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Searchers discover 'ghost ship' that sank in Lake Michigan almost 140 years ago
The F. J. King was a 144-foot, three-masted cargo schooner built in 1867 in Toledo, Ohio, to transport grain and iron ore. It sank while moving iron ore to Chicago in 1886.
Harvard cuts threaten a giant in the biomedical research community: A database on the tiny fruit fly
This spring, the Trump administration rescinded a grant that maintained FlyBase, a pillar of global basic research, as part of its broader $2.2 billion funding cuts at Harvard.
A new analysis of underwater videos shows octopuses are 'incredible multitaskers'
The research reveals how the famously flexible mollusks coordinate some of the most complex movements in the animal kingdom.
7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region
There were no immediate reports of injuries of major damages.
Life needs the right atmosphere to thrive — and a planet 40 light-years away may fit the bill
A rocky, Earth-size planet located in our Milky Way galaxy could have liquid water on its surface and therefore support life.
NASA says rock sample from Mars has potential 'biosignature' of life
The sample doesn't hold direct evidence of life, but is a leftover sign that textural features on the rock may have biological origins.
Video shown at House UAP hearing appears to show missile fired at object near Yemen
A whistleblower provided the video, which was played during a meeting on "unidentified anomalous phenomena," commonly known as UFOs. 
Ousted CDC director Susan Monarez to testify at Senate committee hearing
GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has been vowing to conduct “oversight” of the CDC after RFK Jr. fired Monarez.
As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds
The researchers found that men consumed more sugary soft drinks when temperatures spiked.
Space travel may accelerate the aging of stem cells by as much as 10 fold
Stem cell aging is potentially worrisome because it diminishes the body's natural ability to repair tissues and organs.
Sean Duffy, interim NASA head, tells agency that it will beat China back to the moon
Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy also told agency employees not to let "safety be the enemy of progress."
