Russian, American crew reach space station using a fast-track maneuver

A trio of space travelers has launched successfully to the International Space Station, for the first time using a fast-track maneuver to reach the orbiting outpost in just three hours.

Washington state again fails to live-track murder hornet

Washington state officials said Monday they were again unsuccessful at live-tracking a "murder" hornet while trying to find and destroy a nest of the giant insects.

Study: COVID-19 virus can survive up to 28 days on some surfaces

A new study has found that the virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on certain surfaces for 28 days, prompting researchers to highlight the importance of handwashing and taking other protective measures. 

'Tiger King' star 'Doc' Antle charged with animal cruelty

Attorney General Mark Herring said Friday that a months-long investigation found that Bhagavan “Doc” Antle and the owner of a roadside zoo in Virginia trafficked lion cubs between Virginia and South Carolina.

California mountain lion orphan nursed back to health

Taken to the organization's Project Wildlife center in Ramona, where over five weeks her weight has doubled to 22 pounds.

Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to American, French women

French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing.

New network established to treat wildlife injured by wildfires

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife released a bear on Monday after treating the 370 pound animal for burns.

Nobel physics prize awarded to 3 scientists for cosmology finds

The 2020 Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to Briton Roger Penrose, German Reinhard Genzel and American Andrea Ghez for discoveries relating to black holes.

2 Americans, 1 British scientist win Nobel medicine prize

Announcing the prize in Stockholm, the Nobel Committee noted that the trio's work helped explain a major source of blood-borne hepatitis that couldn't be explained by the previously discovered hepatitis A and B viruses.

Fireball seen across several East Coast states was a meteor, experts say

A flash that lit up the skies over parts of the country, including D.C., in the wee hours of Wednesday was probably a random meteor, an expert said.