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The Secretary of Energy on Friday nullified a 1954 decision to revoke the security clearance of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a top government scientist who led the making of the atomic bomb in...

Black bears have black fur, right? It’s there in the name.“In the eastern part of North America, where I grew up, we have American black bears, and they’re only black,” said Emily...

For generations of most American families, getting children vaccinated was just something to check off on the list of back-to-school chores. But after the ferocious battles over Covid shots of the past...

WASHINGTON — John Podesta, President Biden’s clean energy adviser, said the administration was working to ensure that a record $370 billion in new federal subsidies for electric vehicles, wind farms, batteries and...

WASHINGTON — John Podesta, President Biden’s clean energy adviser, said the administration was working to ensure that a record $370 billion in new federal subsidies for electric vehicles, wind farms, batteries and...

“As with all medical specialties, there is room for improvement in the diagnostic accuracy of emergency care,” Dr. Kang added. “All of us who practice emergency medicine are committed to improving care...

A spacewalk by two Russian astronauts aboard the International Space Station was canceled at the last minute after mission controllers noticed a spray of white particles leaking from an attached spacecraft.The astronauts,...

Fifty years ago today, two men woke up on humanity’s last day on the moon.Nobody would be back to the moon anytime soon. Plans for additional Apollo missions had been scrapped two...

Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the world’s largest active volcano, which began erupting recently for the first time in nearly four decades to the delight of residents and tourists alike, has ceased doing...

You’ve probably seen a snake’s forked tongue, but it’s not the slithering animal’s only forked body part. Male snakes sport forked genitals called hemipenes that look a bit like pink cactuses and...