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Commuters arrive at Boston South Station on Tuesday. Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globe / Getty Images Science shows that face masks work both to protect the user and to protect others from the coronavirus, and everyone should wear one when they are around other people in public, the …

Image copyright EPA Screenshot The Queen’s private letters about the surprising dismissal from the Whitlam government have finally been published. On Tuesday morning, at her home under a virus lock in Melbourne, historian Jenny Hocking finally saw the secret letters she had struggled for years to see. The scans on …

At the foot of certain bushes in the Mojave Desert, fluffy white specks glide like weeds in the sand. Some are fruits: harmless and fuzzy orbs dropped by the creosote bush. Others are non-white wasps of the Dasymutilla gloriosa species, which have painful stingers and luxurious, silky hair. The fruit …

Comet NEOWISE is hosting a spectacular fireball show in the night sky. I never heard it? The beauty of the bright tail has captivated kite watchers worldwide this week. Comets don’t come along our path as often, at least not the ones you can see with the naked eye. Newsletter …

“Well unfortunately my friends, it’s not over,” McConnell said Monday at a hospital in Mt. Vernon, Kentucky. “We are seeing an increase in Florida, Texas and Arizona and yes, here in Kentucky.” It’s a very different message than the one espoused by President Donald Trump, who brags about the country’s …