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Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster in the 1960s comedy show "The Munsters." His character was obviously inspired by Mary Shelley's monster as imagined in the 1931 horror film. (1964)

Library offers low-pressure Halloween book club

Sign up for the email book club to get "Frankenstein" in your inbox.

Scientists say Earth's Moon went through a period when it was a lot like Io, a moon of Jupiter that's full of volcanic activity.

You don't look a day over 4.35 billion! Here's the moon's anti-aging secret

Early interactions with the Earth may have heated up the Moon and caused it to remelt, producing new lunar rocks and erasing old craters.

A material that's almost entirely air keeps EV fires from spreading

The Department of Energy is focusing on aerogels to reduce the severity of lithium battery fires. A lab that creates the substance shares the technology behind it all.

Baby Haggis, a pygmy hippo, was born to parents Otto and Gloria at Edinburgh Zoo on Oct. 30.

Baby Haggis is the new Moo Deng: A pygmy hippo is born in Edinburgh

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo announced their own tiny pygmy hippo, named Haggis, was born Oct. 30. The newborn, female calf is "doing well," according to zoo staff.

Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are displayed, backdropped by the casts of two adults and two children who died together, are seen housed at the British Museum in London in 2013.

New DNA evidence upends what we thought we knew about Pompeii victims

The findings, which used DNA from the plaster casts of people who died in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption two millennia ago, challenge the traditional gender and familial assumptions about the Pompeiians.

Heman Bekele is <em>Time's</em> "2024 Kid of the Year," honored for his work on a cancer-fighting soap. Last year he won a $25,000 prize from 3M for his research. Above, he's pictured with 3M mentor, Deborah Isabelle, who's said of Bekele, "he's going to continue to inspire other young people to realize that science can make a positive difference."<br>

Our interview with "TIME's 2024 Kid of the Year," inventor of a cancer-fighting soap

Last year NPR interviewed Heman Bekele about his invention of a soap to fight skin cancer. He was motivated by his childhood in Ethiopia: He saw people working in the sun and thought of health risks.

Nevada Republican Party Chair Michael McDonald, one of the 2024 presidential electors facing felony charges related to the 2020 "fake electors" scheme, speaks during the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee in July.

'Fake electors' from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges

Eight of the Republicans set to cast Michigan and Nevada's 2024 Electoral College votes for President-elect Donald Trump still face felony charges related to efforts to reverse Trump's 2020 loss.

UHC murder suspect railed about U.S. health care. Here's what he missed

The man charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was critical of U.S. health care. Experts say the system's problems are complex and can't be pinned on one player or industry.

A vial of lenacapavir. The HIV prevention drug, delivered twice yearly by injection, has shown remarkable effectiveness in quashing HIV in trials.

This preventive drug could be a 'game changer' in ending the HIV epidemic

In newly released data, lenacapavir, given via a twice-yearly injection, has shown remarkable effectiveness at eliminating HIV transmission during sexual contact. But its cost could be an issue.

A worker does checks on battery storage pods at Orsted's Eleven Mile Solar Center lithium-ion battery storage energy facility Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in Coolidge, Ariz. Batteries allow renewables to replace fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal, while keeping a steady flow of power when sources like wind and solar are not producing.

How energy storage could pave the way for renewables

New research argues that expanding energy storage systems will make renewable supplies cheaper and less variable.

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