SCIENCE

A coast guard aircraft will visit the region to survey the site further and gauge the ash content.

Despite sharing the same building blocks, the human genome is more than 10 times larger than those of the worm and fly.

This is the first time scientists have managed to collect data before and after a planetary-system smashup.

Scientists now believe the current Ebola outbreak began with an animal in West Africa in 2004.

NASA's SLS rocket could bring humans to Mars and asteroids within 20 years, thrilling earlier skeptics.

The World Health Organization is preparing for a potentially massive Ebola outbreak and is aiming to stop the disease by spring 2015.

The algae advisory comes just weeks after toxic blooms caused a tap water crisis in Toledo, Ohio.

As part of a study, researchers turned to a living African fish, called Polypterus, which can breathe air and walk on land.

The best part about it? They use lasers to do it. The future has arrived, like it or not.

The approach would allow Obama to sidestep Congress in joining a global pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that the Falcon 9 launch, already delayed, will be pushed back again.

A new study found 15 previously undiscovered monuments near Stonehenge.

Fibers from recycled plastic and other futuristic materials could replace some of the cotton in our clothing as cotton yields suffer from climate change.

The research was initially heralded as a breakthrough in the field of stem cell biology, but was later met with skepticism.

Gravitational lensing helps compare local galaxies with remote ones and see them as they would appear when the universe was significantly younger.

WHO's decision could hinder the global response to the disease, which has killed 120 health care workers and affected 240 others.

A legal petition filed Tuesday seeks to declare the monarchs "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act.

His remains are one of the most complete ancient skeletons ever found, but his identity is still a mystery.

States that allow marijuana use for medical purposes had 25 percent fewer deaths from drug overdose compared to states without such laws.

Indians expected to travel back on seven different flights from the Ebola-hit countries of West Africa will be moved to designated hospitals.

A vessel at the bottom of the Mediterranean near Malta could be the oldest shipwreck ever found in the Mediterranean.

The MIT team found, in some cases, savings could be up to 10 times the cost of policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

The 29-year-old nurse reportedly "begged" to be allowed to treat Ebola patients, despite the risk of infection through direct contact.

The satellite also found several fields of poppy, used to produce opium, along with cross-border tracks leading across its international borders.

While there were no signs of a volcanic tremor after a magnitude 5 quake late on Sunday, authorities did not rule out an eruption.

Scientists studied an area covering over 35,000 square miles and discovered 570 methane vents at depths ranging from 50 meters to 1,700 meters.

RAF flew Ebola victim home for treatment at specialist unit in Royal Free Hospital

Tropical Storm Cristobal was battering the Bahamas as it slowly moved north.

Iceland's highest volcanic alert was issued after a small eruption began at the Bardarbunga volcano Saturday.