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A Mercury-Jupiter conjunction is just one of the highlights as a new stargazing season begins.

An Ngram search of 8 million books shows when coronaviruses were mentioned before Covid-19.

Seasonal weather outlooks are solid forecasts, but their usefulness has its limits.

Dr. Matthew Binnicker, an expert in the diagnosis of infectious disease, explains the benefits and limitations of diagnostic testing as more people receive Covid-19 vaccinations.

The third Emergency Use Authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine could be days -- or even hours-- away.

The study by researchers at Texas A&M University School of Public health surveyed over 5,000 U. S. adults to learn more about their behaviors during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Hasbro is getting fried for a gender-neutral rebranding of Mr. Potato Head, but the company is just following the science.

Much like Chicken Little, who famously whips the farmyard into a mass panic while the cunning fox manipulates it for his own gain, such fearmongering can easily sidetrack rigorous national security planning and actually jeopardize the U. S. position in the next space race.

The self-driving tech developer is acquiring Silicon Valley startup OURS Technology to integrate its lidar sensor into a single chip.

Colombian Fernando Garcia-Bastidas has worked his whole career to save bananas from extinction by Panama Disease, but now his work has new urgency after having to inform authorities in his home country that a new strain had arrived. #globalsouthscience