SCIENCE

Differently-shaped back plates suggest sexual differentiation within the Stegosaurus species, according to a new study.

The new study is the first of its kind to evaluate all of the ocean's assets as one combined system.

The study builds on previous research that has shown that smoking marijuana can impair short- and long-term memory.

The lake’s plight is symbolic of the crippling drought that has gripped states in the Southwest for four years.

The state confirmed what scientists have said for years: The disposal of oil and gas wastewater is largely to blame.

The state's Department of Health was expected to deliver a powerful anti-toxin treatment to patients on Wednesday.

Scientists who discovered this supervoid are currently unable to explain why this region of space-time is missing nearly 10,000 galaxies.

Archaeologists found a flake of obsidian at the Cape Espenberg site, and expect it to be the remnant of a tool used in the area.

Very few people understand what the lab does or the monumental role it has played in shaping America's drug policy.

The new instrument is expected to help scientists measure the mass of a neutrino -- something that has not been done accurately so far.

The $249 saliva-based test promises access to women who couldn’t previously afford to be screened.

Using 3D printers could help the rocket company save money and have more say over the quality control process.

Vampire squids have a unique sexual life that helps them live longer than other squids and octopuses, according to a new study.

Scientists believe that they have detected two supermassive black holes orbiting each other in closer proximity than ever before.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that conservation efforts had helped in significantly increasing the population of the mammals.

The study helped researchers examine the change in light around dawn and dusk to analyze if color could be used to determine time of the day.

Behind the storms are cooler temperatures.

Nearly 3,000 tons of space debris, a collection of defunct parts of old satellites and spacecraft, is currently believed to be orbiting Earth.

Data in three separate analyses shows 2015 might break 2014's record as the hottest year ever.

U.S. regulators may start testing food products for residues of the world's most widely used herbicide, the Environmental Protection Agency told Reuters on Friday, as public concern rises over possible links to disease.

With no new measles cases reported in California in 42 days, state health officials are turning their attention to preventing the next outbreak of the disease.

The outbreak has been linked to prescription drug abuse by injection.

A nanowire-bacteria hybrid created by scientists in the U.S. could, in the near future, be used to produce drugs and biofuels.

The latest data come just months after the government announced new plans to cut net greenhouse gas emissions.

A new study on the disease's toll found that poorer countries were the worst hit, and said dog vaccination is the most effective solution.

A group of 10 doctors had earlier demanded that Mehmet Oz be fired from his faculty position at the Columbia University Medical Center.

Primatologists have long known that apes in Senegal can use sticks to “fish” termites and other insects out of tree logs and the ground.

Trials for the Pfizer drug stopped earlier than planned because it was deemed effective.

The western gray whales are critically endangered and at a time scientists even thought that the species was extinct.