Wreck-hunters have discovered the remains of a small 17th-century pirate ship, known as a Barbary corsair, in deep water ...

New research shows that an injectable goo can repair cartilage damage in animals' joints within six months. Scientists are ...

"We give a definitive answer that meteorite impact vaporization is the dominant process that creates the lunar atmosphere." ...

The statue was created by the Indus Valley Civilization, a Bronze Age culture that once inhabited what is now Pakistan.

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Up to 75 'shooting stars' per hour may be visible as the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks on Sunday and Monday (Aug. 11 and ...

"Sailors believed they grew underwater at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, and it was thought that male trees uprooted ...

These scientists may be lesser known than Einstein and Newton, but they made giant contributions to science, including ...

Scientists found that two brain-made chemicals, including oxytocin, may play a role in increasing blood pressure after ...

Animals have been sexually reproducing since they evolved, so the first animals to have sex were the first animals to exist.

A Hawaii telescope just captured a sun-like star's glowing remains after it collapsed in a supernova explosion. The resulting ...

Weather experts talk about why the film "Twister" is often such a favorite among tornado researchers and what they think of its new stand-alone sequel, "Twisters" ...