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Street by street, tracking methane leaks.

The beauty of the Milky Way, the sadness of the blue whales and even our need for speed are just a few of the stunning Science images we found this week.

While Internet trolls and members of Congress wage war over edits on Wikipedia, Swedish university administrator Sverker Johansson has spent the last seven years becoming the most prolific author…by a long shot. In fac...

When commercial whaling was banned in 1986 it put an end to a harvest that threatened the existence of some of the most majestic animals on Earth.

Animals have evolved to occupy almost all corners of the Earth. To survive, no matter the weather outside, they all need temperature-sensitive bodily reactions to work.

You may have never heard of ractopamine, but it's common in American pork.

Feed the birds -- but not bread, crackers and junk food.

After a concussion, kids may need substantial time to heal before returning to school.

Despite film portrayal, bonobos tend to be peacekeepers, even after experimentation.

The most deadly Ebola outbreak in history threatens to expand again this week after the largely isolated virus made its way to the capital of Sierra Leone and Africa's most populous city, Lagos, Nigeria.

Only a small fraction of the smartphone health apps that are out there have been reviewed by FDA.

Although most natural and synthetic processes prefer to settle into equilibrium -- a state of unchanging balance without potential or energy -- it is within the realm of non-equilibrium conditions where new possibilities...

Within a Mars-like laboratory environment, perchlorate salts known to exist on Mars were able to lower the freezing point enough to get ice to turn to liquid water. Clara Moskowitz... --