In almost every region of the world where hurricanes form, their maximum sustained winds are getting stronger. That is according to a new st...

After six years of exploring the plains of Mars, NASA’s Spirit roverwas brought to a halt in May 2009 when it got stuck in soft soil near th...

520 light-years away from Earth, a baby planet is born. While thousands of exoplanets have been identified so far, researchers at the Europe...

Mars’s northern lowlands are dotted with tens of thousands of what appear to be run-of-the-mill volcanoes, given the lava-like ripples and f...

Our gut microbes love a good workout Exercise does more than make us hot and thirsty. It can have big effects on the trillions of microbes t...

Electrolytes [Ee-LEK-troh-lytes] are a key group of minerals to track, he notes. (As their name suggests, electrolytes have the ability to c...

NASA has renamed its Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), a flagship observatory set to launch in 2025, to honor the renowned astr...

Catastrophic flooding in Michigan yesterday was a harbinger of climate change as Rust Belt cities are thrust into the crosshairs of intensif...

Bumblebees Bite Plants to Force Them to Flower (Seriously) The behavior could be an evolutionary adaptation that lets bees forage more easil...

What is oxytocin? You know those warm and fuzzy feelings you get when you cuddle a puppy, hug your friend, or kiss your partner? That’s oxyt...

Albert Einstein: The Whole Package A crowd barged past dioramas, glass displays and wide-eyed security guards in the American Museum of Nat...