SCIENCE

Two intact mummies belonging to the Wari pre-Hispanic culture have been excavated at the Huaca Pucllana ceremonial complex, an archaeological site in Lima, Peru.

A new astronomical observatory on Entoto, near Addis Ababa, could set the stage for Ethiopian space science.

The video shows a tongue of flame blasting away from the sun, shooting superheated gas into space.

Astronomers expect the new findings to help them determine what objects such as Sgr A* were doing before X-ray telescopes were created.

The Bangalore-based company’s revenue growth was driven by an expansion in emerging markets and contract research business.

During this ambitious collaborative program, astronomers will spend the next three years peering at six massive clusters of galaxies.

Five thousand light years away in the constellation Centaurus is the Boomerang Nebula, considered the coldest object in the universe.

The same molecular mechanism that can cause unfortunate allergy symptoms after bee stings may also confer protection against venom.

Grasshopper mice have the ability to numb themselves to the pain caused by bark scorpions sting, considered one of the most painful bites in the animal kingdom, a new study suggests.

A five-year conservation effort on Alaska's Hawadax Island, formerly known as Rat Island, has been deemed successful after the island shows no signs of the invasive Norway rat species.

Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., made a jarring remark after House Energy and Commerce Committee Joe Barton, R-Texas, asked him to yield his time.

The new images suggest parts of the moon's lakes and seas may have evaporated and left behind the Titan equivalent of Earth's salt flats.

The turmeric powder was distributed in Dallas to retail stores between July and September.

The dolphins are being used as bait for catching sharks.

U.K. scientists have identified the first venomous crustacean. The remipede liquefies its prey with a compound similar to what's in rattlesnake fangs.

Astronomers from the University of Texas, Austin, have discovered the most distant galaxy yet, galaxy z8_GND_5296.

Japan's Hayabusa2 will feature a "space cannon" that will fire a projectile into an asteroid in 2018.

The Australian marsupial’s droppings are cube-shaped, and there’s a good reason for that.

The Planck space telescope has retired but researchers are still gaining new insights on the universe from it.

The public interest group is petitioning Mars to switch to natural dyes, claiming widely used artificial ones aggravate hyperactivity in some children.

NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration, aboard LADEE, set a new record for download rates.

Researchers from MIT are developing tiny ion thrusters to propel small satellites through space.

Researches at UC Berkeley have developed a fire detecting satellite that could help spot and slow the spread of brewing forest blazes.

Krokodil, or "crocodile," could be the cause of patients in Illinois who have showed up with rotting flesh.

Investigators find Halloween masks are teeming with microscopic bacteria and germs, including ones that can cause skin infections.

Two oarfish washed ashore in California this month, less than a week apart. Scientists say the deaths of the rare and enigmatic oarfish may have been linked.

Scientists in the U.S. and U.K. have reportedly found a way to grow new human hair, as opposed to just relocating it.

To avoid a possible assassination attempt, Cheney had the wireless capabilities on his pacemaker turned off.

The World View spaceflight experience will give passengers a view of Earth normally reserved for astronauts for $75,000.