SCIENCE

Scientists hope the study’s findings will help in predicting and avoiding troublesome jellyfish blooms.

Forty-two of the 62 cases in California have been traced backed to Disneyland.

Ten minutes of gum chewing can remove up to 100 million bacteria, which gets trapped in the chewing gum and discarded when the gum is spit out.

Air temperatures make it difficult to predict exactly what the storm will do.

The Rosetta spacecraft has provided new details about its target comet, revealing that it is releasing more water than previously thought.

Experts warned, however, that with the number of cases in decline, it may not be possible to determine the drug's efficacy.

Scientists have discovered a crack in the rubber duck-shaped comet, which they believe may cause it to break apart one day.

The challenge health officials in California and other states have faced often comes down to messaging.

Several factors have worked in tandem to shrink California’s forests, but climate change has had the most dramatic impact.

Measurements of an asteroid's cooling rate and its solidification would help scientists find clues to Earth’s formation and eventual death.

Scientists have genetically altered the E. coli bacteria, making it depend on a synthetic amino acid so it can’t survive outside the lab.

Greenland’s ice sheet covers about 80 percent of the island of Greenland and is second in size only to Antarctica.

Researchers have said the text could provide historians with an idea of how the Gospel of Mark changed over time.

The End of Life Options Act would enable doctors to prescribe life-ending medications to terminally ill patients wishing to take their own lives.

Scientists from the University of Rochester have successfully treated a metal using lasers to create permanently hydrophobic surfaces.

Analysis of one of the charred scrolls from the ancient city of Herculaneum revealed ancient Greek writings.

Virologists knew from the beginning the Ebola virus would change, challenging treatment protocols. But the outbreak is waning.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he’ll pour profits from his satellite network into a Martian colony.

About one-fifth of kids between ages 6 and 19 eat pizza on any given day, driving up their consumption of saturated fat and salt.

The discovery is expected to help reveal secrets of insulin function and energy metabolism in humans.

Musk says the satellites' operation will fund a future SpaceX colony on Mars.

For the first time, an example of "one of the great mysteries of the Universe" has been observed in real time down in eastern Australia.

Critics say the empty facilities are a result of an international response to West Africa's Ebola crisis that came too late.

Mali recorded six deaths from Ebola, which, according to World Health Organization data, has killed more than 8,400 people in neighboring Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Unlike a semiconductor laser, the light frequency emitted by a maser can be adjusted.

Eleven small earthquakes rattled Connecticut in one week, and that has scientists scratching their heads.

There could be at least two planets waiting to be discovered in the icy darkness beyond Pluto.

SpaceX founder Musk has outlined plans for his ambitious $10 billion space Internet venture.

Earth’s average surface temperature has warmed by 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880, according to scientists.