SCIENCE

NASA announced the next stop for the Curiosity Mars rover as it heads toward Mount Sharp. Curiosity will explore the area known as "the Kimberley" which features sandstone, a type of rock yet to be analyzed by the rover.

New research shows that californium, a little-known element on the periodic table, may prove effective in storing radioactive waste.

The Supreme Court will decide whether large companies can deny employees health coverage for certain contraceptives.

The International Space Station Expedition 39 crew launch will take place at 5:17 p.m. EDT and the NASA live stream coverage begins at 4:15 p.m. EDT.

NASA wants the public's input for the new Z-2 spacesuit prototype design.

Eight more bodies have reportedly been found but not yet recovered from the site, which is reportedly covered by a dozen feet of unstable mud.

A new U.S. study casts doubt on the usefulness of electronic cigarettes as a quit-smoking tool.

Search and rescue efforts will resume Tuesday morning but could be hampered by rain.

SpaceX and NASA have confirmed a March 30 date for the International Space Station Resupply mission.

A fish with a cylindrical eye that points upwards was discovered in the Tasman Sea located between Australia and New Zealand.

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created "living material" from E. Coli bacteria and gold nanoparticles.

First responders are calling it one of the worst natural disasters they've seen in decades.

Will the Ebola outbreak in Guinea make its way to other countries, including the United States?

A nonprofit organization encourages humans and machines to learn new ways to interact.

Forecasters say the latest storm could bring a combination of rain and snow to New York, New Jersey and New England.

The third episode of "Cosmos" explores Halley's Comet and the future merger of the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy.

NASA has released an interactive panorama of the Milky Way galaxy that users can view at home.

Fox’s “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,” hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, was criticized by some creationists who say the TV series is biased.

NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission is accepting proposal and will award $6 million for innovations in asteroid-capturing technology.

Climate change leads to more rainfall around Antarctica - and therefore more fresh water at the surface.

The Google SCHAFT robot will compete in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals 2014 while three more teams were added to the competition.

Federal agencies began a landmark cooperative project based on an idea proposed by two biologists.

The sequencing could help breed disease-resistant varieties of the commercially significant tree.

The process by which the design is produced is much like the way taffy is stretched and folded in a candy-store machine.

The insect had wings with parallel dark lines that likely produced a tongue-like design to hide its abdomen.

In a rare event, a 45-mile wide asteroid will "black out" the incredibly bright star Regulus. The live stream begins at 1:45 a.m. EDT on March 20.

A new survey found that nearly half of American adults accept at least one medical conspiracy theory.

The Earth avoided a solar storm in 2012 that could have led to massive blackouts and a total impact cost of $2 trillion.

The association is worried climate change could have abrupt, unpredictable and potentially irreversible changes.