Hundreds Of Dead Migratory Birds In New York City Prompt Calls For Dimming Lights After a volunteer collected more than 200 dead migratory birds from the sidewalks around the World Trade Center, bird groups in the city called on the complex to dim unnecessary lights at night. The Associated Press
Sir Walter Raleigh's Colony Vanished Over 400 Years Ago. Scientists Are Still Looking Archaeologists hope a new search will unearth clues about what happened to 117 men, women and children who vanished from a North Carolina settlement. Joe Hernandez
The 1st All-Civilian Space Mission Into Orbit Is Preparing For Takeoff The first all-civilian space mission into orbit is expected to take flight from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday evening. Private company SpaceX is running the mission — not NASA. Brendan Byrne
A Shimmering Rainbow Fly Has Been Named In Honor Of RuPaul The colorful, iridescent soldier fly in question has "legs for days," Australian researcher Bryan Lessard said. He hopes that pop culture names will help attract attention for vulnerable species. Sharon Pruitt-Young
3, 2, 1… Civilian space crew, including Everett-based ‘space nerd,’ ready to make history ‘This is an orbital flight that goes higher than any spacecraft has gone with people inside since the Apollo era. This is another level.’ Kim Malcolm
Surfers Are Trading Natural Waves For Artificial Ones In Waco, Texas The surf is always up in Waco, Texas, thanks to an artificial wave so good it's attracting top professionals and casual riders. It's a sign of just how far the technology of wave making has come. Jon Hamilton
Unvaccinated People Are 11 Times More Likely To Die Of COVID-19, New Research Finds The COVID-19 vaccines continue to provide powerful protection, even against the delta variant, the CDC said. It also found that vaccinated people were 10 times less likely to be hospitalized. Vanessa Romo
Smoke And Burnt Plastic Triggered An Alarm On The International Space Station Earlier Alarms sounded on the Russian segment of the Space Station early Thursday. The crew reportedly activated air filters and returned to their "night rest" once the air quality was back to normal. The Associated Press
A Football-Shaped Animal Species Is Discovered In A 500-Million-Year-Old Shale The Titanokorys gainesi, which is now extinct, was a 1 1/2-foot-long sea animal — gigantic for its time — with a large protective shell over its head, a toothed mouth and a pair of spiny claws. Joe Hernandez
Mochica, One Of The World's Oldest Penguins, Dies At 31 The flightless bird with an outsize persona personally greeted thousands of guests in his lifetime and was said to prefer the company of humans over his fellow penguins. Joe Hernandez
