Drone's-Eye View: Flying Vehicles Could Monitor Ice in Remote Regions

Drones face a new set of challenges as scientists deploy the remote flying vehicles to create maps of sea ice in some of the most remote locations on Earth.

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Mind-Reading Computer Instantly Decodes People's Thoughts

A new computer program can decode what people are looking at almost as soon as they see the object, new research shows.

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Watch a Brain Get Its Signature Folds | Video

Researchers using a brain model have recreated the processes that cause the initially smooth brain to get its characteristic folds and wrinkly appearance. The rapid expansion of the brain’s cortex causes it to swell, then crinkle.

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Nice Guys Win: Women Choose Altruism Over Looks

Forget the expression "nice guys finish last." A new study finds that men who are concerned for the well-being of others in place of themselves may have a better shot with women compared to men who are just good-looking.

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Zika Prevention: Can Pregnant Women Safely Use Mosquito Repellants?

Pregnant women are bombarded with advice about avoiding chemicals. Should they use mosquito repellants?

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Autism Risk Linked to Obesity, Diabetes Combination in Moms

Children born to women with obesity and diabetes may have an increased risk of autism, a new study suggests.

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Fungi Survive Mars-Like Conditions On Space Station

Two species of tiny fungi from Antarctica survived an 18-month exposure to Mars-like conditions aboard the International Space Station, according to the study, which was published last month in the journal Astrobiology.

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Ancient Humans Ate Cantaloupe-Size Eggs from 500-Pound Birds

The burnt eggshell fragments of an ancient giant bird have helped scientists solve a 50,000-year-old whodunit in Australia.

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F-35 Fighter Jet Likely Caused Sonic Booms That Rocked New Jersey

The sonic booms that rattled residents of New Jersey up to Long Island, New York, yesterday may have been the result of flight testing of fighter jets at the Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, Maryland.

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Want to Make a Volcano Explode? Just Add Heat

Love it when things go ka-blooey? Be sure you add a lot of heat.

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Smartphone Trick Could Change Your Sedentary Lifestyle

Using reminders on your smartphone could prompt you to get moving.

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Mysterious Sonic Boom Reported Over New Jersey

The boom was followed by nine others along the Eastern Seaboard from New Jersey to Long Island, New York. The cause of the booms remains elusive, with NASA, a Naval airbase and the Federal Aviation Authority saying they aren't responsible.

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Zika Virus FAQs: Top Questions Answered

As the mosquito-borne Zika virus continues to infect people in a relentless wave, there is a worldwide rush to learn more about the disease.

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There's Science Behind that 'Jaws' Sighting (Op-Ed)

It was, by any measure, a giant and should be cause for celebration.

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Marriage Contract Signed by Napoleon Could Sell for $20,000

A marriage contract signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and his first wife, Josephine, will be available for auction — just in time for Valentine's Day.

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Great Wall of White: Epic Snowfall Visible from Space

A massive winter storm that slammed the U.S. East Coast last weekend dumped so much white stuff on the ground that the extensive snow cover was clearly visible from space.

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Can 3D Scans Save Cultural Sites From War?

In March 2001, the Taliban blew up the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan, two of the tallest Buddha sculptures in the world. This forever changed the landscape of cultural preservation, archaeology and global heritage.

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Babylonians Tracked Jupiter with Fancy Math, Tablet Reveals

For a text that may rewrite the history of mathematics, it looks rather sloppy. A small brown clay tablet that's scrawled with hasty cuneiform characters proves the ancient Babylonians used a complex geometrical model to calculate Jupiter's path.

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Limited Zika Virus Outbreaks 'Likely' in US

It's likely that the United States will face small outbreaks of Zika virus, but widespread transmission of the virus here is not expected, health officials said today.

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Octopuses Are Surprisingly Social — and Confrontational, Scientists Find

A new study reveals that octopuses frequently communicate with each other in challenging displays that include posturing and changing color.

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Challenger Disaster 30 Years Ago Shocked the World, Changed NASA

Thirty years ago today, NASA suffered a spaceflight tragedy that stunned the world and changed the agency forever. NASA astronauts had died on the job before, but the Challenger disaster was something different altogether.

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Octopus Argue Through Body Patterns And Postures | Video

Long thought to be solitary predators, octopuses actually have social lives, ‘debating’ with each other by "standing very tall, raising the body mantle high above the eyes, and turning very dark," according to David Scheel.

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Zika Virus - What You Need To Know | Video

The World Health Organization explains symptoms, treatments and how to prevent the mosquito-transmitted virus from affecting you. The virus has been alarmingly spreading across the Americas.

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Wildfires Are Burning Some of the World’s Oldest Trees

Tasmania's rainforest is burning up in the wake of its most severe two-year drought on record.

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Decapitated Gladiators Reveal Roman Empire's Genetic Influence

The headless skeletons of young males discovered in York, England, likely belonged to gladiators. In addition to the violent injuries, the men experienced infections and stress as children, a DNA analysis suggests.

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Photos: Headless Roman Gladiator Skeletons Identified

The headless skeletons of men who were likely gladiators in life were found in a cemetery in York. Analyses of the bones has revealed much about the lives of these young men. Here's a look at the decapitated bodies and excavation.

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Autism App? iPhone Tool Could One Day Spot the Disorder

An app that can study people's facial expressions and emotional responses could one day be helpful in detecting autism signs in children, new research found.

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Zika Virus: Symptoms, Risk, Treatment & Prevention

The Zika virus is spread by bites of infected mosquitoes. It can be particularly dangerous to fetuses and newborns.

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What Is Faraday’s Law of Induction?

Faraday’s Law of Induction describes how an electric current produces a magnetic field and, conversely, how a changing magnetic field generates an electric current in a conductor.

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Ice-Age Mammoth Bones Found Under Oregon Football Field

Oregon State University might want to consider changing its mascot after a monumental find yesterday: The discovery of bones belonging to an ice-age mammoth within throwing distance of its football field.

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3-Stage Model Could Help Explain and Treat Addiction

Scientists are investigating how addiction affects the brain.

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Important First-Aid Move: What to Do If a Child Loses Consciousness

Do you know what to do if a child passes out?

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Statues of Greek Gods Unearthed in Crete

The sculptures date to the first or second century AD and stand at around 21 inches in height.

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Tombs of Ancient Rabbis Possibly Discovered in Galilee

Archaeologists surveying an ancient cemetery in Israel say they have discovered 1,700-year-old inscriptions in stone that may mark the burial place of elite rabbis.

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Stroke Under 45? Don’t Avoid Finding Out! | Video

A staggering 73% of young adults surveyed said they would put off going to the hospital, but would wait to see if they felt better.

