacco companies, tech giants, media companies, longtime Republican donors and several of the president’s neighbors in Florida.

Strong solar storms responsible for breathtaking auroras across the U.S. have delayed the launch of Blue Origin's big new rocket.

Researchers have found that shouting is more effective than speaking when trying to scare off seagulls.

In Japan's Northern Alps, residents are chasing monkeys to keep them away from farms and homes.

Researchers in South Africa have launched clinical trials for the first vaccine developed entirely in the country.

The return of three stranded Chinese astronauts who are facing a delayed return to Earth is progressing smoothly, according to the country's Manned Space Engineering office.

The world has seen faster climate change than expected since the Paris Agreement a decade ago.

Scientists have captured rare footage of remoras, also known as sucker fish, hitching rides on humpback whales off the coast of Australia.

Don't lose sleep over headlines linking melatonin to heart failure.

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died.

Typhoon Kalmaegi has killed at least 114 people in the Philippines and left even more people missing as it moved on to slam Vietnam.

As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and scientists now say those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known.

It's one of medicine's biggest mysteries — why sometimes our immune system attacks our own bodies.

For the past decade, Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband Mark Zuckerberg have focused part of their philanthropy on a lofty goal — “to cure, prevent or manage all disease” — if not in their lifetime, then in their children’s.

Drilling for minerals deep in the ocean could have immense consequences on the tiny animals at the core of the vast ocean food web — and ultimately affect fisheries and the food we find on our plates.

Japan has deployed troops to help contain a surge of bear attacks that have terrorized residents in the northern prefecture of Akita.

President Donald Trump is nominating Jared Isaacman to serve as his NASA administrator after all.

Scientists have spotted the brightest flare yet from a black hole.

The first clinical trial is getting underway to see if transplanting pig kidneys into people might really save lives.

Lambert, a critically endangered African penguin, has moved to a special geriatric island at the New England Aquarium in Boston.

A homeowner in Mississippi has shot and killed one of the monkeys that escaped after a truck accident last week.

The closest supermoon of the year is approaching in November.

The recent escape of several research monkeys after the truck carrying them overturned on a Mississippi interstate is the latest glimpse into the secretive world of animal research.

Black vultures have killed and eaten several calves on Tom Karr’s cattle ranch in southeastern Ohio, a loss he says didn't happen two decades ago.

Scientists say there’s new evidence that settles the origins of a mysterious dinosaur excavated in the 1940s.

The International Space Station is marking 25 years of nonstop human presence in orbit.

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are developing tiny drones inspired by bats for search and rescue missions.

A Yup'ik community near the Bering Sea in southwest Alaska was spared the widespread devastation other communities experienced from the remnants of Typhoon Halong earlier this month.

China said it's on track to land astronauts on the moon by 20230 as it prepared to send another team of astronauts to its space station, as part of its ambitious plans to be a leader in space exploration.

Producing and manufacturing electric vehicles and their batteries uses a lot of energy, leading many to be skeptical about the environmental benefits of going electric.

Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica with record-tying 185 mph winds, and its strength defied typical weakening factors.

Bill Gates thinks climate change is a serious problem but he thinks scientific innovation will curb it.

A New Hampshire man lived with a pig kidney for a record 271 days before surgeons removed it last week as the organ's function declined.

China's endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys have joined pandas as diplomatic envoys to Europe.

Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way.

New research suggests that dinosaur populations were thriving in North America before the asteroid impact 66 million years ago that caused mass extinction.

The most widely used COVID-19 vaccines may offer a surprise benefit for some cancer patients by boosting their immune systems to help fight tumors.

Taiwan reported its first cases of African swine fever, and authorities culled at least 195 pigs and ordered a ban on the movement and slaughter of pigs across the island.

A study that upended medical practice by recommending feeding babies peanut products early to prevent allergies has had a big effect in the real world.

Hospitals and doctors' offices are inviting singers and musicians to help patients manage their pain, as music's ability to reduce pain is gaining attention.

The Orionid meteor shower peaks this year with the arrival of a new moon, offering a rare chance to see shooting stars without moonlight interference.

Two bright green comets are streaming through the skies and are visible to skygazers in the Northern Hemisphere.

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, is erupting for a second straight day, spewing towering columns of hot ash 6 miles high.

