3 researchers park at bottom of Earth's deepest ocean trench

Only a handful of people have ever visited the bottom of the Mariana Trench, which is deeper than Mount Everest is high.

• Nov 20, 2020

The record-shattering 2020 hurricane season, explained

Like so many other aspects of 2020, the Atlantic hurricane season hurled one shocking event after another.

• Nov 20, 2020

The air got cleaner in 2020, thanks to the pandemic

But a climate-driven historic wildfire season held back progress on emissions.

• Nov 19, 2020

Astronauts describe thrilling ride to space

Rookie astronaut Victor Glover calls the view from space "surreal."

• Nov 19, 2020

Owl saved from Rockefeller Center Christmas tree after days without food

A wildlife center is now rehabilitating the owl, named Rockefeller, and "feeding him all the mice he will eat."

• Nov 19, 2020

Iconic Arecibo Observatory faces demolition due to damage

Engineers recommend controlled demolition of the mortally wounded radio telescope in Puerto Rico.

• Nov 19, 2020

Plastic entangles, chokes over 1,500 endangered marine mammals in U.S.

A whale in Virginia swallowed a DVD case, which lacerated her stomach. It's just one of the hundreds of examples of animals consuming plastic in U.S. waters in recent years.

• Nov 19, 2020

Public can pick a name for this adorable panda cub

It's hard to believe, but a new election is upon us. The public is being asked to choose a name for an adorable panda cub that was born nearly three months ago in Washington, D.C.

• Nov 18, 2020

Pfizer says vaccine 95% effective, will seek FDA's okay "within days"

It's the latest hopeful news for a world desperate to turn the tide on the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 1.3 million people globally, and almost 250,000 in the U.S. alone.

• Nov 18, 2020

FDA approves at-home rapid coronavirus test for emergency use

The test will require a prescription, likely limiting its initial use.

• Nov 18, 2020

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