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The Army Says Its New Marketing Campaign Aims To 'Surprise Our Audience'

The campaign, which launched in November, emphasizes Army careers in technology, medicine, and other non-combat jobs.

Aaliyah Dade, 18, Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va.

'Feels Very Anticlimatic': Seniors Reflect On Ending High School Amid The Pandemic

Most high school proms have been cancelled due to the pandemic. Nevertheless, photojournalists gave these seniors a chance to dress up and get their prom photos taken.

Medical personnel test people in vehicles for COVID-19, at Annandale High School, in Annandale, Va., on May 23. There's a new bottleneck emerging in coronavirus testing: A shortage of the machines that process the tests and give results.

Coronavirus Testing Machines Are Latest Bottleneck In Troubled Supply Chain

Civilian labs and the Army say they've had trouble getting big machines that run hundreds of coronavirus tests at once. Public health experts say that's holding the U.S. back from ramping up testing.

The interactive, web-based dashboard created by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., as seen on Monday at 3:11 p.m. ET.

Mapping COVID-19: Millions Rely On Online Tracker Of Cases Worldwide

A small team at Johns Hopkins University early on created what's become one of the most authoritative interactive online dashboards, tracking COVID-19 data around the world.

In this March 19, 2004, file photo, Majani, a 2-year-old male African cheetah, exhibits lighting speed while chasing a mechanical rabbit at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park as part of the Park's environmental enrichment program.

Bonsall Conservation Center To Host Cheetah Fundraiser

A California wildlife center is planning a fundraiser for construction of a safe house for the world's decreasing population of cheetahs, officials said.

Supreme Court Weighs Whether Parochial Schools Are Exempt From Fair Employment Laws

For decades, lower courts have recognized an exception to the nation's employment laws for ministers. But how do we define who is a minister and who is not? Listen to the arguments live at 11 a.m. ET.

Rep. Duncan Hunter arrives at the federal courthouse in downtown San Diego, Dec. 3, 2019.

How Will Hunter's Guilty Plea Affect The 50th District Race?

Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter's resignation was not part of his plea deal on campaign finance crimes. But federal prosecutors believe it was understood by Hunter and his defense team.

A photo of a blue whale is pictured in this image from September, 2010.

Why Blue Whales' Hearts Are Stopping Their Bodies From Getting Bigger

Blue whales are the largest animals on earth, but their cardiac limitations may be the only thing preventing them from getting any bigger.

At most of India's private engineering and medical schools, a certain number of spots in the freshman class â usually about 15% â are reserved for the college's management to allocate at its discretion.

When Students In India Can't Earn College Admission On Merit, They Buy Their Way In

When parents in the U.S. paid huge sums to secure places for their children in top schools, it was a scandal. In India, it's acceptable for parents to pay private universities for this purpose.

Okra slime changes when its pH changes. To make okra less slimy, says botanist Katherine Preston, cook it with an acid, which changes the properties of the molecules in the mucilage and renders it far less viscous. Southerners cook okra with tomatoes, which provide plenty of acid.

Leave It To Botanists To Turn Cooking Into A Science Lesson

Why do artichokes look so strange? What makes okra so slimy – and how can science help you turn that attribute into a taste sensation? Two botanists take plant science into the kitchen.

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