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Giant wind turbines appear as white specks across the Thames Estuary in the United Kingdom, in this satellite photo of the London Array, the world's largest offshore wind farm.

The annual analysis of global surface temperatures by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, indicates 2013 was the fourth warmest year since 1880. NASA's analysis has it slightly lower, coming in as ...

Ever since 2013's "Blizzard Nemo," it seems all big U.S. snowstorms get a name, and this one is no exception. Get ready for Winter Storm Janus, which has caused thousands of flights to be canceled in its wake. Needless t...

A test that looks for specific genetic material in the blood may have the potential to identify pancreatic cancer in its early stages, according to preliminary research from Denmark.

A new experiment that, for the first time, creates a beam of antihydrogen atoms, could help scientists understand why antimatter is so scarce is the universe.

The debate over whether alcohol or marijuana is worse for health has been reignited by comments President Barack Obama made in a recent interview. Here's a look at what science has to say.

It's official: 2013 was one of the hottest on record, tying 2003 as the world's fourth warmest year since record keeping began in 1880, a new analysis shows.

Cases of H7N9 bird flu have spiked in recent weeks with the arrival of flu season.

How much of an impact does beef really have on health and the environment?

For a firefighter, knowing when it's time to evacuate can be the difference between life and death.

Since 1950, average temperatures have increased 1.1°F to an average of 58.3° in 2013. Increase in greenhouse gas levels continue to drive the temperature increase.

We're closer than ever to the kind of see-through projection screens that are a staple in science-fiction portrayals of the future. Transparent screens could be the key to a lot of "augmented reality" applications, from ...

The strange phenomenon known as ball lightning that has been reported for centuries was caught, by chance, on high-speed video by researchers studying conventional lightning, providing insight into the weird, glowing orb...

The European Space Agency and the European Southern Observatory launched a program to track potentially threatening near-Earth objects, NEOs. As part of the Space Situational Awareness program, asteroid 2009 FD was obser...

For better or worse, polar vortex now seems to be shorthand for any bitterly cold winter air blasting into the United States from the Arctic. But this atmospheric weather pattern is really just winter as usual.

Both candy and water taste sweeter when people think about love. But fortunately, jealousy doesn't make things taste more bitter, a finding that shows the limitations of metaphor.

An ancient cold event known as the Younger Dryas is linked to the disappearance of forests in Europe because of drier conditions in the region that occurred relatively quickly after the onset of cold.

Scientists hope that in just a few months they may get a confirmation of whether accelerated expansion of the universe did indeed take place in the first fleeting moments after the Big Bang.

Renewable biofuels are sometimes criticized for effecting food prices when they use food crops, which is why a research program in France is aiming to turn straw and other agricultural waste into jet fuel.

When scientists using a giant, icy detector in Antarctica announced in November they had found evidence of neutrino particles from outer space, scientists hailed the discovery as the beginning of a new era in neutrino as...

The glittering specks in this cool space wallpaper, resembling a distant flock of flying birds, are the stars that make up the dwarf galaxy ESO 540-31.

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