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Bad Rap: Why B.o.B Is Wrong About a Flat Earth

A throwdown between a rapper and an astrophysicist centers on whether the Earth is a sphere, a scientific question that was supposedly settled in the third century B.C. Here's how we know it's a sphere.

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'Schizophrenia Gene' Discovery Sheds Light on Possible Cause

Researchers have identified a gene that increases the risk of schizophrenia, and they say they have a plausible theory as to how this gene may cause the devastating mental illness.

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Wearable Sweat Sensors Could Track Your Health

In the future, there may be a less invasive way than blood tests to obtain valuable information about a person's health: wearable sensors that use human sweat to look for signs of disease.

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Sweat Sensors Can Sniff Your Health | Video

UC Berkeley engineers are building small, portable, wearable devices that can monitor levels of sodium, potassium, lactate and glucose within sweat on a user's skin.

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Artificial Intelligence Beats 'Most Complex Game Devised by Humans'

An artificial intelligence system has used "deep learning" to defeat a professional Go player, solving one of the landmark challenges in AI.

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The Real 'X-Files'? CIA Reveals Weirdest UFO Stories

The CIA recently released some of its older documents on unidentified flying objects.

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Young Women's Cancer Risk Linked to Tanning Beds

Young women who use tanning beds or booths have up to a sixfold increase in their likelihood of developing melanoma, a new study found.

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How to Tell If Conspiracy Theories Are Real: Here's the Math

A physicist uses math to take on some of the biggest scientific conspiracy theories, including the myth that the moon landing was faked and that human-caused climate change is not real. If these conspiracies were real they would've been uncovered by now.

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As Zika Virus Rises, Vaccine Development Gets Attention

What are scientists planning to use to fight the Zika virus?

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Some Antibiotics May Change Gut Bacteria in Kids

Antibiotics called macrolides may change children's gut bacteria, a new study finds.

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Doomsday Clock Stuck At 3 Minutes to Midnight

The global "Doomsday Clock," which shows how close humans are to global catastrophe, is set to 3 minutes to midnight

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Moderate Drinkers Less Depressed Than Teetotalers, Poll Finds

Is alcohol a mood booster?

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1-in-a-Million Odds Link Global Warming and Record Heat

Mother Nature can't take the blame for the recent string of record-breaking heat waves, a new study finds.

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Mom Genes: This Cockroach Species' Live Births Are in Its DNA

The beetle mimic cockroach gives live birth, and one researcher from the University of Cincinnati figured out what was happening on the genetic level.

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All US Adults Should Be Screened for Depression, Panel Recommends

Should you be screened for depression? Here's new advice.

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Don't Blame 'Planet Nine' for Earth's Mass Extinctions

The newly proposed "Planet Nine" probably could not have triggered the comet impacts that some researchers think may be responsible for many of Earth's mass extinction events over the eons, astronomers say.

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11 Body Parts Grown in the Lab

Re-growing lost organs or body parts is beyond the scope of human biology. But in recent years, scientists have successfully cultivated a range of miniature organs and human body parts in laboratories.

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Explorer's Death Highlights Dangers of Antarctica

Despite the advent of new communications and support technology, going it alone in Antarctica is still an incredibly dangerous risk, one expert says.

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New Foldable Battery Takes Cue from Chinese Calligraphy

Scientists in China have developed a flexible, rollable, foldable battery inspired by traditional Chinese calligraphy involving ink on paper.

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Burning Love: Cold-Blooded Lizards Heat Up to Mate

Tegu lizards burn hotter than the average lizard when it's time to create the next generation.

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Gopher Snake Facts

Gopher snakes are nonvenomous serpents that are often mistaken for rattlesnakes.

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Omnivores: Facts About Flexible Eaters

Omnivores are the most flexible eaters of the animal kingdom; they eat both plants and meat.

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Shapeshifting '4D-Printed' Structures Mimic Plant Movement | Video

These structures can imitate the way in which orchids, calla lilies and other plants bend and twist. This technology could one day help scientists heal wounds or be used in developing robotic surgical tools.

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Animal 'Selfies' Reveal Amazing Biodiversity in Tropical Forests

A network of motion-activated cameras monitored by conservationists is capturing millions of photos of unsuspecting wildlife, helping scientists to glimpse the big picture of worldwide biodiversity in protected areas.

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Photos: Hidden Cameras Find Diverse Animals in Tropical Forests

Camera trap images represent birds and ground-dwelling mammals living in highly diverse ecosystems in protected areas.

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'4D-Printed' Objects Change Shape After They're Made

By mimicking the way orchids, calla lilies and other plants bend and twist, scientists have created shape-shifting "4D-printed" structures that they say could one day help heal wounds and be used in robotic surgical tools.

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'Behemoth' Daddy Longlegs Discovered in Oregon

A new species of daddy longlegs has been unearthed lurking on the forest floor in the mountains of Oregon, and it’s a relative beast compared to its close cousins.

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Five Causes Account for Nearly Half of Children, Teens' Deaths

These are the most common causes of death for children and teens around the world.

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Camera Traps Find Wildlife Faring Well In Protected Forests | Video

Researchers monitored the populations of 244 species in 15 forests in several counties. The study found that some species were actually increasing in population. Over 2 million images were taken, some shown here of the various species.

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Blizzard at the Zoo: Giant Panda Plays in the Snow (Video)

Tian Tian, the Smithsonian National Zoo's male giant panda, seemed delighted with the blizzard over the weekend, rolling around in the snow with giddy abandon.

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What Are the Odds? Temperature Records Keep Falling (Op-Ed)

The odds of year-on-year record warming is 1 in 1,500 — can this really just be chance?

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Deadly Math: Venus Flytraps Calculate When Killing Prey

A new study found that Venus flytraps track the touches of their prey, holding back after first contact to make sure that there's definitely something tasty to nab.

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Can Your BMI Predict How Long You'll Live?

Many people would face the lowest risk of dying if their BMI was 26 -- which is considered overweight, new research suggests.

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Color-Morphing Clams Could Inspire New Smartphone & TV Screens

Iridescent cells in the flesh of giant clams could one day help scientists design more efficient solar panels, and television and smartphone screens that are easier on the eyes, researchers say.

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Carnivore: Facts About Meat Eaters

A carnivore is an animal or plant that eats the flesh of animals.

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Winter Storm Views from Space: See the Latest Satellite Images

NASA and NOAA have their satellite eyes on the powerful winter storm bearing down on the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. East Coast this weekend, with the latest views showing the storm's growth and progress through the afternoon.

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Star Cluster Sparkles Like Jewels in Hubble Telescope View (Photo, Video)

The new Hubble image depicts the star cluster Trumpler 14, a collection of about 2,000 young stars that lies 8,000 light-years from Earth, near the center of the Carina Nebula.

