SCIENCE

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft will launch Monday and begin exploring the Martian atmosphere on Sept. 22, 2014.

The globe experiences lightning some 50 times a second, meaning that there is always a lightning flash somewhere on Earth, scientists said.

A rare fossil depicting two dinosaurs in combat, known as the "Dueling Dinosaurs" fossil, is expected to go for millions at auction.

TMG has developed the inFORM, a “Dynamic Shape Display” that lets users render 3D content with physical objects.

A recent study found "Fifty Shades of Grey" library books contained traces of cocaine and the herpes virus.

The idea of wolves following early humans can also explain the eventual genetic deviation that led to the appearance of dogs.

An international alert has been issued for the safe return of a statuette of Tutankhamun's sister, which was stolen from an Egyptian museum during riots in August.

The map highlighted large forest losses in several regions.

Patents from global pharmaceutical companies, which seek to block generic drug copying, have drawn special attention in recent years.

The first Latin American nation to send a satellite in orbit using its own rocket may be, surprisingly, not the region's aerospace powerhouse.

The new method is claimed to be accurate enough to identify a narrow channel of open water being cut through the ice at night.

For the first time, astronomers have cracked the lid on black hole jets – the little understood, super powerful streams of matter sometimes emitted from the centers of black holes.

Comet ISON can be viewed with a pair of binoculars ahead of its Nov. 28 date with the sun.

For some time now, migratory birds have been migrating a little earlier every year, but a new study could shed light on the causal role of climate change.

Rising land and ocean temperatures in 2013 have been driven by an unprecedented increase in greenhouse gases.

The super-elusive saola is distinguished by its unusually long horns, which can be 50 inches long, and white facial markings.

The settlement could be the largest liability claim deal made by a company over a medical device.

The far-reaching guidelines suggest a shift in treating heart diseases and offer a new formula to assess risk based on race and gender.

The fossil was discovered in the Himalayas and belongs to a previously unknown species of big cats.

Researchers in Canada have developed an “invisibility cloak” that makes objects imperceptible to radar. The technology could prove useful for military.

UK neuroscientist David Nutt has come up with pill that makes you feel drunk without the subsequent hangover. He says it could “revolutionize” the alcohol industry.

Not in lives lost, but the economic impact of the super typhoon may top $14 billion, surpassing the damages from the 2004 disaster.

A new exhibit on poisons at the American Museum of Natural History features live animals, theatre, and interactive displays.

NASA's official portrait of Saturn includes Earth, Venus, Mars and seven of the planet's moons.

Here’s a collection of some amazing photographs of solar flares -- powerful bursts of radiation observed on the sun’s surface.

Distinctly different kinds of odor-producing bacteria reside in different species of hyena, a new study shows.

According to a new study, moderate exercise during pregnancy had a direct impact on the newborn’s brain development.

A group of British naturalists have begun a photogenic search for the supposedly extinct Tasmanian tiger in the island's isolated northwest.

Since the PG-13 rating was introduced in 1985, guns have become more and more frequent stars in PG-13 movies, a new study shows.