Science News

As the debate continues over whether rising global temperatures and wacky weather are man-made or simply natural fluxes in Earth's climate, one climatologist says the answer unequivocally points human involvement. Most n...

The complexity of biology can befuddle even the most sophisticated light microscopes. Biological samples bend light in unpredictable ways, returning difficult-to-interpret information to the microscope and distorting the...

As part of its next cargo delivery run, commercial spaceflight's darling will try out rocket legs that may help lower spacecraft costs by a factor of 100

A total lunar eclipse is happening on April 15 and there has been plenty of speculation about the "blood moon" and the beginning of a lunar tetrad. Whether or not you believe in prophecies, the total lunar eclipse will b...

Update 4:10 p.m. EDT: SpaceX announced the reason for the launch delay was due to a helium leak on the Falcon 9 rocket. Update 3:50 p.m. EDT: NASA announced it is has delayed Monday's SpaceX launch. The International Spa...

For humans, touch is a sense most often associated with the fingers. But man's best friend, the dog, touches the world a different way -- with his face.

Before the Predator attached the name "drone" to an anti-terror war machine, many militaries flew unmanned planes as targets, so that pilots and anti-aircraft gunners could practice shooting moving objects. Target drones...

Dolphins sleep with one eye open, and with half their brain wide awake, researchers have found.

Why married couples should make sure to eat before they discuss potentially heated topics.

Regina Dugan, Former Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Gave a TED Talk in 2012 Think of it as a study of the natural behaviors of the troll. A team of information science researchers recently ana...

Syria needs to get its remaining chemical weapons out of the country by the end of April to have any hope of meeting the June destruction deadline

Found in the bark of the cinchona tree, quinine is a compound with many medicinal applications, including fever-reducing, painkilling and anti-inflammatory properties. It was also the first treatment for malaria.

Late on April 1, the crown jewel of the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility ("Jefferson Lab") sparkled its way into a new era. Following an upgrade of the Continuous Electron Beam Accele...

At sports venues designed to maximize crowd atmosphere, beware of hearing loss.

The bacteria that cause the sometimes deadly "flesh-eating" infections evolved from bacteria that cause only minor illness in just a few steps, new research shows.

A popular televangelist from San Antonio named John Hagee has stated that the four lunar eclipses scheduled to begin this month -- also known as "blood moons" -- are a sign that biblical prophecies are about to come true...

Pollution from China's coal-burning power plants is pumping up winter storms over the northwest Pacific Ocean and changing North America's weather, a new study finds.

The worldwide ban on ozone-depleting chemicals stopped Arctic ozone from disappearing and forming an "ozone hole" similar in size to Antarctica's, a new study finds.

What looked like a classic conservation success story nearly ended in disaster. The Chatham Island black robin reveals the hidden perils of intervention (full text available to subscribers)

In 2012, scientists at the world's largest atom smasher came across evidence of what they believe is the Higgs boson, a long-sought particle that gives other matter the property of mass. Here are four bizarre facts about...

Rare night-shining clouds that glow across the edge of space tend to appear near Earth's poles. But since the turn of the century, these silvery clouds have become more frequent sights over lower latitudes, new research ...

In a new image taken by astronauts on the International Space Station, the Grand Canyon stretches across the Colorado Plateau. Entrance to the National Park is free this weekend, April 19 and 20, 2014.