SpaceX has launched another of its mammoth Starship rockets on a test flight.

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction and more than half of bird species around the world are declining.

Philippine seismologists say that a new offshore earthquake with a preliminary 6.8 magnitude hit the same southern region struck earlier by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4.

Meteorologists say La Nina has arrived, bringing cooler weather patterns worldwide.

This year’s Nobel Prize science winners got the good news from early morning phone calls and door knocks.

Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their development of new molecular structures that can trap vast quantities of gas inside.

Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize in physics for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling.

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The first supermoon of the year is almost here.

Every year, growers raise giant pumpkins and compete in annual weigh-offs against other colossal fruits.

In the wake of Jane Goodall's death, the many scientists and others influenced by her are promising to do their best to carry on her legacy.

A comet from another star system is swinging by Mars as a fleet of spacecraft trains its sights on the interstellar visitor.

Scientists have uncovered new types of organics in icy geysers spouting from Saturn's moon Enceladus.

The Federal Communications Commission voted to end discounts for library and school Wi-Fi hotspot lending programs on Tuesday, drawing criticism from lawmakers and librarians who say the move will make it more difficult for people who are low-income or live in rural areas to access the internet.

Nobel laureate Dr. George Smoot, who conducted groundbreaking research into the origins of the universe, has died.

Oregon scientists used human skin cells to create fertilizable eggs, a step in the quest to develop lab-grown eggs or sperm to one day help people conceive.

Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles and other animals in Saudi Arabia.

Scientists warn that “flying rivers” — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across the Amazon — are weakening as deforestation and climate change advance.

New Zealand’s annual bird election has crowned the kārearea, or New Zealand falcon, as Bird of the Year.

A rare interaction between two tropical storms could happen soon in the Caribbean.

The Dutch government has agreed to return thousands of fossils to Indonesia from a renowned collection.

NASA has released the first radar images from a new Earth-mapping satellite showing the Maine coast and Minnesota farmland in incredible detail.

An undersea submersible has spotted crabs, worms and fish thriving on the surfaces of World War II explosives thought to be toxic to marine life.

A cluster of space weather satellites has blasted off to cast fresh eyes on solar storms.

Humans first began foraging for food some 12,000 years ago, long before they developed agricultural tools that overshadowed the ancient act that helped sustain early humans.

Scientists have discovered a new dinosaur from Argentina that may have used its long arms and claws to capture prey.

NASA has 10 new astronauts chosen from more than 8,000 applicants.

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber in South America for the first time.

A supply ship has arrived at the International Space Station after a day's delay due to a premature engine shutdown.

The National Academy of Sciences says evidence supporting a 2009 U.S. government finding that climate change threatens public health is “beyond scientific dispute” and that evidence supporting that finding has only grown stronger.

A newly launched supply ship has run into engine trouble that is preventing it from reaching the International Space Station.

Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination from illegal gold mining and deforestation.

The bottom of the world is set to be front and center for a partial solar eclipse.

Scientists have identified the origins of the blue color in one of Jackson Pollock’s paintings with a little help from chemistry.

A dying octopus in a Southern California aquarium is receiving an outflowing of love and well wishes as she spends her final days pouring her last energy into caring for her eggs.

Australia has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia.

A new study finds well-preserved areas of Amazon rainforest occupied and managed by Indigenous peoples show lower incidences of multiple diseases in the regions around them.

Scientists have discovered that octopuses don't have a dominant arm, but they more often use their front arms for tasks.

A young Chinese scientist who's been in jail for three months will be returning to China.

NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has uncovered rocks in a dry river channel that may hold potential signs of ancient microscopic life.

Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that's not only exceptionally powerful, but also long-lasting.

New research suggests that a tiny phytoplankton that is an essential part of the marine food web may decline sharply as oceans warm.

A new study finds that climate change is increasing sugar consumption in the United States.

The Switzerland-based Balzan Foundation on Monday announced four awards of nearly $1 million for excellence in the humanities and hard sciences.

At the Port of Los Angeles on a site that once housed oil tanks, seven steel structures that look like small blue boats are lowered into the ocean, where they gently bob up and down with the waves to generate power.

International officials say contaminated metal at an industrial site in Indonesia could be the source of radioactive material behind recalls of imported shrimp.

Thousands of newborn stars sparkle and dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA's Webb Space Telescope.