SCIENCE

A Chinese company is hoping to pioneer helium-balloon near-space travel that would send passengers up 131,000 feet.

Examination of the cub's remains suggests impact by motor vehicle.

The UK government has opened a solar storm center in Essex.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said Wednesday that the underwater search for Flight MH370 "should be prioritized further south."

WHO noted that while Ebola's spread to Europe might be unavoidable, the continent was at low risk because of its health care infrastructure.

A second spacewalk is scheduled for Oct. 15 when astronauts will replace a failed component for regulating voltage.

A new MRI technique could reduce the use of PET scans in evaluating cognitive decline.

The United States Geological Survey said the quake's epicenter was 100 miles north-northwest of Yunjinghong.

Super Typhoon Vongfong, with gusts reaching 190 mph, has passed over Guam and is heading toward Japan.

Wednesday's total lunar eclipse begins around 4 a.m. EDT and will reach totality at 6:25 a.m. EDT.

Obama has promised stricter U.S. airport screenings to stop the spread of Ebola, but the measures only work if someone has symptoms.

Most of the 600-plus cases of enterovirus-68 are children with symptoms as mild as the common cold.

Scientists have miscalculated just how much heat has been added to the planet's oceans over the last century.

A Spanish nurse who has contracted Ebola is being treated with antibodies from patients previously infected with the virus.

The nurse had helped treat both Spanish priests who were sent back to Madrid after contracting Ebola in Africa.

Officials have said heavy rainfall and warmer temperatures are to blame for the spread of the disease, which is carried by mosquitoes.

Experts say parents should be especially vigilant about respiratory symptoms. But a 4 year old who died was "asymptomatic."

Government officials will do more to screen air passengers for Ebola, but experts say more needs to be done.

In a gubernatorial debate, embattled Gov. John Hickenlooper said Coloradans were "reckless" when they voted to legalize pot.

The Office of Naval Research hopes Navy warships will be safer at sea with a fleet of five drone-like boats.

The nurse tested positive for the virus in initial tests and doctors are waiting further results.

A total lunar eclipse, colloquially called a "blood moon," will take place Wednesday.

Winners in the other categories of the Nobel Prize, including, physics, chemistry, literature and peace, will be announced later in the week.

Many of the 697 height-related genetic variants were located near genes known to be involved in the body's growth.

The Ebola virus has so far killed 3,439 people in the latest outbreak, which has been the worst since it was discovered in 1976.

The storm made landfall early Monday in central Japan and was moving northeast at 28 mph.

Three airmen stationed at Kadena Air Base were swept out to sea by Typhoon Phanfone, which pummeled Okinawa, Japan.

A homeless man who possibly had Ebola was discovered after it was believed he came into contact with Thomas Eric Duncan.

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Simon is not an immediate threat to the Baja California peninsula in Mexico.