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Bad Omen: How Full Moon Could Worsen Looming Storm Jonas

Can a full moon make a winter storm even worse? Yes, scientists say. Here's how.

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Medical Marijuana May Reduce Frequency of Migraines

Migraine sufferers might benefit from using medical marijuana -- a new study shows the drug might lead to fewer of the painful headaches, a new study suggests.

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Winter Storm Photos: Watch Jonas Wallop the Eastern US

Eyes on the ground and above are capturing the immense size and intensity of the winter storm that is currently walloping the Eastern U.S. Here's a look at those images.

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2/3 of Young Adults Would Make the Wrong Decision About Stroke Symptoms

Most people under age 45 would not go to the hospital if they were experiencing stroke symptoms.

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Migrating Storks Can't Resist a Garbage Dump Feast

Garbage dumps may be such attractive pit stops for some storks that they shorten their migration routes to pay a visit, a new study suggests.

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US Military Wants Smaller and More Stable Atomic Clocks

The U.S. military wants you … to design a better atomic clock.

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Sorry, E.T.: The Aliens May All Be Dead

It might be easy for life to evolve throughout the universe, but very hard for it to get any kind of a foothold, a new study suggests. This could be the answer to the famous Fermi Paradox, which in its simplest form asks, "Where is everybody?"

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How Holograms Could Aid Alien Life Hunt

Scientists have detected microbes in Greenland sea ice using a specially built digital holographic microscope, suggesting that the instrument could have similar success on icy moons in the outer solar system, if any of them harbor life.

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Venus Fly-Trap’s Countdown To Bug-Consumption Caught On Video

Venus Fly-Trap plants (Dionaea muscipula) have hairy fibers to sense insect motion. The more the hairs a bug touches, the higher the likelihood the plant will eat the bug.

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Spider Shows Off His Big Paddle to Woo Mates

A new spider species wiggles its enormous paddle appendage in order to woo mates, research reveals.

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Fossilized Eyeballs Reveal Crustacean Had Incredibly Complex Sight

A mysterious 160-million-year-old crustacean had incredibly complex eyes similar to those of modern arthropods, a new study finds.

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Walrus's Runny Nose Had Surprising Source (It Wasn't the Common Cold)

Veterinarians had to get creative to investigate the cause of a walrus's runny nose.

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Sick Siku: Photos of a Runny-Nosed Walrus

A runny-nosed female walrus at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom had veterinarians concerned that she was suffering from more than just a common cold. As it turned out, the 22-year-old walrus, named Siku, was suffering from a parasitic infection.

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Herbivores: Facts About Plant Eaters

An herbivore is an animal or insect that only eats vegetation, such as grasses, fruits, leaves, vegetables, roots and bulbs.

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What's Cookin'? Earth, Basically. But It's Not El Niño's Fault

Global average temperatures in 2015 broke records, but a strong El Niño was only part of the story.

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Ticks That Can Carry Lyme Disease Are Spreading Across the US

Experts created the first national survey of Lyme-disease-carrying-tick distribution in decades, and found that the ticks are ranging farther north than before, and are now living in nearly 50 percent of all U.S. counties.

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What Is Prediabetes? New Quiz Reveals Your Risk

By taking a 1-minute quiz, you can find out if you're at risk for prediabetes. The quiz is part of a new public service campaign.

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Shocking! 'Electric Eel' Fibers Could Power Wearable Tech

A new fiber that mimics the electricity-producing cells in electric eels could be woven into clothing to power wearable devices.

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NASA Sees Massive Winter Storm Moving East

A satellite image shows a developing winter storm moving east toward the mid-Atlantic states.

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Hiding in Plain Sight: 24 New Beetle Species Discovered in Australia

Lying among beetle specimens in museum collections across Australia was a treasure trove of unidentified weevils. Most had been collected almost 30 years ago and remained unnamed until scientists started cataloging them and stumbled across 24 new species.

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Man Gets 20-Foot Tapeworm from Eating Raw Meat

The worm lurked in the man's intestines for two years.

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SnOMG! Developing Blizzard Seen From Space | Time-Lapse Video

A winter storm seems poised to wallop the East Coast of the United States during the weekend of Jan 22-24. NASA's Goes-East satellite has been monitoring its progress.

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Apple's 'Night Shift' Mode: How Smartphones Disrupt Sleep

Apple's forthcoming iOS update promises to incorporate a feature called Night Shift that could help people sleep better. But what is it about smartphones that can mess with our slumber?

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'Planet Nine' May Exist: New Evidence for Another World in Our Solar System

Scientists have found evidence of a true ninth planet in our solar system. Nicknamed "Planet Nine," the real-life Planet X appears to have the mass of 10 Earths and is 20 times farther from the sun than Neptune.

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Sexy Signal? Frill and Horns May Have Helped Dinosaur Communicate

The fancy frill and cheek horns that adorned the head of a triceratops relative may have helped the dinosaur communicate, possibly acting as a social or sexy signal, a new study suggests.

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Even Centenarians Are Living Longer

The oldest of the old are living even longer, a new report shows.

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Parents' Financial Debt Linked to Behavioral Problems in Their Kids

Kids whose parents have "unsecured debt" may have more behavior problems, a new study finds.

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Long-Term Opioid Use Linked to Depression

People who use opioid medicines for pain may face a higher risk of depression, a new study finds.

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Eating Healthy Fats May Reduce Deaths from Heart Disease

To prevent heart disease deaths, people may want to focus more on eating more unsaturated fat, rather than eating less saturated fat, a new study suggests.

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Watch Earth Get Hotter - 135 Years Of Temperature Changes Visualize

Worldwide temperature data from 1880 - 2015 has here been color-mapped and animated. 2015 – the warmest year for which scientists have data – beats 2014 (the previous record-holder) by .23 degrees Fahrenheit (0.13 Celsius).

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Mini T. Rex: 'Welsh Dragon' May Be Earliest Jurassic Dinosaur

Two brothers hunting for ichthyosaur fossils along the coast of the United Kingdom came across something far more astounding: The bones of what may be the earliest known dinosaur from the Jurassic period in the U.K., and possibly even the world.

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Planet X May Be Real - Evidence Mounting For 9th Planet | Video

A possible planet – larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune – orbiting the Sun once every 15,000 years, could explain the peculiar clumping of Kuiper Belt Objects in our solar system.

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Metal 'Snow' May Power Earth's Magnetic Field

The power source for Earth's magnetic field may be magnesium minerals trapped in the core since our planet's violent birth.

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10,000-Year-Old Battered Bones May Be Oldest Evidence of Human Warfare

The oldest known evidence of human warfare has been unearthed in Kenya, suggesting that warfare is an ancient part of the human repertoire.

