SCIENCE

Scientists have found vast aquifers of freshwater underneath the ocean floor, but getting to them will be a challenge.

Winter Storm Dion is making its way across the U.S. and the east coast is expected to receive a wintry mix of ice and snow.

Scientists recently documented the prevalence of tumors among sharks, putting to rest long-held myths about sharks and cancer.

Scientists were disappointed to discover that the HIV virus had returned in two men thought to have been cured of the disease.

In combination with other antiviral drugs, Sovaldi was found to significantly reduce the treatment period.

Winter Storm Dion has brought frigid temperatures, snow, sleet and freezing rain to several states and is heading east.

'CubeSats' are expected to achieve near-real-time processing capabilities for climate-science measurements.

CDC concerned about a larger trend towards rejecting vaccinations.

Sometimes an animal's curiosity makes for funny footage.

That multivitamin in your medicine cabinet may not be a catch-all for disease prevention.

Some sparrows' chirps are worse than their pecks; fish are getting anxious about an increasingly acidic ocean.

An Atlas V rocket launched from California Thursday is carrying a classified payload, suspected to be spy satellites.

The discovery of the planet orbiting its star from too far away has astronomers puzzling over how such a strange system came to be.

Drilling in the Japan Trench, an international team of scientists finds an unusually thin and slippery geological fault.

A group of scientists has identified regions below the ocean where it might be safe to inject carbon dioxide under the Earth's crust.

If there is still a central source of emission left, scientists may see a new, but much fainter coma and tail form of the comet, NASA said.

A healthier diet is also a more expensive one at the grocery store, according to a study of food prices.

A new study that tracked more than 2,000 lemon sharks over two decades suggests pregnant females return to their birthplace to have babies.

New research points to a novel way of confounding those pesky bloodsuckers.

Researchers dig deep into the strange world of quantum mechanics and theoretical physics while discussing the link between quantum entanglement and wormholes.

A team of South Korean researchers claim you should find your way onto a ski slope this winter "for happiness’ sake."

Circinus X-1 is less than 4,600 years old, making it the youngest X-ray binary system ever seen.

The monster storm, which is many times bigger than the largest hurricane on Earth, may have been blowing on the planet for a long time.

NASA is restructuring the way it funds planetary science - in a way that'll hurt young researchers, some say.

A one-year-old West Highland Terrier and a four-year-old Rottweiler have produced a rare crossbreed dubbed the "Wottie."

Scientists have sequenced mitochondrial DNA from a 400,000-year-old human thighbone, making it the oldest human material ever mapped. But the discovery is frustrating scientists.

NASA has spotted two supermassive black holes at the heart of a distant galaxy.

Marine experts are working to save a pod of 20 to 30 pilot whales that stranded itself in a remote area of the Florida’s Everglades, but it may too late.

Raising the pitch of your voice at the end of a sentence is not the sole purview of the gum-snapping mall rat anymore.