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Methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is dangerous to humans, is spewing from an underground storage facility in Southern California.

From $1 microscopes to shape-shifting robots, we covered some pretty awesome engineering stories in 2015. Here's a look back at them.

Do people who use legal marijuana drink less or more alcohol? The answer, it turns out, is complicated, a new study finds.

As we near the end of 2015, here are my top 10 picks for 2015 technology breakthroughs. These genius inventions are sending us careening into a world of abundance, bold visionaries and...

This year, paleontologists made headlines with news of incredible dinosaur findings the world over, and they expect 2016 will hold just as many surprises, scientists told Live Science.

December has been crazy warm across the East, leading to 10,000 daily heat records compared to 500 cold ones.

In 2015, it was a good year to be a robot. But next year might be even better.

If you want to stick to your New Year's resolutions, psychologists find that questioning your behavior, not stating your intentions, will help you out.

Though archaeology digs into humans' past, Live Science looks at what historical mysteries and bones may be revealed in 2016. From pyramids in Sudan to revelations about the Gospel of Jesus's Wife, here are six discoveri...

A GOOD way to start an argument at a dinner party is to assert that religion divides people and inspires them to evil. There is plenty to support this contention: anti-Muslim pogroms by Hindus in India; the bombings and ...

Learn about 2015's Physics Nobel Prize winner!

A world scientific body says Japanese scientists have met the criteria for naming a new element, the synthetic highly radioactive element 113.

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Researchers have developed a way to create ceramics using 3-D printing that results in a strong material with little tendency to crack that can be fabricated into com...