Science

Jeffrey Brantingham has been working for years with Andrea Bertozzi to apply sophisticated math to urban crime patterns.

The U.N. addressed “e-waste” from electronic products, like old computers, which affects developing nations.

Airplanes are an incredible engineering accomplishment, but producing tremendous airborne structures is only part of the design challenge.

An unusual family of minerals could be used in the computer chips to hold more data and encrypt ...

Most would think that at a higher altitude, athletes would perform worse due to lack of oxygen.

Scientists at the European Southern Observatory have revealed the most primitive stars outside of the Milky Way.

Now chocolate lovers have an extra excuse to enjoy their favorite treat.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but why? New research explores the science behind the classic ...

NASA has published the most detailed images of the planet Pluto ever, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Turfgrass lawns are not environmentally friendly, according to recent research.

The United States space shuttle Endeavor on Wednesday docked at the International Space Station.

Space Shuttle Endeavor was NASA's final shuttle night launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Our judgments are not trustworthy. We misjudge objects' proximity to us because of our wish to possess them.

Hubble images show that star creation has stopped in a small galaxy 12 million light-years from Earth.

With an additional $6 billion in its budget over the next five years, NASA has several ambitious projects ...

Researchers have rediscovered the large-billed reed warbler (Acrocephalus orinus), which has only been sighted on three occasions, in ...

Humans learn to be social animals at a very young age, recent research suggests.

Nanotechnology can be used to reduce your carbon footprint and save money on your energy bills.

A U.N. claim that the Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035 as a result of global warming has ...

Earthquakes are sudden, they happen with no warning, and the devastation can be catastrophic.

A fungus-gardening ant is the only ant species known to have females reproducing without males entirely.

The "golden ratio' can be found in many aspects of our life, including biology, architecture, and the arts.

Scientists from Israel's Haifa University at Oranim have discovered a new species of spider in the Sands of ...

Scientists have found that ancient Egyptian eye makeup contained medicinal compounds.

Water can cause sunburn, researchers led by Dr. Gábor Horváth of Hungary's Eötvös University found.

Scientists find fog on Titan, Saturn's largest moon.

Japanese researchers have created goldfish whose brain and beating hearts can be seen through translucent scale and skin.