A Texas Lab Performs Crucial Testing For Pfizer's COVID Vaccine The lab has access to a high-security facility that Pfizer needed to prove its COVID-19 vaccine was working. Now the scientists there are testing the vaccine's effectiveness against viral variants. Joe Palca
Bats Love To Babble — Just Like Humans New research finds that sac-winged bat pups — a species of bat found in Central and South America — like to "babble" in ways that are remarkably similar to human babies. Geoff Brumfiel
Researchers Studying Daddy Longlegs' Genes Created A 'Daddy Shortlegs' The arachnids, also known as harvestmen, can use their legs like a curling marsupial tail — or as a sensor, or for courtship. They can also simply detach one, in case of emergency. Bill Chappell
Scientists Discover Not 1, But 2 New Dinosaur Species In China Scientists analyzing fossils from the country's northwest regions say two specimens were from previously unknown species. Josie Fischels
Florida Gov. DeSantis Expands Monoclonal Antibody Treatments Amid COVID-19 Spike Monoclonal antibodies can be used to treat people with mild to moderate COVID-19, but the treatment doesn't work for those who've already developed more severe symptoms or are hospitalized. Joe Hernandez
1st Live Asian Giant 'Murder Hornet' Of 2021 Spotted In Washington State Entomologists confirm the report of the world's largest hornet — a worrisome invasive species that originates from East Asia and Japan — by a person in a rural area south of Vancouver. Scott Neuman
Got Plans For Sept. 24, 2182? This Big Asteroid Might, Too A NASA mission to a potentially dangerous asteroid has let researchers map out its future trajectory like never before. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Climate Report Co-Author: 'The Pile Of Evidence Is Now Enormous' NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kim Cobb, one of the lead authors of the U.N.'s new landmark climate report, about the urgency of acting to lower emissions and how oceans are impacted by climate change. Patrick Jarenwattananon
1,000-Year-Old Remains May Be Of A Highly Respected Nonbinary Warrior, Study Finds Researchers using DNA analysis say a body buried in feminine clothing and with a sword was neither strictly male or female. The grave shows the high status of some nonbinary people in their community. Xcaret Nuñez
This Sweet White Flower Is Actually A Sneaky Carnivore, Scientists Discover Carnivorous plants are rare, but now botanists say they've found one that's long been overlooked. It lives just outside Vancouver, British Columbia, and in other parts of the Pacific Northwest. Nell Greenfieldboyce
