Roses are red, petunias are blue(-ish purple) ... sometimes. Now we know why.
Scientists know that much of the thinning of glaciers is due to a deep oceanic inflow of warmer water that melts the ice shelf from below.
Assam, in the country's northeast, is more than 2,000 miles east of the country's western extremity, and yet shares the same time zone.
As Hercules blankets the northeast, Bill de Blasio needs to prevent the kind of mess that came with 2010's snowstorm.
Long Island Gov. Andrew Cuomo is shutting down the LIE and state parkways for snowstorm Hercules 2014 from 12 midnight to 5 a.m. Friday.
Just hours after being discovered, the first asteroid spotted in 2014 disintegrated after hitting Earth's atmosphere on January 2.
Snow started falling in the Northeast early Thursday, but the heaviest accumulation is expected Thursday night into Friday morning.
The first meteor shower of 2014 has a slim window of viewing opportunity, but it may yield some impressive fireballs.
AMSA began a helicopter-rescue operation for the 52 passengers stranded aboard the Russian vessel.
Scientists say the new discovery adds to a growing body of evidence, which supports the disk-fragmentation theory.
That New Year's Day dip kicks your body's self-preservation mechanisms into overdrive.
A warning for those looking to assess their disease risk from their genome: Results may vary.
Earth’s temperature is rising faster than projected, says a new study on climate change and the effects of cloud cover on global warming.
Argentina is facing the worst heat wave of its history -- and the government is doing nothing to help.
New observations made by the Hubble Space Telescope reveal a cloudy atmosphere on super-Earth GJ 1214b.
Crowds can expect a greeting from space and below-freezing temperatures this New Year's Eve.
Caterpillars co-opt the nicotine in tobacco plants for their own defense, researchers found.
Schools have to make up for lost time when classes are called off due to extreme pollution.
The projected impact on marine life varies across the world, but most areas are expected to experience negative change.
The northward expansion of mangroves is a consequence of climate change, and does not bode well for other species.
More than 330 sharks are now armed with radio transmitters that generate tweets when they approach the Australian coast.
California’s annual “king tides” has returned to the west coast state, and sea levels are expected to rise 7.1 feet above average low tides. Are rising tides a sign of climate change?
Each year, scientists still find previously undiscovered animals and plants -- here's some of our favorites from 2013.
Mars One has selected 1,058 astronaut candidates out of a pool of 200,000 applicants.
A Texas tween with hypothalamic obesity might get gastric bypass surgery thanks to strangers' generous donations.
A third attempt to free the stranded Russian vessel MV Akademik Shokalskiy was delayed by poor weather conditions.
A collection of lost Antarctica photos recently recovered from an abandoned Antarctic hut depict members of an early 20th-century team of explorers.
A fireball shot across the evening sky over Iowa on Thursday, prompting many residents to wonder what caused the bright long streak above their heads. Was it a meteor, or could it have been space debris?
Exact cause of problem still a mystery.
Why a reindeer's eyes change color with the seasons, and other mysteries scientists explored this year.
