America shut down in response to COVID. Would we ever do it again?
What unfolded in March 2020 was a national shutdown unlike anything the country had tried before. What will happen the next time a deadly virus...
No masks, no quarantine: COVID backlash will make next pandemic look very different
Lawsuits and legislation fueled by COVID backlash have defanged much of the nation's public health system, leaving the U.S. unprepared for the next pandemic.
Strange DNA found in the desert offers lessons in the hunt for Mars life
Work in the Atacama Desert has convinced scientists that finding evidence of present or past life on Mars is going to be difficult without bringing...
Volcano eruption blasted millions of tons of water into space
A volcano launching water beyond the atmosphere had never before been observed by scientists.
NASA spacecraft will slam into an asteroid today — if all goes right
There's nothing major at stake here, other than demonstrating a technology that someday might save civilization.
COVID forecast: Major fall surge unlikely, but variants are a wild card
Disease experts are guardedly optimistic that the spread of COVID-19 this autumn and winter won't be as brutal as in the previous two years of...