Science

President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) Oct. 13 to formally establish an interagency council for the One Trillion Trees Initiative. The World Economic Forum's ambitious plan aims to ...

STOCKHOLM—Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for developing a way of editing genes likened to ...

STOCKHOLM—Three scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes, the ...

STOCKHOLM—Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and British-born scientist Michael Houghton jointly won the Nobel Prize ...

So far, the year 2020 has been unusual to say the least. That 2020 will welcome 13 full ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A network of salty ponds may be gurgling beneath Mars’ South Pole alongside a large underground ...

TORONTO—A shadowy group of cyber criminals that attacked a prominent nursing organization and Canadian Tire store has successfully ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the breathtaking spectacle of "veil-like" ribbons ripping through space at incredible speeds—the ...

At first, it looks like nothing more than a dry crumpled leaf, but on closer inspection, the unmistakable ...

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has urged the Department of Justice to investigate potential Chinese and Russian efforts to ...

Humanity will for the first time have the chance to find out if we can deflect an asteroid, ...

The British government pledged a million pounds ($1.3 million) on Wednesday to tackle dangerous “space junk,” which could ...

The perfectly preserved remains of an Ice Age cave bear have been discovered in the Russian Arctic—the first ...

WASHINGTON—Scientists said on Monday they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine ...

President Donald Trump signed an order to extend a ban on offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Bulked-up, mutant “mighty mice” held onto their muscle during a monthlong stay at the International Space ...

It's been 14 years since the world lost Steve Irwin, and his loved ones are remembering his life ...

Researchers have conducted a successful maiden flight of the "Flying-V," a futuristic and fuel-efficient airplane that could one ...

American birdwatchers may know the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) as a decent-looking bird at best, with its glossy ...

A Japanese company has announced the successful test drive of a flying car. Sky Drive Inc. conducted the ...

An orange-yellow orchid that has eluded botanists for almost two decades has been rediscovered in the state of ...

WASHINGTON—A nuclear energy venture founded by Bill Gates said Thursday it hopes to build small advanced nuclear power ...

TOKYO — Archaeologists have dug up the remains of more than 1,500 people, many of them believed to ...

To everyone trying to beat the summer heat by taking cool dips in your local outdoor creek, beware: ...

The very first male “murder hornet” found in America was captured late July near Custer, Washington—the same place ...

The Trump administration approved an oil and gas leasing program within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), a 1.56-million-acre swath ...

JOHANNESBURG—The grounded Japanese ship that leaked tons of oil near protected areas off the Indian Ocean island nation ...