SCIENCE

Britain’s X-files, a team of experts and historians from the Natural History Museum who investigate bizarre phenomena in the UK, are truly stumped by a strange, gooey substance they call “space slime.”

Almost half of U.S. residents don’t think the health care exchange websites are working well.

Three species of dung beetles native to South Africa have "galloping" gaits that allow them to navigate to their burrows, new research suggests.

Researchers discovered homosexual behavior, commonly observed in spiders and insects, is purely accidental.

Mothers who can't produce enough breast milk should think twice before buying it online, a new study warns.

The Orionid meteor shower is peaking and stargazers can get a glimpse of a few shooting stars with these easy tips as well as a live stream.

A 2,600-year-old skeleton found in an intact tomb in Tuscany was believed to be a Etruscan warrior prince, but a quick study of the bones proved otherwise.

The Mexican coast may feel the effects of Hurricane Raymond as soon as Monday afternoon, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Scientists in France are using Google Street View to track an invasive species of caterpillar in southern Europe.

Norwegian historian Øyvind Skarlund plans to use ground penetrating 3D radar to locate Nazi tunnels he believes are under Oslo.

The Peruvian Air Force has reinstated its UFO department to investigate sightings and hold public meetings on unusual phenomena.

Neanderthals, modern man’s close primitive relative, may have favored the flavor of a hardy animal stomach now and then, according to new analysis of Neanderthals’ dental records.

NASA quickly ruled out the possibility of asteroid 2013 TV135 hitting Earth, but there is some concern over another "doomsday asteroid," asteroid Apophis.

Aedes aegypti, otherwise known as the yellow-fever mosquito, is known to carry dengue fever and yellow-fever viruses. The mosquito has been spotted in several California counties.

An Associated Press report links agrochemical use with increased health problems in Argentine provinces using pesticides on genetically modified crops.

Fracking happens more frequently in California than state officials previously believed, according to the results of an investigation by the Associated Press.

NASA indicates that the giant asteroid 2013 TV135 will not destroy Earth in 2032.

The brain's waste removal system is more active when we are asleep.

Two Boy Scout leaders face felony charges after they toppled an ancient rock formation in Utah’s Goblin Valley State Park. Glenn Taylor and David Hall claim they were “saving lives” when they brought down a 170-million-year-old rock formation.

The death of an elderly woman in Alabama marks the first death caused by a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a nursing home in Florence, Ala.

Supermassive black hole growth is something of a mystery and researchers hope gravitational waves can provide new insight on this phenomenon.

An amazing view of Saturn comes to light; scientists discover a curious consistency about mammal urination.

There's a wealth of studies on the consequences for harassed women -- but for solutions, not so much.

Chills probably don't give you sniffles, and breathing steam likely won't cure them.

The lunar eclipse live stream begins on Oct. 18 at 5:45 p.m. EDT, 2:45 p.m. PDT.

What will the Tesla CEO do with a sports car-turned-submarine movie prop?

A scientist from the UK, using DNA tests, suggests that the legend of Bigfoot could indeed be true.

The first known tilted, multiplanet solar system without an orbiting "hot Jupiter" has been uncovered by scientists using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope.

Some of the strongest criticisms of the popular writer's works have come from scientists.