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MERS, Ebola, and COVID-19—the viruses that cause these diseases likely have the same patient zero: bats. For researcher Daniel Streicker, the key to preventing an outbreak is the bats themselves.

A century after the 1918 flu, we see similar patterns in the ways we've responded to COVID-19. Laura Spinney reflects on the Spanish flu and how societies learn to move forward after pandemics.

Composers Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson Lopez try to spot fake holiday album titles in this speed round. Hold onto your novelty elf hats because William Shatner's Shatner Claus... is real!

This season has taken viewers all over the galaxy, from the desert dunes of Tatooine to a military base deep under a volcanic plain.

Big media companies like Disney and Warner Brothers are set to disrupt the streaming world even more next year.

Amazon deforestation is up 10% this year, a 12-year high according to Brazilian satellite imagery.

Mayor Greg Fischer and other Democrats are still fighting over federal assistance to states and cities whose bottom line has been hurt.

The CDC says shipments of Pfizer-BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine to Washington state will be cut by 40% next week. Officials in other states were also alerted to cuts in their vaccine shipments this week.

British researchers have discovered 156 new plants and fungi in 2020, including the brown, fleshy and slightly menacing looking flower.

A labor board hearing is expected to hash out how and when a vote might take place to potentially form the first U.S. union at one of America's largest employers.