Researchers note decline in brain function in some COVID-19 survivors

For patients who reported being hospitalized and placed on a ventilator, researchers found in a preliminary study a decline in cognitive performance equivalent to 10 years of aging.

Crews vacuum ‘murder hornets’ out of Washington nest

Heavily protected crews in Washington state worked Saturday to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the United States.

First Asian giant hornet nest found in Washington

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has found the first Asian giant hornet nest in the United States. 

NASA releases never-before-seen pictures of Bennu, an asteroid that may hold the building blocks of life

Following Tuesday's historic touchdown on the asteroid Bennu, NASA has released never-before-seen images of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft kicking up rocks and debris on the space rock's surface.

NASA astronauts cast 2020 election votes from space

With the COVID-19 pandemic increasing the amount of absentee ballots for the 2020 election, NASA is proving nowhere is too far to exercise your right to vote. 

Northern lights dance across Norwegian sky in stunning timelapse video

The mesmerizing display was captured Oct. 19 in a timelapse video by British photographer Matt Robinson on the island of Senja in Norway.

NASA Spacecraft landed on an asteroid to collect a sample
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In this edition of Spacin' Out with Derrick and Jerrick, Franklin Institute Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts joins Mike to talk about NASA's spacecraft that landed on an asteroid to collect a sample Tuesday night.

NASA mission touches down on asteroid Bennu: Here’s what you need to know

After orbiting the near-Earth asteroid Bennu for nearly two years, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected a sample from its surface on Tuesday.

Rare white sea turtle hatchling found on South Carolina beach

Volunteers checking sea turtle nests on a South Carolina beach came upon a rare sight: a white sea turtle hatchling crawling across the sand.

‘Mummified’ Twinkie debunks myth that cake treats last forever

A man in Philadelphia found an 8-year-old box of Twinkies in his basement and found that Twinkies don't last as long as the myth says.

Florida wildlife investigators bust million-dollar flying squirrel trafficking ring

A group of flying squirrel smugglers has been grounded after a 19-month-long investigation that stretched across the country and as far as Asia, Florida wildlife officials say.

12-year-old boy finds 69 million-year-old dinosaur fossil during hike with his dad

Twelve-year-old Nathan wants to be a paleontologist when he grows up, and he's already made what experts are calling a "significant" dinosaur discovery.

Tennessee fisherman catches bass holding snake in its mouth

Proving once again that the sea is filled with unspeakable horrors, a fisherman in Tennessee reeled in a bass with a snake in its mouth.

People call 911 about giant sunfish in Massachusetts, officials ask them to stop

An ocean sunfish swimming off the coast of Massachusetts has gotten a lot of unnecessary attention recently -- for simply “doing normal sunfish activities.”