A woman in China has become the first person in the world to die from a strain of bird flu rarely found in humans, the World Health Organization confirmed Wednesday, as concerns grow over the risk bird flu outbreaks pose to humans. A 56-year-old woman from China’s southern Guangdong province died after contracting H3N8, a […]

After almost two years of waiting for Elon Musk’s Mars rocket to fly again, things are really starting to move quickly now, it seems. The Super Heavy first stage booster section of Starship was moved to the launch site over the weekend and now the Federal Aviation Administration lists Monday, April 10 as the target […]

It’s an iconic picture: whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) traveling vast distances to feed on plankton and other small prey, their white-and-blue spots often jutting out of the water due to their enormous size. And it’s not just their traveling around global tropical oceans that breaks records – the whale shark also has one of the […]

High blood pressure can damage the same regions of the brain that are linked to dementia and declines in mental processes, according to a study published Monday, directly tying the two serious medical conditions for the first time. Prior to this study, researchers had causally linked high blood pressure with changes in the brain, but […]