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Photos: The Oldest Known Evidence of Warfare Unearthed

The oldest known evidence of human warfare has been unearthed in Kenya, suggesting warfare is an ancient part of the human repertoire.

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2015 Shatters Hottest Year Record, But 2016 Could Rival It

2015 blew away the competition for record heat, besting 2014 by widest margin on record.

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Antarctic Explorer Shackleton Hindered by Heart Defect, Docs Say

Famous antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton may have had a hole in his heart.

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New Seafloor Map Reveals Secrets of Ancient Continents' Shoving Match

Tectonic plates may have inched across the Earth’s surface to where they are now over billions of years. But they left behind traces of their movement under the sea in bumps and gashes that researchers can map.

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Racing Pigeons Fly Home Faster in Polluted Air, Scientists Find

China's frequently choking haze is providing an unexpected benefit to racing pigeons in one of the country's most polluted regions, helping the birds to navigate home faster.

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Melanoma May Be Deadlier in Pregnant Women

Women who develop the skin cancer melanoma during pregnancy may have more aggressive cases of the cancer, a new study suggests.

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Cardiac Arrest Deadlier in a High Rise, Study Says

People are more likely to survive cardiac arrest if they live below the third floor, a new study finds.

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A Garden Grows in Space: First Zinnias Bloom, to Astronaut's Delight

Zinnias have opened their petals for the first time on the International Space Station, and NASA astronaut Scott Kelly couldn't be prouder.

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Sorry, Spider-Man! You're Too Big to Scale That Wall

If the superhero Spider-Man were to climb walls like a true spider, he would need ridiculously enormous feet, a new study finds.

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Some Pregnant Women in US Should Be Tested for Zika Virus: CDC

Some pregnant women who traveled to areas where Zika virus is spreading should be tested for the disease, health officials announced today.

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Hundreds of Tiny Bugs Are Probably Hiding in Your Home

You are likely sharing your home with hundreds of unseen arthropods — tiny accidental "squatters" that aren't pests at all.

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Photos: 15 Insects and Spiders That May Share Your Home

A great variety of multi-legged creatures share our homes, and many of them aren't pests at all.

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Don't Blame Pot for Teens' IQ Drop, Study Says

Smoking pot doesn't make teens any dumber, a new study finds.

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'Water Jets' May Stem Tide of Student Obesity

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Baking-Soda Ingredient May Lower Risk of Premature Death

Older people who have lower levels of bicarbonate, a main ingredient in baking soda, in their blood may be at increased risk of premature death.

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Raging Fires in Australia Visible from Space

Creating smoky clouds easily visible from space, the bushfire in Yarloop, Australia was wild and deadly at the beginning of January.

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Low-Fiber Diet May Change Gut Microbes for Generations

Low-fiber diets may permanently reduce the diversity of microbes living in the human gut, new research suggests.

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Stephen Hawking Warns of Planetary Doom (Again)

In a recent lecture, Stephen Hawking once again warned that humanity could wipe itself out if it's not careful.

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Dissolving Implants Could Monitor the Brain One Day, Rat Study Shows

Tiny, wireless, electronic implants that melt away in the body could one day help doctors monitor the brain, new research in rats suggests.

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List of Murderers Revealed on Cathedral Wall

The inscription names 20 Medieval killers allegedly involved in the murder of Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky.

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Beyond Gaming: 10 Other Fascinating Uses for Virtual-Reality Tech

You can finally place an order for your very own Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. And it can be used for many applications besides gaming.

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Before Hatshepsut: Early Egyptian Queen Revealed in Hieroglyphs

Sprawling hieroglyphs dating back around 5,000 years have been discovered in Egypt's Sinai Desert. Carved into stone, the symbols reveal secrets of the early pharaohs, including a queen named Neith-Hotep who ruled Egypt.

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Photos: 5,000-Year-Old Hieroglyphs Discovered in Sinai Desert

Photos reveal sprawling drawings and hieroglyphics that were carved into stone in the Sinai Desert more than 5,000 years ago, possibly by mining expeditions sent out by early Egyptian pharaohs.

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Booze Buzz: Insect Guts Serve as Love Nests for Brewer's Yeast

The yeast that brews up wine, beer and bread has sex in wasp intestines, say researchers who found the microbes hybridizing inside the insects' guts. The finding could one day help unearth new industrially important strains of yeast, scientists added.

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Why Does the Sound of Water Help You Sleep?

The crash of ocean waves and the pitter-patter of rain on shingles — these sounds may lull a person to sleep. Part of the reason for agua's dreamy effects lies in how the brain interprets noises as either threats or non-threats.

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Rare Case of Scurvy Seen in Infant Fed Almond Milk

In a rare case, an 11-month-old baby in Spain developed scurvy. Here's a look at what happened.

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El Morro: Stunning Photos of New Mexico's Sandstone Bluff

In the northwestern part of New Mexico, a natural outcropping of sandstone known as El Morro has produced a spectacular landmark in this cold, high desert region.

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Self-Filling Water Bottle Converts Humid Air into Drinkable H2O

When water is scarce, why not pull it out of thin air? An industrial designer in Austria is hoping to do just that (well, sort of).

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Brief Psychotic Breaks Remain a Mystery

There are a slew of ways to define brief psychosis, but a new study finds no differences in prognosis among different definitions.

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Crop Failure and Fading Food Supplies: Climate Change's Lasting Impact (Op-Ed)

Cereals are not just for breakfast — and with grain yields falling, expect to feel the impact.

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A Look at Alex: NASA Satellite Spies Oddball January Hurricane

Hurricane Alex marks the first time a hurricane has formed in the Atlantic in the month of January since 1938, and a NASA satellite got a gorgeous look at the menacing storm.

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Butchered Mammoth Suggests Humans Lived in Siberia 45,000 Years Ago

The slashed and punctured bones of a woolly mammoth suggest that humans lived in the far northern reaches of Siberia earlier than scientists had previously thought, a new study finds.

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Location Where Wooly Mammoth Fossil Was Found (Infographic)

Map showing the location of the fossil mammoth scientists say was killed by hunters.

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New Bike Attachment Generates Water As You Ride | Video

A new product called "Fontus", that attaches to a bicycle, pulls moisture out of the air while a bike is moving. It condenses and drips water into a bottle.

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Photos: One Worm, Five Shape-Shifting Mouths

In photos: a microscopic worm can develop one of five specialized mouths best suited to its diet.

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Fig-Dwelling Worm Is a Mighty Mouth-Morpher

Depending on a microscopic worm's environment and diet, it can develop one of five specialized mouths best suited to its living situation.

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West Africa Is Not 'Ebola Free' After All, New Case Shows

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is not over — just one day after the region was declared "Ebola-free," a new case of the virus was confirmed in Sierra Leone.

