Perseverance: Secret message planted on giant parachute that carried Mars rover

The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team.

NASA's Perseverance rover beams back first images, audio recordings from Mars

NASA has unveiled high quality images from the Perserverance rover’s initial entry into Mars, as well as never-before-heard audio of a Martian breeze captured by the rover.

Transplanted lungs tainted by coronavirus killed woman, infected surgeon, researchers say

Researchers from the University of Michigan Medical School recently published a report about a woman who died of complications related to COVID-19 three days after receiving a coronavirus-tainted double-lung transplant.

29-year-old bone cancer survivor chosen to join billionaire on SpaceX flight

Hayley Arceneaux will become the youngest American in space when SpaceX’s first private flight launches this fall - and the first with a prosthesis.

Science in Sweatpants: Magnetic Slime

Let’s make some magnetic slime! This experiment is really fun and simple but definitely requires adult supervision.

An endangered species in the U.S. has been cloned for the first time

Meet Elizabeth Ann. Created from the frozen cells of a black-footed ferret that died more than 30 years ago, she’s giving scientists new hope about preserving endangered species.

Bear bites woman through toilet in outhouse

Shannon Stevens told The AP that she sat down on the toilet and felt something immediately bite her.

Alaska woman using outhouse attacked by bear - from below

“I opened the toilet seat and there’s just a bear face just right there at the level of the toilet seat, just looking right back up through the hole, right at me."

Touchdown confirmed! NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars

After successfully landing on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover will go on to search for signs of ancient life on the red planet.

NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life

NASA’s Perseverance rover, the biggest, most advanced rover to date, has landed on Mars in a mission to search for signs of ancient life on the red planet.

Texas power outages seen from space in stunning before-and-after photos

Images from the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite compared before-and-after photos of the lights in Houston, Texas during a record-breaking winter storm.

Fauci awarded $1M prize from Israeli foundation for ‘defending science in the face of uninformed criticism’

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, was awarded $1 million by the Dan David Foundation for “defending science in the face of uninformed criticism” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

FWC looking for tips regarding scalped pelicans near Skyway pier

Rescue groups say someone is deliberately scalping pelicans by the Skyway fishing pier, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating the crime.