During the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists sequenced millions of SARS-CoV-2 genomes by breaking them into overlapping fragments, a method that was fast but prone to errors. When mutations disrupted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A single stately oak tree threw a surprise wrinkle into San Luis Obispo’s long-anticipated new $21.5 million performing arts ...

A large oak tree near the new Cultural Arts District Parking Structure at Nipomo and Monterey streets, seen here on on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, will have to be removed to make way for the new SLO Rep ...

It was one Christmas visitor that didn’t overstay its welcome. A Burmese python that had been spotted in a Miami-Dade neighborhood was removed just days before Christmas after a resident out for a ...

A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT DAVID THANK YOU. WELL, A WOMAN SAYS IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT A YELLOW AND WHITE PYTHON WAS HANGING OUT IN HER BACKYARD. SHE SAYS SHE SAW IT LAST WEEK, BUT HAS NOT SEEN THE ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Officially, Ohio’s state tree may not exist. In 1953, the 100th General Assembly decreed that “the tree, Aesculus globra, commonly known as the ‘Buckeye’ is hereby adopted as ...

Citation errors and phantom research used as scientific evidence to bolster Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s landmark “Make America Healthy Again” commission report were apparently due to ...

Autonomous driving may be the future, but the present still has a lot of explaining to do. Especially when cars with so-called “Full Self-Driving” capabilities start careening off the road for no ...

Pythons are non-native to Florida and non-venomous snakes. Burmese pythons are one of the largest snakes in the world. The ball python found in Vero Beach was "friendly" and docile when rescued. A ...