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In Photos: Monster Crocodile Ancestor Uncovered

Here's a look at the 130-million-year-old remains of a monster-size crocodile ancestor and excavation at the site where Star Wars' Tatooine was filmed.

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Fossils of Largest Marine Croc Found … on Tatooine!

Some 130 million years ago, a monster of a reptile, a 30-foot-long crocodile ancestor, once navigated the lagoons of the Tataouine region of southern Tunisia, the area where Star Wars' Tatooine was filmed.

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NASA to Capture Best-Ever Portrait of Coral Reef Health

NASA is about to get up close and personal with Earth's corals: The space agency will use airplanes and water instruments to survey these delicate structures and capture the most detailed views ever of the planet's corals.

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Ligers and Tigons, Oh My! Cat Lineage Littered with Interbreeding

Modern-day felines may be the ultimate mutts. Turns out, the ancestors of modern-day cats, from lynxes to the domestic Fluffy, interbred across species at many points in history, a new analysis of the feline family tree suggests.

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Worm in the Eye! Creepy Crawly Removed in Odd Case

An a very unusual medical case, doctors removed a live worm from a man's eye. Here's what happened.

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Solar Job Boom Continues As Prices Spur Demand

The solar power industry continued its hiring spree in 2015, growing 12 times faster than overall U.S. employment.

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Poor Sleep Tied to Hardened Brain Arteries in Older Adults

Older adults who don't sleep as well may be at increased risk for changes in their brain, a new study finds.

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Why Are Venomous Sea Snakes Washing Up on California Beaches?

Three venomous sea snakes have washed ashore hundreds of miles from their normal home range. Though El Nino may be to blame for their odd appearances, scientists are puzzled over why they are stranding.

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122-Foot Titanosaur: Staggeringly Big Dino Barely Fits into Museum

An incredibly long-necked dinosaur, with leg bones the size of couches, is so massive that it has invaded not one, but two rooms at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

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Photos: Enormous Titanosaur Invades New York Museum

The cast of an enormous titanosaur skeleton will go on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on Friday.

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Virus Linked to Birth Defects Requires Action, Doctors Say

Experts evaluate the threat posed by Zika virus, a denguelike illness that in recent months has spread rapidly across the Americas and has been linked to birth defects.

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Manatees Are Making a Comeback

The future is looking brighter for manatees — the gentle, roly-poly marine mammals once mistaken by sailors for mythic mermaids.

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Enormous Canyon May Be Hidden Beneath Antarctic Ice

A large lake and a gaping rift about as deep as the Grand Canyon but way longer may be lurking undetected beneath East Antarctica.

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Ebola Outbreak Declared Over in West Africa

West Africa is now Ebola-free, marking an end to the devastating epidemic that plagued the region for two years.

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Doctors Reflect on 'Surreal' Day of 2013 Asiana Airlines Crash

A rare horrific plane crash with many survivors challenged the doctors at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.

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Is Oddball January Hurricane An Artifact Of Climate Change? | Video

The NOAA GOES-East satellite captured Hurricane Alex forming in the Atlantic Ocean from Jan 10th-14th, 2016. Atlantic hurricanes very rarely develop during winter months.

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Traces of the First Stars in the Universe Possibly Found

An enormous gas cloud in the early universe has a very small amount of the heavy elements that would form in later stellar generations, suggesting that it was "polluted" by the very first stars.

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Mysterious Cancers of 'Unknown' Origin in Men Traced Back to HPV

Some cancers are mysterious, in that doctors cannot determine where they originated. Now, it seems that some of these cancers are caused by HPV.

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Why Were So Many Presidents Born in Ohio?

Most of the U.S. presidents were born at home, and Ohioans and Virginians are disproportionately represented in the Oval Office, a new analysis finds.

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Magnetic Device Lets Smartphones Test Your Blood

Smartphones equipped with portable devices that magnetically levitate cells might one day help diagnose diseases in the home, clinic or lab, researchers say.

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Stephen Hawking: Black Holes Have 'Hair'

Black holes may have hair made up of zero-energy gravitons and photons, meaning they may preserve information, research suggests.

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183-Year-Old Tortoise Is Oldest Living Animal

A caloric increase is helping the oldest known living terrestrial animal in the world — a giant tortoise living on the tiny Atlantic island of Saint Helena — reclaim his health and vigor, a veterinarian reports.

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First-Time Moms Are Getting Older in US

The age of first-time moms is on the rise.

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What Are Mutations?

Mutations are alterations to a DNA sequence. They can cause diseases and conditions, but they are also tools in evolution.

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What Is the Paleo Diet?

The Paleo Diet is a modern attempt to replicate the diet of humans of the Paleolithic age. These ancient hunter-gatherers lived before the advent of agriculture and subsisted on lean proteins, eggs, fruits, vegetables, nuts and roots.

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Is Powerball Drawing Truly Random?

The math behind all the discussion of tonight’s Powerball drawing assumes true randomness – are those assumptions reasonable?

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Malaysia Aircraft Search Turns Up 1800s Shipwreck

The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 aircraft has found little trace of the vanished plane, but has turned up a 19th-century shipwreck.

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Future Diabetes Treatment? Human Skin Cells Coaxed to Make Insulin

Skin cells have been reprogrammed into insulin-producing cells, which could one day help treat, or even cure, certain kinds of diabetes.

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Hidden Plague? New Theory on How Disease Spread So Perilously

The plague was brought to Europe by rats on ships. Or was it?

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Mysterious 'Hobbit' Relative May Have Lived on Isolated Island

Stone tools discovered on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi dating back at least 118,000 years suggest that an unknown lineage of toolmakers, relatives of the diminutive "hobbit" once lived there.

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Frogs 'Talk' Using Complex Signals

A recent study of the Brazilian torrent frog, Hylodes japi, shows that the species employs a more nuanced communication system than any other known frog species.

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Whooping Cough Outbreak: How Effective Is the Vaccine?

An outbreak of whooping cough in Florida was surprising to health authorities there -- most of the people who got sick had been fully vaccinated.

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Brazilian Frogs 'Talk' With More Than Just Voices | Video

Frogs of the genus Hylodes squeal, inflate vocal sacs, wave their arms and wiggle their feet and toes while courting their mates or warning their rivals.

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Climate Change Doubters Will Be 'Pretty Lonely,' Obama Says

Curbing climate change will protect the planet and help the green economy prosper, President Barack Obama said in the State of the Union last night (Jan. 12) in Washington, D.C.

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Real Heavy Metal: Fans Want Motörhead Singer on Periodic Table

Motörhead fans still mourning the death of the band's singer, songwriter and bassist, Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister, are seeking commemoration for the rock icon in an unusual location — the periodic table.

