Since the close of World War II, more than 115 people have died from encounters with unexploded ordnance in the North Sea—but ...

It’s the first time in recorded history that the planet was above a hoped-for limit to warming for an entire year.

Houston officials claim the move will free up officers, and they blame part of the problem on drug-addicted rats.

Simple words like "the" and "of" are everywhere, but don't follow regular phonics patterns. How should teachers approach them?

The world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope can be made in a few hours and for a fraction of the cost of traditional ones.

A team of 16 scientists and support staffers spent four summers drilling through Antarctic ice until they finally reached bedrock. To accomplish their goal, they endured average temperatures of -25.6 ...

The brain's waste-removal process is "like turning on the dishwasher," a neurologist says, but common sleep medications may ...

The Bird's Foot Delta, a crucial ecological and economic hub, faces an uncertain future amid rising seas and dwindling sediment.

A newfound "chicken-size" dinosaur, recently unearthed in Wyoming, changes what paleontologists thought they knew about how ...

G3 (ATLAS) should be visible from the southern hemisphere, and possibly also the northern hemisphere, over the next few days ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...