Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

TIRUPATI: In a major boost to India’s epidemic preparedness and infectious disease research capacity, the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (II ...

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The next pandemic may be caused by the A(H3N2) (also known as Hong Kong flu) or A(H5N1) (avian flu) subtypes of the influenza ...

China is escalating its legal fight with Missouri after the state secured a massive court victory earlier this year over ...

Sen. Eric Schmitt says he isn’t backing away from the fight. And he certainly isn’t apologizing. According to Fox News, ...

Chinese virologist Li-Meng Yan, who fled to the US after claiming Covid-19 was developed in a Wuhan lab, says she fears Beijing is using her family to lure her back to China. Meanwhile, her husband, ...

Scientists have discovered strange microscopic structures in the blood of people with Long COVID—clusters of tiny microclots tangled together with sticky immune webs known as neutrophil extracellular ...

After decades of friendship and multiple vacations together, one decision might have irrevocably harmed the longstanding relationship. A woman recently wrote to Annie Lane explaining how she tested ...

Dear Annie: My husband and I recently went on an eight-day cruise to Iceland with two close friends. We have been friends for more than 40 years and have traveled together many times. Two days before ...