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'Las Vegas of Ants' Visible on Google Earth

Strange barren circles near the Grand Canyon and visible from above are probably the work of tiny insects.

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Orphaned Baby Chimps Suffer Lasting Social Effects

Being orphaned as a baby may have a bigger impact on chimpanzees than was previously thought, a new study finds.

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Largest Giraffe Relative Found

Giraffes are tall creatures, but they're not as large as their extinct relatives, Sivatherium giganteum, a new study finds.

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Scientists Make Gains on 'Universal' Ebola Medicine

Scientists have created a treatment that they say can fight the two deadliest strains of Ebola.

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Monster Tsunami May Have Created Madagascar's Giant Sand Dunes

Sometime in the past 8,000 years, a meteor may have hit the Indian Ocean, triggering a monster tsunami that struck Africa, a new study suggests.

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In an Oil Boom, Reason to Mourn 55 Mph Speed Limit (Op-Ed)

Even in an energy boom, the U.S. slice of foreign oil profits can hurt American national interests.

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'Britain's Pompeii' Found at Bronze Age Settlement

When fire collapsed a settlement into a river, silt and clay preserved signs of life some 3,000 years ago.

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A Hurricane? In January? You Can Thank El Niño

Hurricane Pali is the earliest ever recorded hurricane in the Central Pacific, a rare winter tropical cyclone that benefited from a strong El Niño.

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Why David Bowie Was So Loved: The Science of Nonconformity

For LGBT people and others who felt like misfits, David Bowie and his Ziggy Stardust persona were revelatory.

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Wearable Devices Move Toward Disease Treatment

Some wearables offer more than exercise and sleep tracking – they claim to help treat certain diseases and conditions.

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Sex Toys & Coffee Art: Obscure (and Fascinating) Tech Takes Over CES 2016

From fuzzy robotic tails for humans to "literary" sex toys, here are some of the most obscure (and, arguably, the most fun) tech products from this year's consumer electronics show.

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Tapping the Human Microbiome (Kavli Hangout)

Each of us plays host to a diverse world, a microbiome, and science has barely explored them.

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Will You Win Powerball? A Vending Machine Death Is More Likely

Winning the lottery is unlikely. Here's what's more likely to occur.

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Stone Age Horror! Pit Filled with Severed Limbs Uncovered

A pit full of the amputated arm bones of ancient Neolithic farmers reveals an ultraviolent episode in the history of Europe.

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Photos of a Gruesome Ancient Burial in France

A routine archaeological excavation in France has uncovered a gruesome pit filled with severed limbs and bodies that bore marks of violence.

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Prize-Winning Photos Capture Magical World of Underwater Creatures

Shimmering against a background of deepest black, an image of a rarely seen larval cusk-eel earned the top prize in the Underwater Photography Guide's 2015 Ocean Art Contest.

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In Images: 'Alien' Creatures Take Center Stage in Underwater Photo Contest

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Fowl Play: Diverse Parasites Infest Backyard Chickens

Why did the chicken cross the road? Opinions vary, but new evidence suggests that she likely picked up a few hitchhikers along the way.

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Frozen Poop Is As Good As Fresh Poop for C. difficile Treatment

People who have the intestinal infection called Clostridium difficile may benefit from a "poop transplant" that uses frozen poop instead of fresh poop, a new study suggests.

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Images: Bizarre, Primordial Sea Creatures Dominated the Ediacaran Era

During the Ediacaran period, about 635 million to 541 million years ago, oxygen was sparse, the oceans were murky and marine organisms ate by absorbing nutrients floating around in the water.

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Ford Takes Autonomous Cars for Snowy Test Drive

Auto giant Ford would like the future's self-driving cars to be more than fair-weather friends: The company is testing its autonomous vehicles on snow-covered roads.

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Forehead Teeth? 'Deformed' Mountain Lion Puzzles Experts

A hunter recently crossed paths with a rare cat: a mountain lion with extra teeth and white whiskers on the top of its head, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game reported.

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Ta-Da: Magician's Trick Brings 3D Images to Your Phone

Imagine holding a phone parallel to the ground and seeing Princess Leia standing on it, telling Obi-Wan Kenobi he's her only hope. An attachment to an iPhone may do just that, creating the illusion of 3D images floating above the screen.

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Buccaneer Bones: Possible Pirate Skeleton Found Under Scotland Schoolyard

Archaeologists recently determined that a skeleton found buried on an Edinburgh primary school's property dates back to the 16th century and likely is that of a criminal, possibly a seafaring pirate.

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Facts About Milk Snakes

Milk snakes are colorful, banded, nonvenomous snakes found throughout the Americas.

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Tribute to a Starman: David Bowie Mourned by Astronauts, Scientists

Astronauts, scientists and members of the spaceflight industry are joining people all over the world in mourning the death of music icon David Bowie, who passed away yesterday (Jan. 10).

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Without Basic Knowledge, Innovation Fails (Op-Ed)

Ideas are nice, but knowledge is power — and impact.

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Task Force Issues New Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations

Here are the latest recommendations about mammograms.

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What Makes A 'Smart Gun' Smart?

Every time a toddler accidentally shoots a friend or family member, a teen kills himself via gunshot or a shooter perpetrates an act of mass violence, public discussion circles back to “smart gun” technology, but what does that mean?

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Gulp. Sugary Drinks Linked to 'Deep' Fat

People who drink sugary beverages, such as soda or fruit juice, daily tend to gain a type of body fat associated with diabetes and heart disease, a new study finds.

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Mantis at the Movies: Tiny Specs Reveal Bugs' 3D Vision

An (adorable) new technique proves that insects can use stereopsis to see in 3D.

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How to Avoid Low Back Pain: Exercise and Education

Shoe inserts, back-support belts and other gadgets aimed at preventing low back pain may be a waste of money. Instead, exercise is the best way to ward off this common problem.

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C-Section or Vaginal? Baby's Gut Bacteria Linked to Delivery Method

Babies' gut bacteria may depend in part on what they have been eating, a new study suggests.

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Prosthetic Leg with Hoofed Foot Discovered in Ancient Chinese Tomb

The remains of a man with a deformed knee that was attached to a prosthetic leg, dating back around 2,200 years, have been discovered in a tomb in an ancient cemetery near Turpan, China.

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Why Earth's Largest Ape Went Extinct

The biggest ape to ever walk the Earth, Gigantopithecus blacki, may have died out because of its big size and limited diet, new research suggests.

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Hawaii's 'Missing' Whales Just Delayed

Behemoth whales whose tails are often seen in large numbers slapping the water off Hawaii during the winters have been slow in reaching the Aloha State. Some onlookers had labeled the Hawaii humpbacks as "missing."

