Viruses typically aren’t considered ‘alive,’ as many core biological functions are outsourced to their potential hosts. But a newly discovered organism appears to straddle the line between virus and ...

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In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in ...

Mary is an associate editor covering technology, culture and everything in between. She recently graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she served as an editor at The ...

Some things in cosmology may simply be unknowable. Why is there something rather than nothing? What lies outside the universe? What is inside a black hole? That last one has been niggling at ...

Phones are an integral part of our lives, and ensuring they have a stable internet connection is crucial. Everyone has a carrier they use. Sometimes that connection may not be as reliable as we hope.

These "nucleation" events are the first steps toward freezing. What they found was surprising: silicon and sulphur, elements often assumed to be present in the core, actually slow down the freezing ...

A study by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Leeds, and University College London has identified a new constraint on the chemistry of Earth's core, by showing how it was able to ...

Don't throw out your expired COVID tests just yet. Here's how to find out if the expiration date has been extended. Katie covered all things how-to at CNET, with a focus on Social Security and notable ...

Taxpayers can still receive a stimulus check up to $1,400 depending on how they filed their 2021 tax returns. The Internal Revenue Service announced in December that it would be distributing about ...

The deadline to receive the Recovery Rebate Credit, worth up to $1,400, is April 15, 2025 Getty Some Americans may still qualify for a stimulus check, according to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).