Science

William Shatner, known to many "Star Trek" fans as Captain James T. Kirk, launched into space on Wednesday aboard a Blue Origin rocket.

A two-headed diamondback terrapin hatched two weeks ago at a protected nesting site in Massachusetts. A wildlife center is studying and caring for the turtle, which has a rare condition called bicephaly.

With many Americans who got Pfizer vaccinations already rolling up their sleeves for a booster shot, millions of others who received the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine wait anxiously to learn when it’s their turn.

The Draconid meteor shower is considered a short-lived event and is expected to peak on Oct. 8.

The shark had been circling the alligator from below before taking a chance and biting the animal’s leg.

The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi for their climate-related discoveries.

Researchers suggest the reason for the higher number found in infants is because they’re far more exposed to microplastics through items such as their teething toys, sippy cups and carpeting.

William Shatner, known to many as Captain James T. Kirk from Star Trek, will blast off into space on Oct. 12 aboard a Blue Origin rocket.

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian have won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of receptors for temperature and touch.

The ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species were declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday.

The Space Force unveiled a new prototype uniform this week — which immediately drew comparisons to the uniforms worn by officers in the 2000s TV series “Battlestar Galactica.”

Photographer Jonathan Kuiper spotted a grizzly bear cub chewing a discarded face mask this summer in the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

The video has racked up thousands of views on social media – and lots of praise for Torres and his family.