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Pocket-Sized Device Charges Your Phone with Water

A new portable fuel cell charger can charge a smartphone or tablet by combining saltwater and oxygen, say while you're basking in the sun on the beach.

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Anaconda Facts

Anacondas are found in tropical South America. They are among the largest snakes in the world and are known for their swimming ability.

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What's Behind Brazil's Alarming Surge in Babies Born with Small Heads

Zika typically causes flulike aches and rash, but the rapidly spreading disease is fueling global worries about tiny-headed infants and brain damage.

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Humans Leave a Telltale Residue on Earth

Scientists find a layer of plastics, radiation and soot embedded in the planet's surface, defining a new Anthropocene epoch

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7 Ways Friendships Are Great for Your Health

Having a friend can do great things for your physical health.

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Beyond Step Counts: 4 New Ways to Track Health

Wearables that track steps and heartbeats are a dime a dozen these days. Now some new health gadgets aim to look deep inside the body.

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Fireball Down Under: Researchers Uncover Older-Than-Earth Meteorite

When a greenish fireball streaked above the Australian Outback in November, meteorite researchers went searching for the space rock that caused this cosmic display. This week they announced they had found the ancient meteorite.

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Sticky Amber Preserved Dinosaur-Age Insects for Millions of Years

During the age of the dinosaurs, three tiny mantises became engulfed in glops of sticky amber and stayed there, preserved, until researchers discovered the entombed critters millions of years later.

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First Flower Seeds from Dinosaur Era Discovered

Cretaceous flower seeds, recently discovered by scientists, represent the oldest known seeds of flowering plants, dating back 110 to 125 million years.

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Asteroid-Mining Company 3D-Prints Object from Space Rock Metals

Planetary Resources, which aims to extract water and other useful materials from asteroids, has 3D-printed an object using metals from a space rock.

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Narcissist in Chief? How Trump's Ego Reflects US Culture

Donald Trump's ego is no doubt extreme, but he may be a bellwether for politicians as a whole — and the American public. Research suggests that both the political class and ordinary people are becoming more self-absorbed.

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Crushed by Ice: Ships from 1871 Whaling Disaster Possibly Found

Before sea ice formed along Alaska's Arctic coastline this winter, marine archaeologists discovered the wrecks of two 19th-century ships that likely met their demise during a famous whaling disaster.

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Photos: 19th-Century Whaling Ships Stuck in Alaskan Pack Ice

For the first time in more than 140 years, humans have laid eyes on doomed ships from the infamous Whaling Disaster of 1871. Here are photos of the shipwrecks that got stuck in Alaskan pack ice.

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Properties of Matter: Gases

Gas is a state of matter that has no fixed shape and no fixed volume. Gas particles spread out and are evenly spaced throughout a container.

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Ancient Rome Was Infested with Human Parasites, Poop Shows

The Roman Empire is famous for its advanced sanitation — public baths and toilets — but human poop from the region shows that it was rife with parasites.

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Got Allergies? Blame Neanderthals

Ancient immune system genes that humans inherited from Neanderthals and Denisovans may help people fight off disease, but may also make them more prone to allergies.

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3 High-Tech Ways to Track What You Eat

From the CES show floor, here's a look at several new gadgets that aim to make it easier to track your every sip and snack.

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The Big Picture: What the New Diet Guidelines Mean for You

Is your diet in for an overhaul? Here's what you need to know.

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2015 Was 2nd Hottest on Record

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Murdered 5,300-year-old 'Iceman' Has Gut Probed | Video

EURAC's Frank Maixner talks about the microbes found in the Iceman gut and how it was possible that he was sick on the day he was murdered. The microbes also provide insight into "historical human geography."

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Ötzi the Iceman May Have Suffered Stomach Bug

The famous Ötzi, a man murdered about 5,300 years ago in the Italian Alps, had what's now considered the world's oldest known case of Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that can cause ulcers and gastric cancer, a new study finds.

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Counting Steps: Are You Walking More, But Enjoying It Less?

Counting steps may cause people to initially ramp up their activity, but may make them enjoy exercise less in the long run, research hints.

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Photos: 6 Statues Reveal Round-Faced Ancient Egyptian Family

Here’s a look at six ancient Egyptian statues discovered near the Nile River. The 3,500-year-old statues depict a man named Neferkhewe and his family and were found inside false tombs.

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Big-Eared Statues Reveal Ancient Egyptian Power Couple

The statues, dating back 3,500 years, depict the chief of northern Sudan and his wife. The couple, and their kids, appear to sport round faces and big ears.

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Dinosaur Tracks Reveal Odd Mating Dance

Meat-eating theropod dinosaurs used fancy footwork to attract mates, new evidence suggests.

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Advanced Alien Civilizations Could Live in Globular Star Clusters

Once life gets started in dense stellar groups, it could quickly go interstellar, thanks to old stars and close neighbors.

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Strange New State of Hydrogen Created

Physicists crushed hydrogen with crazy-high pressures, turning the element into a new form that behaves as hydrogen does at the interior of Jupiter. The material may be the precursor to the long-sought metallic hydrogen.

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Ancient Citadel Finds New Home in Apartment Building

A 3,400-year-old citadel near Israel's Mediterranean coast will soon be part of a modern, high-rise apartment building, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.

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Photos: Israeli Apartment to Have Bronze-Age Citadel in Basement

A 3,400-year-old citadel in northern Israel is undergoing a curious development: It will soon be in the basement of a high-rise apartment building.

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More Young People Report Same-Sex Attractions

More younger people admit that they have same-sex attractions, even if they are "mostly straight," new research suggests.

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Tech for Tots: The Coolest Products for Kids at CES 2016

Move over grownups, this year's consumer electronics show is all about tech for kids.

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Visible Light from a Black Hole Spotted by Telescope, a First

For the first time, astronomers have seen dim flickers of visible light from near a black hole, researchers say. In fact, the light could be visible to anyone with a moderate-size telescope.

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Ebola Fight: Survivors' Blood Doesn’t Help, But Malaria Drug Might

Two new studies of potential treatments for Ebola highlight the need find ways to prevent the deadly viral disease.

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Why Crows Hold Funerals

By sticking close to a crow that was killed, other crows improve their chances of learning about predator species they need to avoid.

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Do Elephant Families Survive Poaching?

Group living helps elephants with the difficult decisions that they make on a regular basis – how are these bonds affected by poaching?

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How Computers Help Biologists Crack Life’s Secrets

Once the three-billion-letter-long human genome was sequenced, we rushed into a new “omics” era of biological research.

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Missing Zzzs: Sleep Problems Common for Single Parents, Women

Women are more likely than men to report sleep problems, a new study finds. And single parents get less sleep than parents in two-adult households.

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Hydrogen Bomb vs. Atomic Bomb: What's the Difference?

