NASA and Lockheed Martin's experimental X-59 aircraft has broken the sound barrier, achieving a speed of Mach 1.1. The feat ...

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

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

A 600-year-old set of surgical tools found in a tomb in China has revealed the world's first chemical evidence of a topical anesthetic. Used to numb the skin in surgical procedures, the anesthetic was ...

Researchers have discovered a "megasite" of dead whales along with new species of marine life feasting on the corpses.

The Atlantic's enigmatic "cold blob" has once again been linked to a weakening of key ocean currents and a devastating ...

A new study shows that the Small Magellanic Cloud is being pulled apart by its larger sibling on the Milky Way's periphery, upending our understanding of our cosmic neighbor.

A new study cultivated four strains of cold-adapted yeasts that had colonized Ötzi's body shortly after his death 5,300 years ...

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

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

Live Science spoke with Dr. Ali S. Khan, an epidemiologist and former assistant surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health ...

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