'October is the ideal time to get vaccinated': Flu season is kicking off early, experts say
Flu tests are coming back positive at higher rates than is typical for early fall in several Western states, data sugges...
Why is Orion lying down? How The Hunter taught me how the sky moves
We learn constellations from diagrams that stay conveniently upright. The real sky has other ideas — as I discovered whe...
Isaias becomes major category three storm before landfall
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On this day in space! Oct. 9, 1992: Peekskill meteorite hits car in New York after streaking through the atmosphere
On Oct. 9, 1992, a space rock the size of a bowling ball fell out of space and crash landed on a woman's Chevy Malibu in...
Scientists engineer microbe to help humanity settle Mars
A new genetically engineered microbe may one day help humanity settle Mars, a nonprofit biotechnology research startup s...
Self-driving, solar-powered cars that talk to each other? What vehicles might look like in 10 years.
Car technology is making rapid advances, and the car you will drive in 10 years may be very different from the one you'r...
Did the Soviet Union really fire a cannon from a space station?
According to some reports, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union mounted a rapid-fire cannon aboard a secretiv...
Best space and sci-fi themed Halloween costumes for 2026
It's never too early to plan your Halloween outfit — here are some of the best space-themed Halloween costumes on the we...
Scientists have identified a 'protein signature' in blood that could predict healthy aging
Having a certain ratio of proteins produced by immune cells in your blood is linked to a higher risk of age-related dise...
Cool chemistry trick allows new tattoos to 'turn on and off'
Researchers created multicolored tattoo inks that are activated by different wavelengths of light, allowing people to hi...
Hurricane Isaias strengthens as it heads towards land
Hurricane Isaias strengthens as it heads towards landTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Th...
The Milky Way glows over telescopes in the Atacama Desert | Space photo of the day for Oct. 9, 2026
Dark clouds swirl across a star-speckled sky as the Milky Way stretches above La Silla Observatory in Chile's Atacama De...