SCIENCE

The U.N.'s health agency warns that the reported number of Ebola cases drastically underestimates the scale of the outbreak.

A new species of pterosaur, an ancient flying reptile with a butterfly-like head, was discovered in Brazil.

According to WHO’s latest update, the number of people killed by Ebola in West Africa has increased to 1,069.

If 1950 DA crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, the blast could pack enough energy to trigger 200-foot-high tsunami waves.

The current Ebola outbreak was first detected in Guinea, in the beginning of the year, and has killed 377 people in the country so far.

The huge fish once dominated fisheries in the Amazon, but three of the five known species of the arapaima have not been seen for decades.

NewLink Genetics Corp, which licensed an Ebola vaccine developed by Canadian government scientists, has enough doses on hand to launch the first human safety trial of an Ebola vaccine this summer, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

Fracking fluid disclosure forms indicate well operators injected diesel into 351 wells without getting Safe Drinking Water Act permits.

Chile could face its largest earthquake yet, scientists warn.

The nurse treated Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian-American man who died of Ebola in Lagos. She traveled nearly 300 miles despite her supposed quarantine.

The Perseids' peak took place on Tuesday but clouds, rain and a bright moon hindered viewing of the annual astronomy event.

Kellogg joins a wave of major food and beverage companies writing climate change into its supply-chain management strategies.

Solomon has been reporting on the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone first-hand since Aug. 2. He'll be taking all questions at 1 PM.

The Antarctic midge’s genome has only 99 million base pairs, compared with 3.2 billion in the human genome.

The award recognizes Mirzakhani’s outstanding contributions to geometry and dynamical systems.

The sticking mechanism used by geckos has application for climbing robots.

The decision to donate the vaccine came after the WHO said on Tuesday that it was ethical to offer untested drugs to people infected by the virus, Reuters wrote in an exclusive report.

France’s minister of ecology is proposing that diesel drivers get a total of nearly $22,000 to switch to electricity.

This year's Perseid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, and NASA and Slooh will provide live stream broadcasts beginning at 9:30 and 7:30 p.m. EDT, respectively.

Robin Williams' tragic end is a reminder that a comedian's art often masks, or even grows out of, crippling mental illness.

A two-headed dolphin was found dead on a beach in Turkey, but has since gone missing.

The Nebraska Supreme Court's decision probably won't be reached for three to six months, further stalling Obama's final verdict.

The experimental drug that wasn't meant to be produced on a large scale for years is now being put into high priority production with U.S. help.

Google is celebrating the annual stargazing event with a quick video.

Since 2000, the number of extreme weather events in the northern hemisphere have almost doubled, a study is claiming.

Want to catch the Perseids but stuck in a major city? Here's a guide to help you out.

Fossils found on Antarctica prove the Colossus could have played in the NBA.

Meteorologists fear another arctic blast this fall, which could take the economy on a dive like we saw earlier this year.

An ancient cave in northern Wyoming has revealed the fossilized remains of thousands of Ice Age animals.