Astronomers and expert stargazers share their top skywatching tips for beginners

Expert advice for new stargazers: How to begin your amateur astronomy journey

Birds and dinosaurs lived together for millions of years, but only toothless birds survived the asteroid impact that upended life on Earth.

How did birds survive while dinosaurs went extinct?

Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains belonging to an enormous ‘toothed’ bird that lived for a period of about 60 million years after dinosaurs.

Giant ‘toothed’ birds flew over Antarctica 40 million to 50 million years ago

On Episode 186 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Dr. Jim Green, NASA's former chief scientist, about snow on the moon.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 186 — Snow on the Moon?

There’s hardly a country on the planet that doesn’t turn to some type of bread with something stuffed inside it to cure a craving. Here are some of the world’s very best sandwiches.

25 of the world’s best sandwiches

Two families have filed lawsuits against ByHeart Inc. after their infants contracted botulism from allegedly consuming the company's formula.

ByHeart sued over recalled formula by parents of infants sickened with botulism

The new hemp rules close a loophole that allowed hemp-derived products containing THC to be sold.

New law puts familiar drinks, creams and gummies in legal limbo

A judge said Friday that he planned to approve a deal for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family who own the company to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids, allowing money to start flowing to victims as soon as next spring.  U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Sean Lane said he would spell out his reasoning in a hearing next week.  Members of the Sackler family have been cast as villains in an overdose epidemic that has been linked to 900,000 deaths in the U.S.

Purdue Pharma's deal means money for some victims, end of Purdue company name. Here's what to know

A Washington state resident has bird flu, and it's a different type than what was seen in previous infections, state health officials said Friday.  It is the nation’s first human case of bird flu since February.  The older adult with underlying health conditions remains hospitalized.

Washington resident is infected with a different type of bird flu

Researchers have reported what they believe is the first documented death from a meat allergy that can be triggered by tick bites.  A 47-year-old New Jersey man died last year from alpha-gal syndrome, which in 2011 was first linked to bites from the Lone Star tick.  More than 100,000 people in the U.S. have become allergic to red meat since 2010 because of the syndrome, according to one estimate.

Scientists document a death from a meat allergy tied to certain ticks

A chemical spill left dozens hospitalized and forced hundreds to evacuate from a western Oklahoma city.

Chemical leak in Oklahoma forces evacuations and leaves many ill

U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals.  The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care.  From a Baltimore hotel ballroom, the bishops overwhelmingly approved revisions to their ethical and religious directives that guide the nation’s thousands of Catholic health care institutions and providers.

US bishops officially ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals

Martha Lucía López released the boat into the river alongside hundreds of others with the faces of missing children, in one last attempt to find her son, or rather, to pray that he would find her.  “The only option we have is for them, the people who adopted them, to tell the true story and for them (the children) to come to us,” the 67-year-old said.  Approximately 25,000 perished when the Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted, making it the deadliest natural disaster in Colombia’s recent history and

Parents search for children missing since a volcanic eruption in Colombia 40 years ago

Each one-cent coin had cost nearly 4 cents to produce, making  "its production financially untenable."

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ByHeart sued over recalled formula by parents of infants sickened with botulism

New law puts familiar drinks, creams and gummies in legal limbo

Purdue Pharma's deal means money for some victims, end of Purdue company name. Here's what to know

Washington resident is infected with a different type of bird flu

Scientists document a death from a meat allergy tied to certain ticks

Scientists document a death from a meat allergy tied to certain ticks

Scientists document a death from a meat allergy tied to certain ticks

Chemical leak in Oklahoma forces evacuations and leaves many ill

US bishops officially ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals

Parents search for children missing since a volcanic eruption in Colombia 40 years ago

The last penny was pressed by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia today. Could the nickel and dime be next?

US bishops officially ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals

Parents search for children missing since a volcanic eruption in Colombia 40 years ago

The last penny was pressed by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia today. Could the nickel and dime be next?