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Flu season is kicking off early — are you getting a vaccine?
Flu season in the U.S. typically starts around late October or early November and peaks between December and February. But new data reveals that the current flu season is starting slightly earlier than normal . Accordi…
'It gives us a glimpse of a different kind of Viking life': Archaeologist Neil Price on the sea-kings, sorcerers and Sámi who lived during the Viking Age
In the early medieval period, the Vikings were just one part of a vast tapestry of Scandinavians who ruled, sailed, traded and fought around the world, from North America to Asia. In his new book, " The Sea-King and the…
Inuit figurine: A 700-year-old Indigenous carving of a European made a century before Columbus
Where it is from: Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada This wooden figurine was discovered in 1977 in an early house built by the ancestors of the Inuit on Baffin Island in northern Canada. The unique carving represents a pe…
For decades, photojournalist Steve Winter has traveled across the world capturing incredible images of big cats as part of his work for National Geographic. Ye…
The written word is one of humanity's most important information technologies. Without it, mathematical and scientific discoveries would be lost to history. Bu…
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 10, 2026, showcases a detailed view of the lunar farside, revealing the South Pole–Aitken basin, which may hold…
Flu season is off to an early start in some parts of the U.S., data shows. In a typical year, U.S. flu activity starts building in late fall — typically in Oc…
NASA’s Webb telescope imaged the MACS J0454.1-0300 cluster, using gravitational lensing to reveal multiple warped galaxy images. This data allows scientists to…
Scientists at the University of Illinois discovered a previously unknown crystal structure of bismuth vanadate that improves light absorption and could enhance…
NASA’s Crew-12 returned to Earth after a record 237-day mission, completing over 100 million miles and 12 spacewalks. Their health and equipment data directly …
Researchers have discovered a roughly 9 million year old tooth belonging to a large, water-loving relative of modern day capybaras in the Atacama Desert of nor…
JWST identified the host galaxy of FRB 20240304B, the most distant fast radio burst yet, located over 10 billion light-years away. This discovery reveals that …
Physicists discovered that electron pairs form distinct ripples in uranium ditelluride above its superconducting threshold. This reveals a pre-existing order t…
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence that men, women and children were subjected to violence within their communities in ancient Scandinavia — and that these…
