A SpaceX Falcon rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday (May 1) to boost a classified spy satellite into orbit for the U.S. military, then turned around and touched down at a nearby landing pad.
The discovery of ice age mammal bones — one belonging to an extinct camel and the other to either a mastodon or a mammoth (it's hard to say which) — temporarily stopped construction of Los Angeles' subway line extension last month.
Female dragonflies say no to sex by faking their deaths, new research has found.
The Romani ethnic group, often called Gypsies, have unique customs, spiritual beliefs and cultural traditions.
The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) isn't saying much about its new spy satellite, now scheduled to blast off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday (May 1), but it will be heading into low-Earth orbit, SpaceX's launch license shows.
The 19th-century sunken ship could offer more clues about the fate of the Franklin Expedition, which set off in search of a Northwest Passage 170 years ago.
A blue monster, a winged horse and a nude deity known are just a few examples of fantastic images that archaeologists discovered in a 1,400-year-old tomb in China.
Murals showing fantastical scenes were found in a 1,400-year-old tomb in China, say archaeologists. Here's a look at images of the mural scenes.
Actor Val Kilmer recently revealed that he had cancer that left him with a "swollen" tongue, but exactly what type of cancer could have caused this symptom?
Move over, spork: McDonald's has a new hybrid utensil, and this one combines a fork and fries.
They'll call him "Taj." The baby giraffe born on April 15 at Animal Adventure Park (AAP) in Harpursville, New York, finally has a name: Tajiri, or "hope" in Swahili.
Actress Shannen Doherty announced in an Instagram post on Saturday (April 29) that her breast cancer is in remission.
The climate change page on the Environmental Protection Agency's website — a government site that presents the science explaining the changing climate, as well as ways to address it — is now void of data.
Research into super-thin materials holds promise for advanced quantum computing technologies.
Fidget spinners are delighting kids and driving teachers up the wall.
Despite proposals by President Trump to drastically slash science budgets, the fiscal year 2017 budget provides funding at roughly the same levels as the prior year.
Fasting diets are trendy these days, but they may be no better for weight loss than traditional diets, according to a new study.
Taking certain types of antibiotics during early pregnancy may be linked with an increased risk of miscarriage, a new study suggests.
If you've ever wanted to peek behind the scenes at the day-to-day activities in a genetics laboratory — there's a YouTube channel for that.
