Santa Watch! How to Track Saint Nick This Christmas
There are many ways to keep tabs on the big guy in red.
There are many ways to keep tabs on the big guy in red.
The imperial goatee on King Tutankhamun's golden burial mask is back in business after scientists reattached it with beeswax, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities.
It's time for teens to stop tanning.
Arctic scientist Stephanie Pfirman helped to develop a game to teach kids about our changing planet. She explains how it's played.
When pandas get to pick a partner they want to mate with, they're more likely to make panda babies.
Several new genes linked to an exceptionally long life have been discovered, according to a new study that examined the genomes of people living into their 100s, known as centenarians.
Scientists trying to determine where the missing heat from the Earth comes from have turned to an unlikely source: a microwave oven.
In this video, Giant Pandas interact with each other through a barrier prior to "breeding introductions." The study at the Bifengxia Chinese Conservation and Research Center in Sichuan, China studied mating behaviors by introducing individuals...
Cellphone batteries: Few things in the tech world are as derided as these small, but oh-so-necessary, components.
Global warming may be exacerbated by an unintentional source: anti-air pollution laws that are making the skies clearer, new research suggests.
The ancient, four-flippered plesiosaur didn't swim like a fish, whale or even an otter — but instead like a penguin, a new study finds.
Thousands of swimming motions were simulated to try to resolve the almost 200-year-old question. It was concluded that the front limbs provided a bulk of the propulsion.
You can thank a complex interplay of environmental factors for the stunning array of rainbows that appear in the sky, new research suggests.
A few skeletons unearthed in a 400-year-old Polish cemetery have been discovered with sickles placed around their necks. Archaeologists believe this strange burial practice is evidence of a belief in magic and a fear of demons.
In the Drawsko cemetery in Poland, archaeologists have discovered five skeletons with sickles placed at the throat or hips. This burial practice may have been meant to protect the dead from demons.
Fat gets a bad rap, but including it in your diet is important for good health.
Electric charge is a fundamental property of matter and the foundation for electricity.
November 2015 was the warmest November on record, and the seventh month in a row to average global temperatures that broke records set during previous years.
Nutrients found in cocoa may improve the heart health, a new study of patients with advanced kidney disease finds.
Could treating camels help humans?
A cosmic lightsaber, trillions of miles long, slices through the dark clouds of dust and gas that surround it in a new image captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Robots are already in space and benefiting humans, NASA says, even though (so far) we don't have trusty R2-D2s by our side bleeping comments and questions.
For the first time, researchers find that a compound in some red wines and olive oils can interfere with gut microbes in ways that could potentially help to prevent heart disease in humans.