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The Crew-1 launch opens a new chapter in human spaceflight.

It’s incredibly fast and totally silent.

Ants are more odorous than you might think.

Though it’s now petering out, Iota peaked as a Category 5 storm unusually late in the season.

These regions are areas where zoonotic diseases can originate.

From Venice to Chan Chan, preservationists need to work with communities to come up with a plan.

A proposed petrochemical complex from plastics giant Formosa could disrupt long-forgotten plantation graves.

To bring caseloads down, the US can learn from what has worked in other countries: masks and social distancing.

Manage, back up, and tweak without switching apps.

We’ve learned a lot since that messy day on an Oregon beach.

Make a small splash and a big catch.

Here’s what you need to know this week.

Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine candidate is 94.5 percent effective in early late-stage clinical trials.

This illustration shows some of what we know about this enigmatic process.

A strange cosmic object may be at its center.

All major outbreaks eventually run their course. But history and science suggest many possible pathways.

Wear one, if not for your neighbors, then for your own health.

There have only been a dozen sightings of Magnapinna squid over the past 30 years.

Facts can be way scarier than fiction.

You see an old lady hobby. We see a rad secret agent.