SCIENCE

The IOC will meet in Argentina to decide the venue for the 2020 Olympic Games. Tokyo, along with Madrid and Istanbul, is in the running.

Warming temperatures are pushing lethal pests out from the tropics at two miles a year.

New details have emerged about cosmic rays, which could unearth the origin of high-energy particles, which can damage electronics and human DNA.

The 12-year-old contracted the deadly amoeba while knee boarding in a water-filled ditch near his home in LaBelle, Fla.

The Fukushima nuclear plant operator revealed levels of radiation at the site are much higher than previously believed.

NASA’s Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration will attempt to use lasers -- as opposed to conventional radio waves -- to send data between Earth and space.

The Hubble Space Telescope recently spotted a 'cosmic caterpillar' housing the birth of a protostar 4,500 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.

The Great Barrier Reef has made headlines around the world this year, although not for the reasons anyone might have hoped for.

NASA has announced the funding of six advanced technology concepts that could alter the future of space exploration.

Scientists grow tiny brains in the lab; young whooping cranes listen to their elders to learn migration tricks.

Scientists at CERN are trading lab coats for microphones at the science center's first comedy show.

Farmers' Almanac fans say the manual's weather predictions are 80 to 85 percent accurate, but meteorologists aren't buying it.

Astronomers explain why the material around giant black holes is extraordinarily hard to see in X-rays.

Using autonomous navigation, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity successfully drove itself during a 141-mile excursion on Tuesday.

A new study suggests that depression in men may be widely underreported.

Vehicle and power plant emissions account for almost half of pollution-related premature deaths, scientists say.

NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity captured a solar eclipse as Phobos, the larger of Mars' two moons, passed in front of the sun on Aug. 17.

Ice-penetrating radar reveals a previously unseen ancient canyon that plunges to depths of up to 2,600 feet.

One scientist lays out the case for placing the origin of life on Mars.

Musk claims his team has invented a way to design rockets simply by waving hands through the air.

New research shows that the more alcohol consumed before motherhood, the greater the chance of developing breast cancer.

For Pakistani doctors the financial lure of working in Saudi Arabia and other wealthy Middle Eastern states is simply too tempting to pass up.

Migraine headaches often cause long-lasting structural changes to the brain, researchers found in a meta-analysis.

The oldest twin of our sun, approximately 4 billion years older but nearly identical, was found approximately 250 light-years from Earth.

Abbreviated New Drug Approvals, or ANDA, requests are submitted to FDA for its approval to manufacture and sell a generic drug in the U.S.

Researchers have developed a brain-to-brain interface, which allows one person to control another's actions.

NASA’s new lunar mission will test space laser communication technology, which is expected to enhance broadband capabilities beyond Earth.

Amid concerns over China’s space programs in the West, the country announced it will launch its first spacecraft to the moon by the year-end.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed that Saturn's moon Titan has an icy shell far more thick and rigid than previously believed.