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His father says Eric Talley, 51, was a devoted dad who was learning to be a drone operator, because the job would be safer.

The prize committee said Dr. Anthony Fauci, long-time head of the United States' leading infectious diseases research institute, "is the consummate model of leadership and impact in public health."

Researchers are reporting some progress in their search for drugs that tamp down the overwhelming immune reaction that can kill a patient with COVID-19.

SpaceX has launched four astronauts to the International Space Station, kicking off regular crew flights from the U.S. The Falcon rocket thundered into the night Sunday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Health officials are investigating reports of mostly mild, temporary and treatable heart inflammation that may or may not be causally linked to vaccination with an mRNA vaccine against COVID-19.

For decades, the U.S. has spent many millions hunting down viruses in hope of stopping a pandemic. Yet the efforts failed. A group of researchers thinks there's a better strategy for the future.

In the peer-reviewed journal article, University of Queensland physicists say time is essentially self-healing. Changes in the past wouldn't necessarily cause a universe-ending paradox. Phew.

The game should be two complete, deep basketball teams going at each other. Fans hope that's how it turns out.

A seven-year study of California's soupfin sharks by San Diego researchers has revealed the first conclusive case in the animal kingdom of triennial philopatry — meaning the sharks return to the same location every three years, researchers said Wednesday.

Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app + Encore Sunday, Aug. 18 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2. Worshiped as a goddess, condemned as satanic and spun into a stunning array of breeds, cats have long fascinated humans. But did we ever really domesticate them? And what can science tell us about our most mysterious companions?