1NASA to unveil new astronaut class on June 7 after record-high applicationsWednesday, June 7, 2017

Astronaut Joseph Tanner, STS-115 mission specialist, waves at the camera during a spacewalk in 2006. NASA will announce the latest additions to its astronaut corps on June 7. (NASA) After reviewing a record-breaking flurry of applications from hopeful space travelers, NASA is ready to announce the new astronaut class... Read More

2Sunken World War II Italian warship Artigliere located and explored for first timeWednesday, June 7, 2017

A watery World War II gravesite has been explored for the first time. An Italian naval ship sunk in World War II was recently discovered and photographed by a team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The IT Artigliere was located in March under more than 12,000 feet of water in the Mediterranean Sea by the Petrel... Read More

3James Comey hearing: What you need to knowWednesday, June 7, 2017

Former FBI Director James Comey is set to give his long-awaited testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, in a session that could go down as one of the most-watched and dramatic Hill hearings in recent memory. Senators will have a mountain of questions for the ex-FBI boss who was fired by President... Read More

4Oil rises as Trump decides on climate pactThursday, June 1, 2017

Oil prices rose on Thursday, lifting energy company shares, on expectations the United States will withdraw from a global pact to fight climate change, while China's yuan shrugged off weak factory data to hit a seven-month high against the dollar. Bank shares underperformed rising European stocks, after two major U.S.... Read More

5Ebola vaccine approved for Congo amid outbreak in remote regionThursday, June 1, 2017

Officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have approved the use of an experimental Ebola vaccine in the hopes of stemming the spread of a recent outbreak of the deadly virus in the African nation. While DRC officials approved the use of rVSV-ZEBOV, Congolese authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO)... Read More

6Clinton calls out Russia for election lossThursday, June 1, 2017

Hillary Clinton came out swinging Wednesday, ripping Russia for her November loss to President Trump and accusing the White House of colluding with Moscow in weaponizing technology to bring her campaign down. Clinton linked Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections to Trump and said she hoped investigators would... Read More

7'Great American Eclipse' 2017: What it is, when it's happening and why you have to see itWednesday, May 31, 2017

On August 21, 2017, the United States will have something happen to it that hasn't happened since Jimmy Carter was President, Sony introduced the Walkman and "M*A*S*H" was still on TV. The U.S. will go dark. Why it's important A total solar eclipse will happen on the continential U.S., due to the Moon passingbetween... Read More

8Lack of sleep may cause brain to 'eat' parts of itselfWednesday, May 31, 2017

A new study on mice published May 24 in the Journal of Neuroscience shows that missing out on sleep may cause parts of our brains to start eating other parts. And the Telegraph reports that's not necessarily something you want to be happening. The study revolves around two types of glial cells: astrocytes and microglial... Read More

9Atlantic hurricane season 2017: What you should knowWednesday, May 31, 2017

The hurricane season for the Atlantic starts Thursday and continues through the end of November. Here's what you should know about the potential coming storms. What sort of hurricane season is expected? An above-normal season is possible, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA).... Read More

10Trump, Germany's Merkel clash over trade, NATO and 'Western values'Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Germany and the U.S. emerged from Memorial Day weekend in a war of words, as Chancellor Angela Merkel and her coalition partners attacked America’s reliability as a world power and President Trump fired back on Twitter. Merkel said at a beer tent rally in Munich Sunday that Germany cannot "fully rely" on the U.S.,... Read More