The New York Yankees, including manager Aaron Boone, are back to wearing masks after the team reported eight "breakthrough" COVID-19 cases this week.Julio Aguilar | Getty Images Eight members of the New York Yankees — the team's All-Star shortstop Gleyber Torres, along with seven coaches and staff members — have ...

Scientists believe some heavy elements are forged when a massive star goes through its death throes and explodes as a supernova. Here, Kepler's supernova remnant was captured in a NASA image.NASA/ESA/Johns Hopkins University | NASA Traces of rare forms of iron and plutonium have been found at the bottom of ...

Workers next to solar panels in an integrated power station in Yancheng, China, in October. An unprecedented amount of renewable power came online in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. China alone added more than 92 gigawatts of capacity, more than ...

The Royal Dutch Shell refinery is seen in Norco, La. The state is a major petrochemical and oil and gas producer, but Gov. John Bel Edwards has called for a plan to dramatically reduce climate warming emissions.Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg via Getty Images It may be the most surprising addition ...

Members of the Montana Conservation Corps (MCC) work on trails near Tally Lake in northwestern Montana. President Biden wants to retool and relaunch one of the country's most celebrated government programs: the Civilian Conservation Corps. MCC crews are already doing some of the work envisioned in Biden's climate proposal.Claire Harbage ...

Ash the cat selects the Kanizsa square stimulus — in other words, the illusion of a square — in a new study in which pet owners provided the data.Tara McCready If you've spent any time around cats, you've probably noticed that they love to curl up in small, cozy boxes. ...

A broken cat-scratching post poses a problem for Goodwill donation attendant Antonio Semiglia in Westbrook, Maine.Heather Steeves Cars begin lining up outside the Goodwill donation center in Seabrook, N.H., around 10 a.m. most mornings. Well-intended patrons are here with truckloads full of treasures. "We hope everyone brings great things that ...

Medical workers wait to vaccinate people at a pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinic last month in Hollandale, Miss.Spencer Platt | Getty Images A new study estimates that the number of people who have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. is more than 900,000, a number 57% higher than official figures. Worldwide, ...

The bottle of Pétrus 2000 spent 14 months on the International Space Station. It will be sold alongside a "terrestrial" bottle of the same vintage.Christie's Images Ltd. 2021 For most wine drinkers, a budget bottle from the grocery store is perfectly sufficient. But for the adventurous wine connoisseur with a ...

Suzanne Simard is a professor of forest ecology at the University of British Columbia. Her own medical journey inspired her research into, among other things, the way yew trees communicate chemically with neighboring trees for their mutual defense.Brendan George Ko | Penguin Random House Trees are "social creatures" that communicate ...