Scientists get closer to blood test for Alzheimer's disease

New study results are boosting hopes that there soon may be a simple, reliable way to help family doctors diagnose the most common form of dementia

NASA's next Mars rover is brawniest and brainiest one yet

Set to rocket away this week from Florida, The spacecraft named Perseverance is NASA's brawniest and brainiest Martian rover yet.

SpaceX breaks space shuttle's record for rocket turnaround time

The ANASIS-II satellite blasted off from breezy Cape Canaveral at 5:30 p.m. atop a Falcon 9 rocket – but not just any Falcon 9 rocket. This particular booster was the same one that hoisted two astronauts on the first-ever flight of a private crewed spacecraft to the space station.

Squirrel tests positive for bubonic plague in Colorado

According to health officials, the squirrel is the first case of plague in The Town of Morrison, Jefferson County, which is about 17 miles southwest of Denver.

Mystery of how flying snakes move is solved by scientists

The snakes move along tree branches and, sometimes, to reach another tree, they launch themselves into the air and glide down at an angle.

Missouri woman catches 2 rare ‘ghost deer’ on camera

For the past few weeks, Christie Morgan Schoen has seen what she believes to be two rare albino deer in her Cape Girardeau, Missouri yard. Schoen said they hang out every morning along with a larger brown deer.

Pregnant elephant dies after being fed explosive-filled pineapple, reports say

Wildlife officials in India are searching for the person responsible for killing a pregnant wild elephant by feeding her a pineapple filled with explosives.

Asteroid larger than Empire State Building set to whiz by Earth this weekend

An asteroid which NASA estimates may be larger than the Empire State Building is headed in Earth’s direction and expected to pass near our planet on Saturday.