SCIENCE

Researchers are developing silk-based implants for repairing broken bones. The small silk screws have a similar composition to bone, are absorbed by the body over time and could replace traditionally used metal screws.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a member of the House subcommittee that oversees the NASA budget, says there needs to be more funding for planetary science.

As climate change accelerates ice melt and sea levels continue to rise, scientists warn that global warming jeopardizes our cultural heritage. They found that a rise in global temperatures of just over 5 degrees Fahrenheit would threaten 20 percent of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

As Denmark moves to ban ritual religious slaughtering methods, we take a look at the latest animal welfare science.

The Hubble Space Telescope has observed spiral galaxy ESO 137-001 being torn apart by the galaxy cluster Abell 3627.

The first controlled study of LSD in more than 40 years has been published in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.

"BPA-free" doesn't necessarily mean "safe."

The U.S. was concerned about a compulsory license given to India-based Natco Pharma to produce a cheaper cancer drug than Bayer's Nexavar.

An asteroid called is scheduled to make a pass by Earth on Wednesday. Watch the live stream of the near-Earth encounter here.

A whale watcher's video shows hundreds of common dolphins torpedoing through the water and three migrating gray whales.

Facebook is looking to extend the range of its social network by beaming the Internet from flying drones into less developed countries.

NASA has announced the $17.5 billion budget proposal for fiscal 2015.

Scientists were able to bring a mysterious virus back to life after it was found in Siberia’s permafrost from 30,000 years ago.

Researchers from the University of Michigan have developed the first colored, transparent solar cell. They say the tinted photovoltaics could be used in the windows of homes and office buildings to harvest solar energy.

Researchers used computer models to examine how flying snakes glide through the air.

A new study says there is at least one planet orbiting every red dwarf stars and there are close to 160 billion red dwarfs in the Milky Way alone.

The proportion of human-derived food in the Yosemite's black bears’ diet has fallen by 63 percent over the last century. Bears that once feasted on garbage are turning to vegetation and insects.

The whole thing just seems way too good to be true, which begs the question: Are HUVr Boards actually becoming a reality?

“Mungo Man” emerged from the Australian Outback 40 years ago this week, but his story is very much unfinished.

The State Department has previously cited studies by the environmental non-profit Carbon Tracker, which now says the department is understating the pipeline's impact.

Want to know how to make the perfect pancake you are in luck as students from the University of Sheffield have solved the mystery using math.

The study shows climate change has put a freshwater lid on the Antarctic ocean, trapping warm water within the ocean's depths.

The Georgia House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would allow a tightly-regulated and specific medical cannabis program to be established in Georgia. The bill now goes to the state Senate.

A 30,000-year-old virus found in Siberian permafrost was revived, suggesting that other pathogenic viruses may get a second life as global temperatures rise.

In a move to protect its bottom line and the environment, Walmart said it wants to double the efficiency of its truck fleet by 2015.

"Gravity" was a big winner at the Oscars 2014 and the International Space Station crew congratulated the crew and actors with a message from space.

The reactivated NEOWISE spacecraft has detected its first comet.

The photos showed astronauts working on the International Space Station, the Hubble telescope, and scenes of Earth from space.

Extraordinary find is located 15 million light-years from Earth.