Brain cells in lab dish learn to play computer game, experiment shows

Scientists said the cells were able to play Pong, a tennis-like computer game. They said their findings give more insight into how the brain functions.

Bear mauls 10-year-old boy in grandparents’ backyard in Connecticut

“I heard him yell ‘bear’ and when I looked up, I saw his leg in the bear’s mouth and the bear trying to drag him across the lawn,” the boy’s grandfather told a local news outlet.

Video: Breaching whale nearly lands in fishing boat off New Jersey

A pair in a boat off the coast of New Jersey got quite a surprise when a whale breached and knocked against their boat. The close encounter was all caught on video.

Huge increase in NYC rat sightings

Rat sightings in the city are up a stunning 70% from this time two years ago and some experts say the city's plans to deal with the problem aren't nearly enough.

World’s 1st space tourist signs up for weeklong flight around the moon

More than 20 years after his International Space Station trip, the 82-year-old billionaire could break John Glenn’s record as the oldest person in orbit.

Artemis l: NASA announces new launch date for moon rocket mission

NASA has announced a new launch date for its next attempt to send the Artemis I rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida to the moon.

477 whales die in 'heartbreaking' mass strandings on New Zealand islands

The pilot whale deaths come two weeks after about 200 pilot whales also died in Australia after stranding themselves on a remote Tasmanian beach.

Smashing success: NASA's DART spacecraft shifts asteroid's orbit

NASA says a spacecraft that plowed into a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away last month succeeded in shifting its orbit.

Three people fend off sharks while being rescued from sunken fishing boat

The Coast Guard says two people from a sunken fishing boat were fending off sharks in the Gulf of Mexico when a crew rescued them and one other person from waters off the Louisiana coastline.

NASA’s Juno captures close-up of Jupiter moon Europa’s icy crust

The latest observations will help NASA plan for its Europa Clipper mission, due to launch in 2024 and arrive at the Jovian system in 2030.

Watch: Zero gravity soccer game breaks world record

The record-breaking match was played at an altitude of 20,230 feet in a specially outfitted plane in zero gravity conditions.

The Pacific Ocean is shrinking and making way for America to collide with Asia, study shows

Hundreds of millions of years from now, Earth will look unrecognizable as the globe’s largest ocean vanishes, and researchers say the continent "Amasia" will form from the collision of North America and Asia.

NASA astronaut Nicole Mann makes history as first Native American woman in space

Nicole Mann, a member of the Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, is headed to the International Space Station as commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission.

‘Hunter’s Moon’ 2022: How to watch this epic celestial wonder

This isn’t your typical moon, either. Because the Hunter’s Moon rises lower than usual from the horizon, it will appear much larger and more orange due to an effect known as the “moon illusion.”