Planet Earth Atacama Desert’s center dried out 20 million years earlier than previously thought — before the Andes formed Chile's Atacama Desert, which gets less than 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) of ...

This rare example of an Aztec ritual mask was carved from wood over five centuries ago to represent Mictlantecuhtli, the god ...

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gives the climate event a 63% chance to "rank among the largest El Niño ...

In response to the Disneyland outbreak, we ended up passing SB-277 in California and a number of other important vaccination ...

Repeated doses of a tuberculosis vaccine lowered insulin needs in patients with two forms of diabetes, new trial data show.

NASA has confirmed its MAVEN spacecraft is officially dead after losing contact with the probe in December. An anomaly in the ...

The Romans were the first to wear clog-style footwear to the baths to protect their feet from the hot floor and to better ...

The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in ...

Northern lights are projected across the Northern U.S. and Europe tonight as Earth gets hit by a strong solar eruption.

A newly discovered feathered dinosaur with four wing-like limbs may have prowled the lakeside forests of what is now ...