World's Oldest Peach Pits Reveal Juicy Secrets

The world's oldest peach fossils have been discovered in southwestern China, according to a new report. At more than 2.5 million years old, the fruits predate the arrival of humans to the region.

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An Ancient Nessie? Long-Neck Dinos Once Prowled Scottish Lagoon

Hundreds of dinosaur footprints and handprints dating to 170 million years ago adorn the shore on the Isle of Skye, making it the largest dinosaur site ever discovered in Scotland, a new study finds.

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Photos: Giant Sauropods Plodded Along in Scottish Lagoon

The giant footprints of long-necked sauropods were found on rocky coast of the Isle of Skye this past April.

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Stick-Figure Science: Cartoonist Makes Complicated Stuff Simple

Randall Munroe once designed robots at NASA, and now he's undertaken a comparably tough task: describing complicated science using only the 1,000 most commonly used words in the English language.

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Amid Controversy, Japanese Whaling Ships Return to Antarctic Ocean

Japan resumes whale hunts that have come under increasing scrutiny and censure from the international community for their questionable scientific merit.

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Why So Blue? Tarantula’s Cool Color Is Still a Mystery

A tarantula's cool blue coloring could inspire fashion and technologies of the future.

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CRISPR Gene Editing - Should We Alter Human Gametes? | Video

UC Berkeley professor, Jennifer Doudna, a principal discoverer of the gene-editing tool CRISPR /Cas9, discusses the technique’s far-reaching positive potential, as well as the need for close bioethical consideration.

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