HPV vaccines have proven highly effective. (Image credit: MicroStockHub via Getty Images) A new long-term study has found that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines can significantly reduce the rate of infections that cause cervical cancer, even in people who have not…
(Image credit: Mode-list via Getty Images) The asteroid belt orbits between Mars and Jupiter and is a vast collection of rocks thought to be an unformed planet. When our solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago, the material in this…
Increased wildfires caused by climate change could lead to 30,000 more smoke-related deaths per year in the U.S. by 2050 than today's death rate. (Photo: James Andrews/Getty Images)
The Mertsalov Palm has nothing to do with botany. It's a 3.53-meter-tall sculpture of a palm tree, forged by Donetsk blacksmith Alexey Mertsalov from a solid steel rail in 1895. The palm soon became a symbol of the Donbas. So…
Recent photographs of Comet Lemmon show it glowing with a rare greenish tint, likely caused by a certain chemical in its gaseous coma. (Photo: Dimitrios Katevainis, CC BY-SA 4.0) A newly discovered comet, dubbed “Lemmon,” is poised for a close…
You have probably seen birds sitting calmly on high-voltage wires more than once. And the logical question is: why don't they get electrocuted? After all, the voltage there is huge! In fact, there is no magic here, just a little…