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A Mississippi couple claims to have captured nighttime images of a UFO hovering just above the tree line of their wooded property. The mysterious bright lights look like headlights, but are too high off the ground and th...

Brittlebush is a common desert plant in the American Southwest. These medium-sized shrubs add a splash of yellow color to the dry, arid landscapes.

NASA says our furthest emissary has at last broken though into interstellar space - but Voyager's dispatches reveal that nothing is simple at the outer limits (full text available to subscribers)     

"Cosmos," hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, returns to Fox on Sunday with a new episode exploring cameras, the scientific method, and the composition of the universe. "Hiding in the Light" includes a look at the contributio...

At St. Paul's Cathedral in London, a section of the dome called the Whispering Gallery makes a whisper audible from the other side of the dome as a result of the way sound waves travel around the curved surface. Research...

Building on light-cloaking work, physicists took a small step toward the goal of shielding cities from earthquakes by deflecting incoming energy. David Biello reports   --

Building on light cloaking work, physicists took a small step toward the goal of shielding cities from earthquakes by deflecting incoming energy. David Biello reports.   --

A new model seeks to explain why Earth's plate tectonics is unique among the sun's rocky planets. It all comes down to tiny minerals in rocks.

Echoing Google's Project Loon, Facebook is now looking to connect those would-be users. Facebook will use drones, along with satellites and the emerging free-space optical communications protocol, to connect the unconnec...

Computers' EQ rises; lab-grown muscles get stronger; Texas goes big in wind power; and researchers create real-time video game interface of the human brain.

A few weeks ago, on March 21, the ice in the Arctic Ocean reached its maximum winter extent. According to new data released by the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center, the ice surrounding Earth's North Pole swelled to...

The mummified women, who lived 1,700 years ago, has a plaque on her abdomen that may have been intended to ritually heal her, say a team of researchers who examined the female body with CT scans.

A 1,700-year-old mummy discovered in ancient Egypt has a brain, no heart and plaques over her sternum and abdomen, say researchers.