SCIENCE

The exact cause of the hole remains a mystery to scientists.

The military says climate is a national security issue, but two House amendments would slash spending on climate research.

The Cygnus spacecraft's 3,000 pounds of cargo included test satellites and odor-resistant gym clothes.

Rosetta snapped the images on July 4 from a distance of nearly 23,000 miles from the comet.

High-end grocers are being hit with lawsuits for allegedly labeling foods with synthetic ingredients as "all natural."

NASA announced on Monday that it hopes to find alien life in the next 20 years using telescope technology.

Nearly 150,000 people evacuated from low-lying areas as Typhoon Rammasun takes aim at Manila.

Climate change is expected to make droughts like California's worse and longer. Residents better get used to conservation, officials say.

A fossilized Changyuraptor yangi, a four-winged raptor, creates the possibility that not only birds could fly.

An estimated 8 million of Ethiopia's 60 million people are at immediate risk due to drought.

Domesticated animals display unique characteristics such as floppier ears, patches of white fur and more juvenile faces with smaller jaws.

The discovery suggests that the Clovis people, who were known as hunters of mammoths and mastodons, might have consumed gomphotheres too.

No, EXACTO isn't the name for a 1950's era microwave. It's the latest leap in warfare technology from DARPA.

"Shark Week" will be back with its 27th anniversary on Sunday, Aug. 10. We're preparing for the 2014 season by giving 12 fun facts about the hit Discovery Channel series.

The new facility is expected to be ready for service in less than three years.

The mission will deliver 3,669 pounds of cargo to the Expedition 40 astronauts aboard the space station.

July's supermoon is the first of three for the summer.

The Orb-2 launch is scheduled for 12:52 p.m. EDT.

The wreck will finally leave the Giglio Island coast more than two years after it capsized.

CDC, on Friday, shut down two labs that mishandled anthrax and bird flu viruses and barred shipment of samples from high security labs.

The first supermoon of the summer is visible on Saturday.

Frozen carbon dioxide, or dry ice, does not naturally exist on Earth, but it is abundant on Mars.

The quake struck just south of where the 2011 Tohoku quake rocked Japan and caused the shutdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

The creator of "The Oatmeal" webcomic announced that Elon Musk would donate $1 million for the museum.

Researchers examined the behavior of 99 captive chimpanzees within the age groups of nine years to 54 years.

New World Health Organization HIV prevention guidelines recommend the use of PrEP to curb the spread of the virus across the globe.

MIT Media Lab founder Nicolas Negroponte said in a TedTalk that the future may hold the ability to speak languages in pill form.

The Mississippi baby who was thought to be cured, has traces of HIV in her blood.

Elephants are known to protect their young at almost any cost, as a video recorded in Israel this week proves again.