North Korea claims to have tested a hydrogen bomb, a weapon more powerful than the atomic bombs that devastated the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima during World War II. Here's how they differ.

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'Kidnapped' Sharks Use Their Noses to Navigate Back to Shore

Sharks may use their keen sense of smell to navigate the vast ocean, a new study finds.

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Photos: Sharks with Nose Plugs Have Trouble Getting Home

Leopard sharks may use smell to help them navigate the ocean, a new study finds.

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3,400-Year-Old Citadel Excavated In Israel | Aerial Video

The remains of the fortress were uncovered on a site that will house an apartment high-rise. The builder will integrate the ancient site into the basement of the new structure for residents and visitors.

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Not Your Grandma's Thermometer: 3 New Ways to Take Your Temperature

The simple act of taking your temperature is getting a new high-tech twist.

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Photos: Baby Sand Tiger Sharks

Scientists have discovered a shark nursery off New York where baby sand tiger sharks migrate in order to eat and grow. See photos of the little sharks, ranging in age from several months to 5 years.

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Baby Sharks: Sand Tiger Nursery Spotted Off New York Coast

From just a few months old, baby sand tiger sharks make their way up the Atlantic coast to a playpen of sorts in Long Island's Great South Bay, which provides the pip-squeaks with food and protection from predators.

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Quantum Teleportation Can Retrieve Information from a Black Hole

Scientists have devised a way to get quantum information from a black hole, but the amount of information they can get is limited.

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Da Vinci's Iconic Bridge Recreated in Ice

One of da Vinci's famous bridge sketches is getting a chilly reinvention as a massive ice bridge being built in Finland.

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Acupuncture Causes Bacterial Infection in Rare Case

Acupuncture is generally safe, but it can cause serious infections, a new case report demonstrates.

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Jurassic 'Squid' Were Speedy Swimmers

Three extremely rare fossil specimens of an extinct squidlike animal provide new evidence of the creature's body structure, and suggest that it may have been a swift swimmer.

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What Are Viruses?

Viruses are microscopic parasites that lack the capacity to thrive and reproduce outside of a host body.

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Twins Study Offers Clues to Genetic Risk of Cancer

A new study of twins holds clues about how much of people's cancer risk is genetic, and how much comes from the environment.

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Obama's Tears: The Science of Men Crying

Obama recently shed a few tears when describing a spate of gun massacres in the country, but just how common is it for men to cry?

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CES 2016: Your Favorite Tech Is Finally Growing Up

Drones, 3D printing and virtual reality tech are all having coming-of-age moments at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

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Wake Up and Smell the Tech: New Devices Use Scents to Help You Rise or Snooze

Several new devices aim to harness certain scents to both help you sleep and wake you up.

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Declassified: US Military's Secret Cold War Space Project Revealed

More than 20,000 newly released documents reveal intriguing details about the U.S. Air Force's MOL program, which ran from December 1963 until its cancellation in June 1969.

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Polar Vortex to Deliver Arctic Blast to Parts of US

A glancing blow from the polar vortex will direct cold air southward and could raise the chance of snow in the central and eastern United States toward the middle of January.

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Even After Weight Loss, Obesity Can Reduce Life Span

People who have been overweight at any point in their lives may be more likely to die early, even if they lose weight later, a new study suggests.

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This Is the Entire Universe Squeezed into One Image

An enterprising artist has taken on one of the biggest concepts known to man: the universe.

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Photos: Ancient Farmhouse and Church Uncovered in Israel

Excavations in central Israel revealed remnants of ancient buildings, one of which is estimated to be 2,700 years old.

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2,700-Year-Old Farmhouse Unearthed in Israel

Excavations in central Israel revealed remnants of ancient buildings, one of which is estimated to be 2,700 years old.

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CES 2016: Huge Tech Show Kicks Off in Vegas

Tech geeks and early adopters everywhere will descend on Las Vegas this week for a chance to view the latest in technology and innovation at CES, the world's largest trade show for consumer electronics.

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New Oregon Law Allows Pharmacists to Prescribe Birth Control Pills

Women in Oregon no longer need a doctor's prescription to get birth control pills, according to a new state law. Instead, they can fill out a health questionnaire and receive oral contraceptives from a licensed pharmacist.

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Strong Social Connections May Improve Health

Social connections are important for your physical health, new research suggests.

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Unusual Case of Brain Disease Found in Former College Football Player

A young man who played football in college had already developed a degenerative brain disease by the time he died at age 25 from a heart problem, according to a new report of his case.

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Local Geology Makes Sunday's Earthquake in India Complex

An earthquake originating in the mantle reflects the complex transitional geology in India's Manipur state.

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Four New Elements Join the Periodic Table

After a long hiatus, the periodic table of the elements has finally gotten a new update, adding four new elements to its roster and completing its seventh row.

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Health Issue Brewing? 'Kefir Beer' May Someday Help

A beer that researchers made using ingredients from kefir may be good for health, a rodent study suggests.

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What 2016 Holds for the Mysterious World of Physics

From dark matter particles to gravitational waves to a completely unforeseen particle, 2016 could be a very exciting year for physics discoveries.

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New Stick-On Device Could Monitor Heart Problems

Researchers have invented a heart rate monitor that can stick to your skin, and also store data.

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Chameleon's 'Most Powerful' Tongue Snags Insect In Slo-Mo Video

The smallest chameleons (could fit on your thumb) also sport the fastest tongues according to a new study. It could grab its prey in about 20 milliseconds with a tongue that can travel from 0-60 mph in a hundredth of a second.

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In Photos: Clever Chameleons Stick Out Their Tongues

Check out the reptile world's most fascinating members: Photos reveal tiny chameleons pack plenty of power in their tongues.

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Tiny Chameleons Show Off Powerful Tongues

Smaller is powerful, if you're a cricket-hunting chameleon.

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Archaeologists Return to Neanderthal Cave as ISIS Pushed from Iraq

As the terrorist group ISIS is pushed out of northern Iraq, archaeologists are resuming work in the region, making new discoveries and figuring out how to conserve archaeological sites and reclaim looted antiquities.

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Tough, 3D-Printed Ceramics Could Help Build Hypersonic Planes

Flawless, 3D-printed ceramics that can be formed into various shapes, from spirals to honeycombs, have been created. The new materials could find use in hypersonic aircraft and microscopic devices.

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I Spy: Satellites Capture ABCs from Space (Photos)

Sometimes, looking at satellite images of planet Earth is a bit like playing hidden pictures.

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Brain Circuit Linked to Depression Found in Rats

The brain circuits responsible for the inability to feel pleasure, called anhedonia, have been discovered in rats, a finding that could help researchers better understand the mechanisms underlying depression and schizophrenia.

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