Science

If you decide to travel to Miami to see the Patriots take on the Dolphins on Sunday, January 1st, the team wants you know they are doing everything they can to squelch the ‘Zika virus.

This is your chance to see an impressive meteor shower in the Northeast sky.

Just in time for kids to go back to school comes a report that 98% of head lice are now immune to most popular treatments. Lice feed from the blood of kid’s heads.

So, there's the typically common known allergies: pollen, mold, weeds, bees, pet dander, dust, and peanuts... but do you ever wonder what some of the weirder things people can be allergic to are? According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, nasal allergies in America alone effect over 50 million of us and the rate is increasing...

I recently finished a Biology class in Belfast and during that class we had to plant bean plants. Mine grew over a foot and the whole experience was pretty cool to watch day by day. So, I started thinking about other plants I could have around the house and came across NASA's Guide to the best air-filtering plants to have in your home...

The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum in Bethel is offering $20,000 for at 2.2 pounds of the meteor that came across the Maine sky on Tuesday morning. Now, scientists disagree on whether or not a piece of the meteor actually hit earth.

This Sunday morning, May 22, Mars, Earth and the sun will line up perfectly in the sky. This called Mars opposition because Mars and the sun will be on opposite sides of the Earth.

Today, Monday May 9 the planet Mercury will go directly in front of the sun. This is a rare ‘transit’ that happens only 13 times a century.

According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control) we are not getting enough sleep. Maine residents came in 20th on the list for not getting the proper amount of sleep each night.

U.S. Navy Captain and NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy was appointed chief of the Astronauts Office in July 2015. Cassidy is a graduate of York High School in Maine. He is also a member of the U.S. Navy Seals and won two bronze stars for combat leadership in Afghanistan.

There are 708, 300 jobs for physicians and surgeons in U.S., so future employment in those fields is promising. If you have child with aspirations of becoming a doctor, there are plenty of openings. But their first name may help.

British scientists have come with what is believed to be the first IQ test for dogs. They have devised a series of obstacles to find the intelligence in border collies.

For the next month, January 20 through February 20, we will be treated to a rare spectacle in the sky. The five planets closest to Earth, will align in the sky.

Those little tiny ‘microbeads' that are used for cleansing your face or body have been outlawed. The tiny plastic beads are found in hundreds of products from face and body washes to toothpaste.

First an asteroid passed by Earth during Halloween and now on Christmas Eve another asteroid will pass by Earth.

Here's a tie-in to Star Wars that is, to say the least, unusual. In Australia, doctors claim that listening to the Star Wars soundtrack, leads to better colonoscopies.